Okay. Can it be that there exist different types of GE Silicone One, made for pet shops and for hardware stores? And can my mistake be that I went to the home improvement/hardware store (Lowe's) to get theirs? Here is a small piece from e-how: http://www.ehow.com/facts_5892414_kind-silicone-can-use-...

Mats, the wording on the tube of GE Silicone I (one) is slightly different from that on GE Silicone II (two) but still unsettling. The last sentence of the instructions reads: "Not for use below the water line or aquariums." Do you think this can be disregarded? Do you still assert that Si...

Ha-ha!!! I will never make Sherlock Holmes. Thank you Bas Pels!! I should have guessed your attempt to help me resolve my lack of understanding. I thought "ichli" refers to some character, perhaps greek. :D Why are some words edited? This one does not appear to be a bad or dirty word?

yeah, "encourages" is a very nice weasel word! It can mean hundred different things, especially when taken to court

Birger, as you hinted these two compounds are very, very diferent - one is an organic polymer and the other is a very highly insoluble inorganic salt - rock dust. Hard to combine them indeed, but not at all impossible: say, one can melt the polymer and mix the melt with the CaCO3 salt powder and the...

2wheelsx2, sorry to be so dense but I still do not get what this forum or website is - it appears you either assume I know it or I should be able to guess easily. Neither do I understand Bas Pels' mysterious comment. No need to explain if you'd rather not.
Viktor

Yes, Mats, you are correct. After I had written my prior comment, I thought about it and realized that I just did not think vodka could be almost pure ethanol. Vodka in my apparently skewed belarussian mind has always been associated with 40% by volume. So when you wrote that absolute vodka is 96% b...

Birger, you may be right but just for giggles, let me point out that people that want to sell you stuff may package the deal differently. See, for example: http://www.pondliner.com/product/savio_springflo_filter_media/filter_media it says: """"Savio Springflo Bio Filter Media's p...

to Mats: thank you! ok, so the conclusion is next time I will use GE Silicone I (one). But: (1) can I use what I've made with Silicone II (two)? (2) If not, why not? will the anti-mold agent kill beneficial bacteria or will something leech out of the caulk and affect my fish's health or something e...

what's c*****d forum?

wow! what a wonderful web-site you brought to my attention!!!! Wernerponds. Thank you, 2wheelsx2!!!!!!! Viktor

To Mats: although 2wheelsx2's comments are right on the mark, I appreciate your edifying response!! Your concerns with polymer/plastic chemistry and composition ring true to my ear. The softening compounds are called plastisizers. It is never just one organic chemical. A plastisizer is a cocktail o...

Mats: 2. You rub it with Vodka, which is almost pure alcohol anyways ["Absolut" vodka is distilled to 96%, which is as pure as you CAN distill ethanol in presence of water]. Viktor: a likely small correction: 96% is close to 50 volume %; 100 volume % would be 200% or 200 proof, so absolut ...

please see also my question about plastic pot scrubbers (I intend to use as a filter media) at http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... =4&t=24141
Viktor

For my 2500 gal indoor pond (in my basement), I've been putting together an alternative filter using a regular 96-gal gardage toter (from Lowes home improvement store). The plumbing guy at the store appeared quite experienced and taught me how to put in inlets and outlets in the toter cheaply, safel...

Thanks Mats! Ok, I've just bought 100 US gal worth of pot scrubbers (red, blue, yellow, orange, green, and purple) for a huge filter I am rigging out of a garbage toter (to service 2500 gal indoor pond in my basement). They came 6 per package with very, very little info on the package from our local...

Gents, Ladies, A couple of questions for seasoned collegues. Any general and especially kitchen cleaning supplies like sponges, scrubbers, scourers, etc. ARE often treated with or coated with or contain imbedded bactericidal chemicals. (1) How would one know if they are or if they are not treated? C...

Mats, thank you for not sparing your time and fingers! Viktor

Hi Jools, I may be wrong but for now I presume you are confusing two different fishes of mine - my latest email (which was the late, after-thought reply to your first email to me) was concerned with the fish I initially named longirostris and you said with an apparent certainty that it is an ocellif...

Richard B. was the first to suggest that in the original post "whats my cat?" Jools agrees: see email thread: Hi Viktor, The point I think is that S. galinae isn't itself genuine and is a marketed form of S. eupterus. No idea if it is a hybrid or just selective breeding, but I think it sho...

this thread is being continued/developed in the http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... 9&p=180720

Forgot to mention, the bigger galinae (?) has a somewhat deformed, assymetric head and mouth - birth trauma, injury, or something. Of course, I do not know, I got him only a month ago from a private owner.

this one is about 4-5 inches

he is about 8 inches

As advertized by Jools, here are the two he asked me to post.
(They are also posted and discussed in the what's my catfish? forum.)
Viktor

a couple more

Ok. He is about 3 inches. Please, see if these are useful (never mind the white marks on his body - my alligator gar left these on him, which was the last straw and I transferred him to a smaller, safe tank two days ago; pics are of this Sat morning). Viktor Syno decora 1.JPG Syno decora 2.JPG Syno ...

All right! Today morning, I had to transfer the suspected S. decora along with about a dozen other small and smallish fish from my 120-gal tank, where they started to get picked on by larger tankmates, to my 27-gal hex. Now, I can see him quite well. Yes! The two maxillary barbels ARE branched - the...

Gentlemen, ladies, very nice discussion, especially for the benefit of my ignorant self. Thank you for the education. To Richard B.: is there a typo in your message or am I confused? Maxillary barbels are at the mouth sides. Mandibular ones are on the chin. Right? Pic 6 from Cat-eLog shows strong br...

To Mats: thank you. the pic numbers that may evoke suspicion in my novice and untrained eye are 2, 7 and 11. (#16 is wrong all together - a bug?) BTW, Richard B. thinks my guy is a true S. decora (though you never said he was not :) ). To Richard B.: thank you. Yes, the four lower-lip barbels are br...