As Promised, Here is a video of my sister's fish tank!!! I design Props go to me, hehe anyways, feel free to leave a comment on what you liked or didn't like about the tank, and suggestions are always welcome :D

PetSolutions.com

Who else has never heard of this place? i decided to click one of my ads on here, for "THE BEST DEAL FISH TANKS." well, one of them caught my eye. well two. but i'll talk about that one later :P

after a few clicks, i ended up on Www.petsolutions.com , A Walmart of pets web-store. i think whats more interesting about this site is the prices AND selection. although it's no Big Als or Petsmart, the selection is unbeatable. When i go to petsmart, i want to see what I'm buying. even tho it's through a computer screen. well at pet solutions, i can see EVERYTHING. there is always multiple pictures of whats for sale.


AND they have WICKED selection of Fresh & Saltwater fish. But wait. i haven't come to the best part yet :D


THIS IS THE FIRST STORE I HAVE FOUND IN MONTHS THAT SELLS LIVE BRINE SHRIM:P!!!! now my cichlids & Tropical tanks can enjoy the wonders of LIVE food. :D so exciting.


Tropical fish wise, they have THE BRIGHTEST fish i have ever seen. most of the fish come from award winning breeders, like their Discus & cichlids. which i think is awesome. when i order my first batch of fish from there, I'll let you guy's N gal's know how they are :D

Big Al's Pet store(ONLINE) Possible Filter review & HEXAGON HOOD(FINALLY!!!)

In my quest to utilize some PayPal bucks that I've accumulated from Live-person, i decided to give Big Al's Pet store a try.

I found their pricing to be VERY reasonable, as I've mentioned before, i'm a huge fan of petsmart, only because their pet supplies are SO CHEAP. well Big Al's is maybe 50-75 cents either way diffrence, (i'm thinking a 22lb bag of gravel) so there pretty much equal. And really, how much does it cost me to get there, and back,  Plus grabbing a coffee on the way, i end up spending like 10 bucks after I've left the house just on the trip & Food alone. How much easier is it to sit at home, in pj's, and go pet store shopping ? SUPER EASY!!!!


Lets not forget the BEST PART EVER!!!. I found a hexagon hood for my tank :D :D :D :D :D it's a plastic hood, WITH LIGHT. my tank is 17.2inches wide, the hood fits 18inches wide. the width of the panels is 10 inches, my hex is 9.8inches. so it's pretty damn close. I've been looking for a hex hood for MONTHS!!!!!. since Lorne found me my first hexagon.(yay for crappy Tenants who trash an apartment & then leave all their junk behind. *TWO THUMBS UP*) except Lorne & i had to tidy the place up. well mostly Lorne, i helped a lil bit :P


PLUS i found a few new filters i wanna give a shot. REVIEWS coming ASAP soon as i get em. they are called -            
 - Penn plax cascade 200 power filter. i eventually want to give a good review of the CANISTER filters of the same brand name, but that will be for the eventual discus tank. :D
http://www.bigalsonline.ca/BigAlsCA/ctl3664/cp17903/si1319661/cl0/pennplaxcascade200powerfilter

If anyone's had any good/bad experience with this filter, PLEASE Comment about your experience, how it was good/bad, etc. TELL ME WHAT YOU THOUGHT!!! hehe


OR let me know of a good filter to test out. (Please don't say aqueon. Please don't say aqueon. (I CAN"T STAND MINE...


Forgive the choppy nature, i'm just learning how to add photo's to the blog :D

So I promised some of my facebook friends a picture or video update of my sisters new fish tank that  i just designed, it's not done, were still planting it, but for the most part it's looking pretty good. i still have to build the Hood for the tank, it came without a lid(YAY for petsmart's breeder tanks :D.

I bought three ghost shrimp from petsmart, they were .99Cents each, and one of them died :-( poor Invertebre's. but at .99C each, i'm not too worried about replacing it. probably stress. We got some Corkscrew plants, some caladara(did i spell that right? i hope so), Some tall Grassy plant, & of course a few "Bamboo" ish plants. I don't have the proper Fish tank lights yet, i just bought her a cheap "GLOBE" florescent light. I'm going to take the fixture into King Ed or Pacific Aquatics and get a Floramax Light bulb for her tank, & 1 i believe it's called a Grow or Glow light? it's for accenting Tropical fish colors. and of course a Black or Blue florescent light so that the tank has set day & night times. The hood should take me a few weeks to assemble and get up & running, and i might just invest in the same set up for my tank. LAURA!!! UR ONE LUCKY GURL FOR GETTING YOUR TANK DONE FOR FREE!!!! I think i deserve a shopping trip for my french dinner night. Julia Childs Beef Bouginon Mmmm

So the pictures are HOPEFULLY going to be in this post, if they don't work PLEASE let me know so i can fix it :D it's been quite some time since i've done the BLOG thing, and need to get the hang of things again :P

After mindless attempts at uploading using Bloggers upload function UNSUCCESSFULLY, I've given in and gotten myself an ImageShack account. Maybe it's Karma? maybe i'm just not ment to show the world my newest fish tank? MAYBE it's a higher power telling me to invest in some good batteries & take the damn video. Irregardless, a Fantastic set of photo's is soon to follow. Talk about redundancy? i've said pretty much the same thing three times already. but seriously, I think i'm ready to upload the  

From Fish tank(Laura's)

From Fish tank(Laura's)

From Fish tank(Laura's)

Misadventures in pet-keeping

I'm not new in the world of pets, but I'm not an expert either. I'm a human being. I learn from trial & error just like every one else. I'll admit to having my first fish tank all die from doing a total water change. I sometimes forget to clean out the litter box every day. I'll even cover up the birds if they get too loud. I'm no angel. I decided to share my misadventures with the world, maybe throw in some product reviews, and explore my love of fish keeping with all of you wonderful folks on the net.

In the future, you can expect to see reviews of such things like Aquarium Filters, gadgets, cat&dog toys, Pet foods, Kitty litter, You name it, i'll probably give it a shot. I'll also be sharing my exploration into the more advanced world of fish keeping. Cichlids, Discus & eventually salt water. maybe even explore some aquatic reptiles with you guys&gals. sounds like fun eh? I'm excited!!!

Well hope to cya all soon,

B