Recent content by purplestarfish

I love it! Well, really I'm just very envious. I'd love to have a tank that big but I think my parents would kick it out, followed by me. And TankGirl, I have an aspiration to own a huge house in which I'll just "have" to use tanks as room dividers . . . ahh, to be rich and not famous!

It sounds good; good luck! Personally, I think the whole DG corralling the cardinal tetras is a combination of the small tank and the personality of gouramis (they are often bullies to each other or other fish). My own gouramis used to haggle each other constantly while in a 20 gallon, the...

I'm still trying to FIND peace in my tank! (Lack of money in "budget" has it treading water . . . *sigh*) (plus it's 55 gallons, so even if I had the money, I would need more than, say, a 30 gallon would to get it to where I want it to be.) But prior to that, I had a successful ten and twenty...

OOH! Ouch! Poor poor poor POOR Bettas! Ha, the little boy should join Aqua. Advi. so that we can let him know of his egregious error. Granted, there are some people who shouldn't have fish - don't like animals, aren't responsible, etc. But the very fact that the people here who aren't as...

to smilla4: Da Vinci Code. Hands down. It's awesome. I think da Vinci himself was awesome - the orignial Renaissance Man - plus he was left handed, vegetarian, and gay (I have the vegetarian thing in common with him!!). Plus those notebooks, his inventions, all the stuff he did - *swoon*...

Oh! Live plants!! SUPER labor intensive - at least the set-up is. You need to have recommended 3 Watts Per Gallon - minimum - for plants. So if you're planning a 55 gallon tank, you'll need at least (over) 150 WPG. You'll need supplements for the plants as well, and it's strongly...

Personally, I really like coolie/kuhli loaches - they [can] come with super-distinct markings and there's just something about them that I find really appealing. Tiger barbs have oodles of personality and are always darting around; neon tetras are absolutely gorgeous in their "simplicity" (but...

Is it worth it to get a Python? I want to, but still haven't completley decided; are there any hassles that come along with it or is it just perfect in every way (:wink:)? Does it also do the reverse, where it can drain water from the tank? Thanks.

I did it once, catch and release; refuse to kill it! (BUT I don't fish as a sport . . . uhh, apparantly . . . !) although I would generally say that I'm against fishing, I have to say that fishers - as well as hunters - are actually among those who advocate the most for saving the environment...

In response to smilla4: a lot of people call Austen stodgy and prissy, which I can't understand, because she was a forerunner of women authors. Besides, the language she used was normal language back then. It just seems like every time I bring up P&P people sort of wrinkle their noses in...

Welcome welcome! First off, tiger barbs will NOT eat other fish alive although they are pesky fin-nippers. In groups the size of around 4-6 + (which you have already put together) they will stick with each other and generally only harass each other. As for the crabs: they may or may not be...

Sorry. . . but I guess not. I was fooling around on the internet once looking for prices, and I did come across one site which sells them . . . which I conveniently forgot. (But then again, it might not be reputable.) Try googling it.

Wow, caught me at a bad in-between book stage, because I'm not really IN anything, just skimming around . . . But I am currently reading/re-reading: Letters from the Earth by Mark Twain (finished) The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka (just barely started) Pride and Prejudice (despite a lot of...

I've never read or learned anything about feng shui (until I read this post!) but now I'm intrigued so I want to learn more (more for curiosity's sake than anything else). Personally, I don't believe in the fish tank bringing upon you bad luck. For me, my fish tank is RIGHT NEXT to my bed. As...

LOL . . . Puff Daddy . . . My fish all clamor to one end whenever I approach the tank the way I normally do when I feed them, but I would have thought they would differenciate b/t that and actually feeding because I drum the top of the tank when I'm about to feed them so they know. But they...