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    Plant Bulbs from Walmart

    the only thing that happened with the 4 i got from wallmart was after a few months my lobster walked around at night and dug up all the duds for me and ate the roots off them. they hadn't grown at all anyway so i didn't mind him doing the digging for me. -Jim
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    need a filter with little to no surface agitation for a 30ga

    hey i am looking at starting up a nice planted tank with a DIY Co2 setup and need some kind of filter that will not agitate the surface too much. also looking at any ideas for setups for ground cover. am thinking of just useing fancy guppies as fish. -Jim
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    Ground cover

    hey man i am looking for the same thing for a 30gal and have found alot of beautiful tanks that use either java moss, x-mas moss (found it by lots of names but lots of info by that name through google) and lots of micro swords. others will be able to gove more info but i am still looking. -Jim
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    x-mas moss

    wow i stumped everyone, yeah for me:) a personal first
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    WNY LFS'

    there is a store in the transit town plaza on transit right across main st from eastern hills mall. i do not reccomend this store at all. the last time i went in the tanks look really bad and all the fish were not even labeled properly. don't feal bad nicracing. i got my origonal fish from...
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    Who am I?

    sorry only have the ability to check at work. i think this comedian is one of the best out there but lets see how well i can describe him "i am best known for my topical humor and my coverage of current events. i love to tour mostly colleges but i am also seen regularly on the comedy news show...
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    Who am I?

    cinderella?
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    x-mas moss

    hey i know that i have not been on in a while but i have a question, i am sorry if it has already been answered and i couldn't find it. i am reading alot online about using x-mas moss over java moss. from the pictures i do like the x-mas better. does anyone have any thoughts or has used it...
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    It's Playsand season. Shout out when you find some!

    the value in alden new york is a franchice and just got in a full pallet of the stuff. i don't due SW but after reading alot of different threads here about the stuff i got some for my crab tank and those guys love it.
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    Decline of LFS

    actually have a couple within about an hour and a half and i like to drive. petsmart is pretty good ahve found one person there that i actually have found knows what he is talking about. he said the rest of the people don't know **** about fish and just help him out from the other sections of...
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    Killing a Fish...

    i have only had one fish that i cought dieing and felt real bad about, the rest were either MIA or found in the morning for unknown reasons. but with that one i found a quick way was to take it in the tank water to my friends house who has some pirahanns. they make it real quick. and it isnt...
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    My Fish Don't Know How To Share...

    i use to have that problem and i have always had my food in a drawer under the fish tank. the drawer squeeks when it is being opened so the fish have learned that when they hear that they are going to be fed. everytime i open it to even show friends what kind of food i use all the fish crowd...
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    A new use for fish...

    can i get some of those fish i bet they would eat anything you put in the tank. :D
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    cant tell if peacock eel is eating

    had one never could find him because he spent most of his time burrowing in the gravel till i went to bed and the lights went out. i knew he wasn't eating during the day so i would put some food in just as the lights went out and hoped for the best. didn't really work i guess. found him...
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    finally did it with only 1 loss

    ok i finally moved my fish tank anyway and everything fell right into place. took only about 7 hours total from start to finish to move 30+ fish and my 55gal then rebuild. i also let go of my UGF and replaced it with some sand under the gravel for future plants and i went out and got a emperor...
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    What paint do you use for back of aquarium?

    could use spray rustoleum. then your glass won't rust from the water in it either
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    To buy crabs or crayfish or not?

    i don't think this could happen at all IMO. have you ever seen 2 crawfish togeather at all??? unless for mating reasons i believe the are primarily solitary animals. i could be wrong but everytime i see them at the LFS if one gets too close to another the snap at each other. and come to think...
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    To buy crabs or crayfish or not?

    about crabs i have 4 in a tank by them selves. great pet to have and are awsome to watch. if you have more then one or two for a while i highly recomend putting a small chunk of shrimp into the tank and just watch. i do it like once a month and as soon as one of the little guys finds it, the...
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    Loseing the UGF and substrate questions

    ok i am finally moving at the end of the month. i presently have a 55gal FW with a UGF and am going to convert it to somewhat planted tank, mostly just some java moss and fern to start, and was curious about a few things. my fish are listed on the bottom with my signature and i'm replaceing...
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    Crabs foiled my trap and took my bottlecap

    "hey get that D*** out of that fish tank... time for supper"
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    Bug Report

    call me dumb but i don't have the slightest idea how the sight works but i greatly appreciate all the work being put into it to make it work. no problems just alot of gratitude :)
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    Red Crab

    i found that my 4 fiddlers are always hiding in burrows and under rocks all the time except during the night they are all over. i thought this was pretty much normal crab behavior
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    Another stupid story to shake your head at...

    ya william i love to correct people about electronice and fish stuff when ever i can, especially walmart. i don't correct much fish stuff because i still concider myself new to the hobby. electronice though i love to insult the people at walmart...make my day when i can tell the person to "go...
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    Driftwood & Ph

    i too vouch highly for charcoal. my UGF (no attacks please i'm losingit after i chenge the tank) came with 4 charcoal filters that said they needed to be removed every other month. i thought that was kinda rediculous and was going to do it every 3 or 4 till the middle of the second month hit...
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    How many hours do you work?

    salery with radioshack and only work 48 hours a week on average but if there is anyone else here that works retail they know the problem with this time of year... it sucks... 7 days a week average of 70-75 hours till jan 1st. lucky i trained my room mate about the tank so i don't have to worry...
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