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    Annual Northwest USA Meet Returns!

    like any hobby it goes in cycles; I plan on hanging a lot in Seattle/Portland after I find my lost citizenship papers! You want to try zzzzzzzzzzzz try Victoria!!
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    LFS VISIT - Bellingham, WA. ABSOLUTELY AWESOME FISH STORE. ~ Load Warning!!

    I used to buy my cattle mineral blocks there years ago. Well, they're smart enough to change with the market. AND they found college science students that DON't smoke pot? Whew!
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    My Aqua Hobby Journey

    Excellent. Now we all know the journey we'll be on if we try this.
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    Vieja's Questions....?

    Vieja female seem to be all right for a few months, then get the egg laying urge and it's ALL OUT WAR IN THE TANK! Gars are tough but I'd stick with Vieja males if possible. A little steadier and more predictable.
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    does anyone own a gold jack dempsey

    "gold" JD? or is that "luecistic" Jack Dempsey? Information I've come up with states they're as hardy as a regular JD, unlike the EBJD. That sounds to me that they're just missing their chromatophores. And for some really strange reason all the ones I see on Aquabid are EB / Gold cross. That...
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    what temps do you keep your tank at?

    The lower 70's gives Ich an opportunity. I'd go with 78 and up as well. Also keep in mind for those that are in the basement the temp. is now dropping, so be prepared to adjust your heaters just to stay at the same temperature. Last week a club member had an Ich outbreak and we've figured the...
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    Interbred/Crossbred Cyphotilapia frontosa

    superb explanation and this really applies to all fish. If you're a serious hobbyist it's your responsibility to lead the way. And we haven't even covered general conformation. I can't believe the number of large cichlids I see that have been kept because of their color only.
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    Florida Everglades are under attack

    Good value and concerned post. Almost all of these fish are food in their native areas. Also, great fertilizer! You could have quite a business here selectively re-homing the more interesting, colourful, and great conformation ones and the rest? Well, management is the key. Florida has been...
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    L177/L018 Gold Nugget Baryancistrus Sp. Washington

    Gold Nuggets appear to do better the larger they can be: that is, spend 50. for a large one rather than 25. each for two smaller. They appear to be extra sensitive to variations in PH. We have lots of them up here but the importer, a pleco fanatic, has good infor. and doesn't even bring them in...
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    playsand vs pool filter sand

    PFS is the way to go; in the bag and not really that cheap up here (pond supply places hit us for about 15. a bag PLUS HST) but I can buy it by the truckload if I go to a gravel specialty yard. The only problem with that is that there are seven piles the size of a house that all look the same...
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    Advise with Rotkiel pair.

    They're still young and your tanks look great. The only thing I've noticed about severums is that they start a fight, can't finish it, and then THEY are the stressed ones! (I've met some people like that). I hit mine with fresh worms (wigglers) and hit them hard (not quite "all you can eat" and...
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    What was your first fish?

    My first fish went into the bathtub. I was in Dryden, Ontario, and a neighbour had brought home a small walleye and chain pickerel. I revivied them by putting them into the bathtub and running water through their gills. I had seen this on a black and white TV where divers were reviving sharks...
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    My Aussie Native Tank

    thank you for the private note: pignose? Is not that asian? or are they in Australia as well? Missed my opportunity to go to Australia. Perhaps when I retire:)
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    Do your focus your collection on one type of fish?

    Mostly, I slip on my money. I pretty much had to focus on central american only, including a couple of interesting Flowerhorn prospects and future goals. Endlers' and swordtails made the cut, along with crayfish from elsewhere, and nerite snails:) Discipline comes in many forms:) Save dollars...
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    Aussie natives Stocking.

    Hey, where are the photos???? bring 'em on:)
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    Such a thing as Short-bodied Pleco?

    Nail on the head: ancistrus short bodies? Yes. We have a line here in B.C. that has been extensively traded between club members and I noticed that about 12% of my last spawn went somewhat "nano" on me. Time to outcross! Perfectly fine otherwise; they still have pleasing conformation but I...
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    Ugh a little annoyed

    Man, do people ever express themselves through their animals. I think she pocked your Savanna or did something physical to it. Does your sister have other "issues"? She's projecting them through her, and now your, livestock.
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    Best heater??

    I've just culled my Visa-Therm after many years and two of them finally cracking pyrex glass in the tanks. I've never seen a fish killed by a broken heater. If it shorts in the water you'd pull a breaker. Is this an urban myth or have I just been lucky? Titanium body, inline, or case protected...
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    DO NOT KEEP CRAWDAD

    Whew! Good to hear from all of you. I have crayfish in every one of my tanks. Except my Nicarauguan cichlids; they make short work of crays by crushing them to pieces but usually don't bother eating them!
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    Just Got Tagged!

    My pet bull shovelled me into the air with his foot wide forehead so high I had time to think before I began to come back down. Does that count?
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