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Thanks. Just saw them and hopefully I get an email when they get them again.

I saw that they stock them but it looks like its the cave variety.

Does anyone know of a source for the surface variety of Mexican Tetras (Astyanax mexicanus)? I've been looking for a while and can't find anyone that sells them.

I'm a fan of controllers too. I bought a Hygger 200 watt titanium heater and it came with a controller when the heater on my quarantine tank crapped out almost as soon as I started using it. I just ordered a couple of the same model, just 500 watts for this 125. Hopefully it lasts for more than...

That's really disappointing. Sorry about the Zebras. I remember when Eheim was my go to heater. How times have changed. Unfortunately, no sumps for me right now but there will be once my little demon is bigger and my wifes cats calm down. I really wish companies still made a quality product...

How good are Hygger heaters and their controllers?

Aqueon is the heater that leaked on me and mine wasn't the only one returned that day. It might have been a bad batch but that made me somewhat uneasy about them.

That's exactly what I'm planning on doing.

I'm a big believer in overkill. I've just been reading about a lot of heaters failing. Either burning out or shattering. Myself, I had an Aqueon heater that I had less than 24 hours in the tank before it started leaking something, That was the reason I went with a Hygger titanium rod and...

Looking for a heater for my 125 and I don't know where to start. Who males a good heater that doesn't fail within a few months of getting it?

HOBs won. I ended up going with a couple of Tidal 110s and the FX6 that I already have.

It's a struggle. Roger Murtaugh said it best. "I'm too old for this s**t."

It's going to be a display tank in the middle of the house so the stand is a brand new wood stand and I won't be pad locking it. In a few years when the kid is done being a little demon and the cats calm down, it will be getting a sump. Until then, I think its going to be the FX6 and a couple of...

I agree that sumps are better but thanks to my wife's cats and our youngest kid, sumps are out of the question for now. I don't know which of them are worse but I'm betting it's the kid. There isn't a child proof lock that she can't defeat and the worry is that she'll either throw something...

That's debatable. I'm home based and my house has been turned into a fortress. I used to run sumps, 407s, FX4s and the Eheim classics before I exited stage left. I love them all and that might be why I'm hesitant of going with HOBs. Not having changed much is my main concern. I always hated...

Ok... A little more info. I can't do a sump due to the objection of my wife. She puts up with quite enough from me being a firearms dealer. On top of that, a sump is out because one of my daughters gets into everything and we're both worried that she'd end up getting into the sump and screwing...

Datz Cichlids in McHenry is my go to shop.

I'm still trying to finalize my plans for a 125 that is going to have Firemouths, Honduran Red Points, Swordtails and Mexican Tetras. I'm going with 1 FX6 and I cannot figure out what else to go with. I'm thinking another FX6 or 407. If you were setting up a new 125 and going with all new...

I'm actually just getting back in after a 10 year hiatus. Just bought a 125 and will slowly be piecing it together.

Illinois here too but not too far from the IL/WI border.