Recent content by dan44

Our nearest Big Al's is in Burnaby (BC) on North Road at Lougheed Hwy. Their prices are a bit too high though. I remember the days when you could get 3 Neon tetras for 99 cents. Now they're like ~$3.99 each! And you're not guaranteed that you'll get a healthy group. And now with the...

I have an Eheim Pro II 2026 and it's SO quiet, I don't even know it's running. The only "problem" I had was the intake/outlet valve on the top of the filter cracked once, and I couldn't figure out why every time I plugged in my filter after cleaning it would start to leak. So I took it all...

Glue? Heavens no... use aquarium silicone! That is, if you feel that you MUST attach something to the glass. It's the same stuff they use to adhere/seal two pieces of aquarium glass together. Make sure it's aquarium silicone, because the normal silicone you get at Home Depot is toxic.

Plecos are mainly nocturnal, that is they will come out at night and do their thing most of the time. Mine is sometimes up and about during the day, but not often. He sleeps under his driftwood in a dug-out hole beneath the wood most of the time, but when the algae wafers go in, he's pretty...

I have a pleco in my tank, and he's about 8" long and really fat. I feed him an algae wafer once or twice a day but he does his business in one end of the tank, causing a real mess. I'd like to know if anyone else's plecostamus creates so much waste? I suppose just scooping it up with a fish...

Hi Ray, yes, aquariums are allowed. Two of my neighbours are on the Strata Council and they love coming in and looking at all of my fish, so no one has any complaints yet...

Hi everyone, I'm Dan, and I live in Port Coquitlam, BC. I'm new to the boards but am not a new aquarium owner - I've had tanks set up ever since I was a kid (and I'm nowhere near being a kid now). Two years ago I moved to my own condo and set up my 100 gallon tank again. I've had this tank...