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Add a Mystery Snail
Along with the algae eaters, we also bought a Golden Mystery Snail this weekend to help withe algae control. So far the snail is being rather elusive. I had treated the water with an antibiotic for a few days last week in case the Pleco that died so soon was sick. I [...]
Algae Eater #2 and #3: They’re Cute!
I bought two cute little algae eaters this weekend at PetSmart. They will not grow bigger than 1.5″, which is very small for this type of fish, but I purposes chose these little guys from among the several algae eaters available. I made the 45 mile round trip to a pet store that [...]
Easter Trivia
Hmmmm, this is interesting. There are four reasons why Easter is special to Christians this year, check it out at About Christianity. And while you are there, take a peek at the software reviews for Bibles for your Palm or Pocket PC device on the Bible Study Tools & Resources page:
Laridian My [...]
New WordPress Template
I’m trying out a new template for this blog. I hate the light blue font in the headers and the rotating header needs tweaking. But, I am too busy with other things right now to do anything about it, and this template has some really nifty features. So, some day when I feel inspired to [...]
Funeral Flush for Algae Eater #1
I woke up this morning to find that the Pleco algae eater I just bought four days ago had died. I haven’t had a fatality in this aquarium before, so I think the fish was not well when I bought it.
Will head out to buy the smaller type of algae eater I found while [...]
Aquarium Algae Counter-Attack
I went looking for an algae eater for my aquarium at the pet store today, but foolishly did not do any research before making my purchase. I expected to find smaller, gold algae eaters at the pet store but they only had 3″ Plecos, which grow to be 18″ long. I told the [...]