Hi, Grandpa... uhh... wow! It's been a long time. Do the other beings around you have horns or wings? Heheheh. Couldn't pass that opportunity up. =)) Houston, eh? How do you stand the summers? Incredibly oppressive, muggy heat. Must escape to Air-Con immediately! Oh, the memories! My shirt always st...

As you will probably notice, many people have decided to bow out of trying to help ID royal panaque... especially juveniles. Between some of the subtle differences between known species/subspecies/phenotypes and the as of yet still unidentified species/subspecies/phenotypes, it is very hard to ID ro...

I don't think your catfish will have any problems with the coppersafe. I really only worry about invertebrates and algae (of course) when treating tanks with copper sulfate.

Howdy, y'all!

Thankfully, the power at my house came back on yesterday PM. I learned that Harlequin Rasboras are much more sensitive to cold than Brass Tetras or Pearl Celestial Danios as all of the Rasboras died in one of my planted tanks but hardly any of the latter two died. My mbuna all seem to be alive, but ...

m1ke715m, sorry to hear about your losses. Sounds like your house is a fish store! As a suggestion, I think it's best to not feed your fish while they are going through a power outage. When they are stressed, they are not going to be digesting their food effectively anyway... especially when the wat...

We're on day 7 without power and the outside air temp went down to ~35 deg F last night. Luckily, no losses to report today. The fish in my 125gal riverine tank seem to be tolerating me adding the hot water 2x/day. Thankfully, my hot water heater is still working like a champ. I plan to keep adding ...

Here's a couple more pics of my neighborhood taken on Oct 30, 2012. In total, I counted 24 large trees down in little more than a 1/4 square mile: Deciduous tree and electric power line mayhem... http://i46.tinypic.com/311l8cp.jpg Conifers were not spared either... http://i48.tinypic.com/34t25bm.jpg

MChambers, thanks for the link/info. We're on day 6 without power at my house. The outside air temp went down to ~37 deg F last night. Yesterday, I started to lose some of my Synodontis lucipinnis in my rift lake tank so I started to remove tank water and add water heated to near boiling on a campin...

We are on day 4 without power. So far, no losses. Part of me ants to add some hot water (my family is boiling water for personal use over a camping stove and/or camp fire) to the tanks 2x/day to try to keep the temp up, but the other part of me doesn't want to subject the inhabitants of the tanks to...

Shark Aquarium in Hillside as mentioned above. Absolutely Fish in Clifton probably has a slightly better selection of L#'s. AquaScape Online in Belleville (call ahead to make sure someone will be there) is probably your best bet for L#'s--Pedro usually has a good deal in stock at any one time. Tropi...

In a bit, I'm off for a half-day of trout fishing in and around the pristine Rockaway and South Branch Raritan Rivers in Morris County, NJ. The NJDFW started their fall release on Oct 9. I believe they stocked the sections we're going to on the 11th. I'll bet there were a ton of anglers with their l...

Where did you buy the fish? If at your LFS, did you ask if it was eating? What are your water parameters (pH, temp, ammonia, at the very least)? What do you use for new tank water (tap, RO, rainwater, well water, etc.)? If it is a new import, it may take longer to begin eating. Its stomach already l...

What a story, indeed. What some of these old catfish have gone through is remarkable. 28 years old. Wow! Keep up the good work.

Ooo... Atlantic Highlands. So close to Sandy Hook and my one of my favorite beachs in NJ--Gunnison. Well said, m1ke715m. I try to picture myself in a room with all of the other forum members when I attempt to write a post on an internet forum. You will eventually have conflicts with other people/per...

I do generally read all the posts and am watching...always watching :character-jason: Ahh, good to see you on here. I, too, have been very busy with my career and my recent vacation (if you can call it that) to Chengdu with my wife and 17-month-old daughter. It was an adventure, to say the least. I...

It may be an option to disappear completely – like MatsP and Sidguppy. For Sidguppy, it wasn't his option. He was banned for repetitively and inappropriately attacking and deriding other forum members. I don't recall Marc ever acting in such an inflammatory way. It should also be noted that Marc le...

I sense a great opportunity here. Time to start a farm. I suppose I have to give Silurus a cut of the profits for an intellectual consultant fee.

I got an answer: The glass catfish they import into NJ are all wild caught.

Things have changed a lot since you were there. The main hall has gotten a total revamp, and we're just starting on our new Ocean Wonders project, which is giving us a very large shark tank with a walk-thru tunnel. Sweet. I guess I'll have to take my family for a visit soon. I'll ask for you when w...

Good question. I'll ask my importer friends and report back with their answer.

I'm sure more people didn't complain about the ALL CAPS because they didn't want to contribute to dragging this thread OT. I read Marc's first reply to this thread, smiled, and agreed with him. Vinman, I have a suggestion, instead of admitting to being lazy and being adversarial with one of the regu...

I don't see auction # 1349864572 listed on aquabid anymore. Perhaps either the seller or aquabid removed it?

As I don't have much experience with snakeheads, I will defer to the Singapore fish-heads.

Two places I've requested we visit:
1. A fish market
2. A good LFS

I'm not sure we'll make it to either this time around. Our schedule is constantly squeezed by the protracted meals they like to have here.

Redtailrob wrote:Will they be ok with me Neons & Oscars??

Neons and oscars! I just caught that now. Too funny!

After the Ren Ren Le grocery, we visited Chengdu's public aquarium... http://i49.tinypic.com/15jcxf.jpg That would be me... http://i49.tinypic.com/a1tuh4.jpg I'm happy to report that, in addition to the sharks, dolphins, stingrays, volitans lionfish, moray eels, sea turtles, and other fauna that you...

From the Ren Ren Le supermarket we visited yesterday... Keep your panties on, FWS & DNR! http://i50.tinypic.com/2qna2b6.jpg Pretty sure these are Ameiurus nebulosus . I wanted to find whoever was maintaining these tanks and yell at him/her. Way too many floaters in this one. http://i47.tinypic.c...

Viktor, the reddish fish are "parrot cichlids"--artificially manufactured fish. As such, they cannot produce offspring. When I used to professionally do aquarium maintenence, they were a big hit with my Asian clientelle (along with "flowerhorn cichlids"). Personally, I don't get ...

Thanks for the correction. Fixed.