Recent content by darkforest

LFS gave me a few extra chinese algae eaters. if you're in Ontario near the GTA and are willing to meet up with me, and would enjoy having some algae control, they're all you need. both area about 2" in length. you can contact me directly forrest.david@gmail.com

they have males on a fairly regular basis (the one in mississauga) but I've never seen them in brampton. I still havnt got the tank set up... so I'm not too worried about it at this point, its sitting in my basement after I re-siliconed the corners after a thurough calcium scale removal (the...

I have a LARGE peice of slate that i'm willing to custom cut for base peices for drift wood etc, the whole sheet measures ~4'x7'x 1/2" thick. Due to the huge weight of the slate, I'm not willing to ship it (it would be cheaper for you to go to your local store and buy it) So, my offer is...

I'd like to get some endlers for a new tank that i'm planning, I havnt started to cycle the tank yet, so I'm not worried about getting them imediatly (especially with the holidays) my LFS has had some males *once* but they've since sold-out, aditionally they looked to be a F1 guppy hybrid due...

with the dish-soap, i've had the background stay put for over 3 years.

Its not that I'm having trouble, its just that with everything going on re holidays and my health etc Its low on my list of priorities, my solution to the background is simple, use a good squirt of dish-soap and some water on a sponge, and smear the background and the glass, then apply it, start...

I have had much success in removing snails by the use of leaf lettuce. Yep, thats SALAD :P put a leaf in the bottom of your tank at bed-time, use a small rock or some such to hold it down. I have found the snails will converge on the leaf to feed, like junkies at a crack house. In the...

I finally have some pictures of my fish in the 20 gallon tall. you can see them at my photobucket my brother brought over his cannon EOS 20D gotta love a DIGI SLR that can do like 3200 ISO 1/200 f3.5 or there-abouts, no flash needed :D grainy but still good. Coments, Questions, etc.?

Well done, I also enjoy woodworking, and I find often that its hard to take pictures in the middle of construction. I'm hoping to start building a new stand myself once I have shop space again. If anyone ever has any woodworking questions please dont hesitate to ask. I'll try to answer them as...

I use dish-soap and a sponge to apply it, then a squeegee to remove any air bubbles.