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IratePrimate · 07-05-2012, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Lumpy

Thanks for sharing!

I really like the rock formation!

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Update: I now have a total of 4 tanks. A 55g, 10g, 5g, and now... a 3g.

I had a melting issue w/ my Anacharis in the 5g, so I had to remove them. When I did, my Red Cherry Shrimp had nowhere to hide and my Betta went on a killing spree.

He only ate a few, but I figured it was time for his own tank.

I went to Walmart, (

), and found a nice setup. It's the Hawkeye AquaView 360 Aquarium, 3gal

It has a multi-color LED light fixture and you can set the colors to stay solid or fade. It's pretty sweet! The only thing I had to buy was a heater, gravel, and ornaments. I figured it was time to deck-out a tank for my son, so I got a few bright artificial plants for the background, along w/ Spongebob, Patrick, and Spongebob's Pineapple house.

Unfortunately, not but a few days after setting up the tank, my other Betta, (in the 10g), passed. So now I have a tank w/ no fish. What to do, what to do...

Thank you, I've had the tank since November. It's been fun watching the fish grow, but I'm ready for them to be full grown.

IratePrimate · 07-05-2012, 08:41 AM

Does anyone know where you can pick up cherry shrimp in KC? I've got a buddy who has a planted tank and has always wanted some but could never find them locally.

Silock · 07-05-2012, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by IratePrimate

Does anyone know where you can pick up cherry shrimp in KC? I've got a buddy who has a planted tank and has always wanted some but could never find them locally.

I just get mine on aquabid.com.

That's where I get most of my fish, actually.

mr. tegu · 07-03-2012, 03:06 PM

I found a new pet store in Leawood at the new shopping area they built by Town Center called Park Place Plaza I think. Really nice place with a lot of cool tanks. They have fresh and saltwater fish and products. It's called Picasso's Exotic Aquatics.

http://www.picassoexoticaquatics.com/

Silock · 07-04-2012, 10:05 PM

I can send you some new Anarchis if you want. Mine is growing like crazy. I have to trim it every two days.

**Lumpy** · 07-04-2012, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Silock

I can send you some new Anarchis if you want. Mine is growing like crazy. I have to trim it every two days.

Thanks for the offer!

I'm good though. Luckily, I had thinned them out a week prior and have a large bunch of them in my 55g. I'm going to redesign my 10g and they will probably go in there. I only have those and a huge Amazon Sword floating in my 55g tank now, (thanks to that huge ass Pleco).

I read about your Red Cherry Shrimp. That sucks.

I wonder what would have killed them, but not your Ghost?

Silock · 07-05-2012, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Lumpy

Thanks for the offer!

I'm good though. Luckily, I had thinned them out a week prior and have a large bunch of them in my 55g. I'm going to redesign my 10g and they will probably go in there. I only have those and a huge Amazon Sword floating in my 55g tank now, (thanks to that huge ass Pleco).

I read about your Red Cherry Shrimp. That sucks.

I wonder what would have killed them, but not your Ghost?

I still have a few. I guess they were just sick and weak when they arrived.

KS Smitty · 07-06-2012, 03:54 PM

There's a place in Bonner we drive by called Go Lizards. We've never stopped cuz they're usually closed but it looks promising.
http://golizards.com/

An interesting thing happened to me on the 3rd. A guy was referred to me because "I like fish" and he had some to give away. So I to out to his black truck (110+ degrees outside) and in the very back were 3 orange HomeDepot buckets with an airline in each one. He starts popping the lids and they were full of cichlids, a rope fish and who know what else that were dropping like flies.
So I immediately said yes I'll take some thinking I could put them in the 29 the goldfish were in. I got the rope fish and a bunch of the cichlids, unfortunately most were dying faster than I could save them.

Got home and started netting them...they're ALL a minimum of 4 " and there are 3 white, 2 yellow, 2 blue, an orange, a silver and a dark grey cichlid in addition to the ropefish that is 8" long...29 wont work for long...

Found a 40 today with stand and accessories for $15. Now I have to find a place to put it. This will be tank 8 not counting 2 betta tanks and an African frog. Freaking ridiculous.

**Lumpy** · 07-09-2012, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by KS Smitty

There's a place in Bonner we drive by called Go Lizards. We've never stopped cuz they're usually closed but it looks promising.
http://golizards.com/

An interesting thing happened to me on the 3rd. A guy was referred to me because "I like fish" and he had some to give away. So I to out to his black truck (110+ degrees outside) and in the very back were 3 orange HomeDepot buckets with an airline in each one. He starts popping the lids and they were full of cichlids, a rope fish and who know what else that were dropping like flies.
So I immediately said yes I'll take some thinking I could put them in the 29 the goldfish were in. I got the rope fish and a bunch of the cichlids, unfortunately most were dying faster than I could save them.

Got home and started netting them...they're ALL a minimum of 4 " and there are 3 white, 2 yellow, 2 blue, an orange, a silver and a dark grey cichlid in addition to the ropefish that is 8" long...29 wont work for long...

Found a 40 today with stand and accessories for $15. Now I have to find a place to put it. This will be tank 8 not counting 2 betta tanks and an African frog. Freaking ridiculous.

WTF was that guy thinking?

It's a good thing you were able to save some of them, at least. Only $15 for a 40g?! DAMN! Nice job!

So, let me get this straight... you have 8 tanks, 2 betta tanks, and 1 frog tank?

GAH!!

KS Smitty · 07-09-2012, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Lumpy

WTF was that guy thinking?

It's a good thing you were able to save some of them, at least. Only $15 for a 40g?! DAMN! Nice job!

So, let me get this straight... you have 8 tanks, 2 betta tanks, and 1 frog tank?

GAH!!

I said it was ridiculous...We have a 55 with a geophagis (Jeff), bristlenose pleco, chinese algae eater, 3 black fin tetras, a molly and a crawdad. The 49 has an orange gourami, a dwarf gourami, a yoyo loach, a leopard cory, a few swords, zebra danios and harlequin rasboras and a silver dollar that is at least 6 years old. A 29 with guppies, an oto and a spotted cory plus a bazillion ramshorn snails. A 15 with a crawdad, a 20 with emperor, rummy nose and red fins tetras. Then we set up a cool cichlid tank in a 40g breeder tank with 7 cichlids and a pleco. The other 29 had the goldfish in it over the winter and we were planning on using that as a housing tank while we did some deep cleaning on the other tanks but these cichlids showed up so there are 4 in there and the 40 that I got (which is only 30) I put the other 4 cichlids and the ropefish in. The Bettas are in little 1 gals and the frog is in a 2 gal. No fancy hard to care for fish but still lots of water and filter changes.

Silock · 07-06-2012, 04:09 PM

Lol. Nice!

**Lumpy** · 07-09-2012, 09:41 PM

That is absolutely amazing, Smitty!

I hope your new additions do ok. Is the frog an African Dwarf?

Silock · 08-10-2012, 06:55 AM

Anyone want any mystery snails? Free of charge. I have about . . . 1,000.

**cabletech94** · 08-10-2012, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Silock

Anyone want any mystery snails? Free of charge. I have about . . . 1,000.

I'd take some. Just gotta get up your way.

Silock · 08-17-2012, 12:30 AM

So, I bought a 5 stage RODI system (Reverse Osmosis De-Ionization) when I thought I was going saltwater. It produces 75g/day of filtered water, and comes with a reservoir that is heated and has a powerhead for circulation. Comes with all the attachments you'd need to hook it up to a hose, faucet, or directly to your home's plumbing.

Since I'm not going saltwater anymore (can't afford to salt out a 125g tank), I am getting rid of the system.

$175 takes it.

07-05-2012, 08:41 AM	#2
IratePrimate Starter Join Date: Dec 2011 Casino cash: $10005379	Does anyone know where you can pick up cherry shrimp in KC? I've got a buddy who has a planted tank and has always wanted some but could never find them locally.
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07-03-2012, 03:06 PM	#4
mr. tegu Forever Royal Join Date: Mar 2012 Casino cash: $1791300	I found a new pet store in Leawood at the new shopping area they built by Town Center called Park Place Plaza I think. Really nice place with a lot of cool tanks. They have fresh and saltwater fish and products. It's called Picasso's Exotic Aquatics. http://www.picassoexoticaquatics.com/
Posts: 24,109

07-04-2012, 10:05 PM	#5
Silock MVP Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Overland Park Casino cash: $10020882	I can send you some new Anarchis if you want. Mine is growing like crazy. I have to trim it every two days.
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07-06-2012, 03:54 PM	#8
KS Smitty Cool as a Cucumber Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: on the edge Casino cash: $3666717	There's a place in Bonner we drive by called Go Lizards. We've never stopped cuz they're usually closed but it looks promising. http://golizards.com/ An interesting thing happened to me on the 3rd. A guy was referred to me because "I like fish" and he had some to give away. So I to out to his black truck (110+ degrees outside) and in the very back were 3 orange HomeDepot buckets with an airline in each one. He starts popping the lids and they were full of cichlids, a rope fish and who know what else that were dropping like flies. So I immediately said yes I'll take some thinking I could put them in the 29 the goldfish were in. I got the rope fish and a bunch of the cichlids, unfortunately most were dying faster than I could save them. Got home and started netting them...they're ALL a minimum of 4 " and there are 3 white, 2 yellow, 2 blue, an orange, a silver and a dark grey cichlid in addition to the ropefish that is 8" long...29 wont work for long... Found a 40 today with stand and accessories for $15. Now I have to find a place to put it. This will be tank 8 not counting 2 betta tanks and an African frog. Freaking ridiculous. __________________ A D with Sneed is a D indeed.
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07-06-2012, 04:09 PM	#11
Silock MVP Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Overland Park Casino cash: $10020882	Lol. Nice!
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08-10-2012, 06:55 AM	#13
Silock MVP Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Overland Park Casino cash: $10020882	Anyone want any mystery snails? Free of charge. I have about . . . 1,000.
Posts: 19,908

08-17-2012, 12:30 AM	#15
Silock MVP Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Overland Park Casino cash: $10020882	So, I bought a 5 stage RODI system (Reverse Osmosis De-Ionization) when I thought I was going saltwater. It produces 75g/day of filtered water, and comes with a reservoir that is heated and has a powerhead for circulation. Comes with all the attachments you'd need to hook it up to a hose, faucet, or directly to your home's plumbing. Since I'm not going saltwater anymore (can't afford to salt out a 125g tank), I am getting rid of the system. $175 takes it.
Posts: 19,908