Cascade 150 Power Filter -

So I'm very close to giving y'all that review on the Cascade 150 Power Filter :D

http://www.bigalsonline.ca/BigAlsCA/ctl3664/cp17903/si1319660/cl0/pennplaxcascade150powerfilter


I've been seriously debating weather i should give it a shot or not, and have decided that it's gonna happen. Right now I've got my rock feature in the center of my hexagon, 7 Albino Convict Cichlids(from what i can tell, I've got a few pairs of lesbians in that tank, so THANK god i won't end up with more babies)

And of course, I've got an under gravel filtration system. because I'm too cheap for a power-head, I've got the water level about a quarter cm lower than the tube, and my aqueon filter tube inside it(extended about half way down the tank) so it's sucking the water through the tube and out into the tank.(GENUS) hehe

So far they seem to be enjoying themselves, I've also got the Frog tank all finished and am hoping Laura will get her camera out and take some pictures of both tanks. the cichlid tank needs some help first, as I'm not happy with the rock feature yet. i did find a BEAUTIFUL piece of Jade in the coquihalla river, and put that in the tank :D it looks fantastic!!! the cichlids seem to love it. they've got tons of room to swim around as their only the size of a Loonie right now(loonies for those who don't know are 1 dollar coins in Canada)

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

Pet Solutions Pt II

Petsolutions was a bust. As i sat at my computer desk today, looking at a bird cage & some plants(Aquatic) i was forced into the realization that their products are cheap, but USPS Shipping is NOT. almost 40 $ Shipping for a filter. Pfft. so not impressed. And to top it all off, Pet Solutions can't ship LIVE ANYTHING over the boarder. i tried to see how much Brine Shrimp would cost after tax & shipping and all that, and it aint gonna happen. they can't ship living things. how sad is that? back to the drawing board. Gotta find me some brine shrimp. my fish LOVED live food.

Although pet solutions is a GREAT!!! site, for Canadians looking for Fantastic deals on aquatic related supplies, i suggest big Al's & Pacific Aquatics in surrey. I've also heard good reviews about Rogers on scott road.(surrey again)

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)

Fish tank hairs?!?!? & Picky eaters

As i walk into my room to feed my fish in my hexagon tank, I've started to notice these little clear hairs all over the glass(Inside?) i have no clue what they are but the tank looks like it's waving at me(i should post a video) Trust me to come across something i don't know in the first 2 months of having my first cichlid tank set up PFFT!!!!

The pleco & catfish do their job wonderfully, they never stop sucking things.(oh how bad that sounded) but seriously, there cleaning like CRAZY!!!. Does anyone know what these little waving Clear hairs are? my first thought was snails, but i don't have any in my tank. I'm at a total loss. the funny thing is that tank is in a room with NO natural light. Hmm.


I'M STUMPED!!!!


Well on to bigger & better things. like trying to find a dog food my puppy WILL eat. this month i've tried him on Iams, Bentiful(did i spell that right?), Ceasers, Orijin, Even Authority(petsmart). Most of which were wet foods, the little bugger won't eat anything i give him. i've locked him in the bathroom to finish his food and it sits there, eventually to be dumped in the garbage. If i knew how difficult it would be to feed a dog i would have stuck with fish. i'd have better luck with a picky Discus than this adorable puppy.