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Joe, Beer Can Island (there are 3 of them in the Bay area), is a great place to be! A good buddy of mine has a 33' Contender (70+ mph boat). One Sunday, we opted to take a "beer can tour" and visit each and every beer can island in the area. Truthfully, my Beer Can Island is the best (lower...

This dog would approach you and take being petted, then his ears would lie down and he'd begin that backwards look that is typical of a dog that is getting ready to bite. It was almost like the dog would seek affection, then kind of turn a little bit. This dog was from a shelter, so there is...

04046, If I'm not mistaken, a 37 gallon is 36 l x 12 w x 20 t? If this is the case, you have plenty of room for a pair of angels. They would make a killer centerpiece. If it is a 30" tank, I would think twice about adding them. However, a tank that is just a little taller than the standard...

After using my Python for aquarium maintenence for several years, I found that the hose would collapse under the water pressure while vaccuming. I ended up replacing the hose with the same diameter nylon-reinforced hose. It keeps its internal integrity with few problems and only costs a few...

I was around a Rhodesian Ridgeback once. A buddy brought his girlfriend's over to the house. It was kind of a freaky dog! Don't get me wrong, I'm not one who's scared of bigger dogs or whatnot. This one was just a little wired.

I spend almost every weekend on the beach. Well, I'm on beer can island at least. It's a little island in the middle of Tampa bay where a bunch of boats pull up. It's a great place to hang out and drink beer. Furthermore, I live on the water and we're less than 2 miles from the island, so...

My dog makes clicking sounds when he snaps at the fish. Does that count?

I have to side with Kas on this one. If the guy has the money and he's willing to spend it. He's just as entitled as anyone else to use whatever avenues he finds convenient to obtain what he is looking for. I hate to break it to you punk, but money from a 13 year old spends just as easily as...

I would add something big that causes a natural division of the tank such as a large piece of driftood- I'm talking small stump in this scenario, as well as strategically placed plants. Obviously, your fish will dig up the plants, but this can be circumvented through using rocks, zip ties and...

Wow, After reading the entire thread, I think I have something to add. Purebred working and sporting dogs were developed with a purpose in mind. Collies were bred to work as herding dogs, Shar Peis were bred as guard dogs, Labradors were bred as retrievers, greyhounds were developed for...

You have a few options for lowering your Ph, though it's not totally necessary. First, CO2 injection will naturally lower your Ph. Second, peat moss in a mesh bag placed in your filter will also bring it down. Finally, replacing a fairly large percentage of your water with reverse osmosis...

With RUGF in a planted tank, you also eliminate the need for substrate cable heaters as heated water is being physically pumped through the gravel. I've never used one personally, but I definately see the advantages of this set-up. With RUGF, are "dead spots" in the filter still an issue the...

I don't know about my fish, but I can say for certain that my Labrador is better taken care of than I am. We get up at 6:00 and go run basic obedience/light retrieving drills until about 7:00 when I take a shower, pound some coffee and go to work. When I get home, we walk to the beach where he...

It's like I've always said: If you're gonna be dumb, you better be tough. It's pretty obvious that this dog was hit several times by the porcupine before he finally gave up. I've had pointers get into porcupines and usually they only receive around a dozen quills or so. That's what...

When we were kids we used to catch fish out of the lake and put them in my neighbor's pool. Obviously the pool was in disrepair and all chlorine had dissipated. We put bass, bream, catfish, shellcrackers, warmouths, gar, thousands of ghost shrimp, mollies, you name it. Our neighbor didn't...

The only thing I'll say is this: When I was young, the only thing I wanted was a BIG aquarium. I was talking something huge, like 55 gallons! Unfortunately, my dad believed anything over 30 gallons was entirely too large. Subsequently, I wound up acquiring every 10 gallon aquarium in the...

Thanks Captain, I do indeed have 2x65 power compacts over the tank (I work in the fish business. I get some deals). That's where one of my problems lies: I have so much light and enough CO2 going into the tank that fast growing plants take off! Subsequently, many of the lower light plants...

Providing you do not have goldfish (even then it's debatable), your fish will do fine in water as warm as 85+++. Your fish are tropical. In our grow-out ponds here in central Florida, the water temperature is 87 degrees plus. Warm water is not a major issue. Constant tepmerature fluctuation...

I've tried using Crypts as a midground plant, but because the lighting is so high (~4.5 wpg), they don't do so well usually. In my experience, swords get too big. Anubias are a good option though. I may pick up some more and create a relatively dense group.

Hey guys, I'm rearranging/replanting a 29 gallon planted tank. Does anyone have any suggestions for making this go as smoothly as possible? Most of the tank is covered over in chain sword, so gravel vaccuming hasn't been done in a year. Subsequently, there is a thin layer of detritus under...