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Wow im watching the news article online...I can't believe Terry would do something like that, he better have a **** good explation.

Well since its only a couple blocks from my house I will be there!!! I'm off of dallas drive....but am noramally haning out w/ a friend on Tamayo drive...cya there! I will be bring my roommate w/ me so he can learn a little about fish tanks.

in this picture, there are actually 4 babies, one is camera shy and is hiding under here neck.

So after writing in the blog today about how tired I was my min pin decided to give birth!! After setting up a new kennel she decided to have them on the ugly blanket that was sitting in my closet. I was actually at aquatek to discuss how to drill and plumb a extra 55g i have sitting around...when i came home i was suprised to see 2 new puppies! I ran downstairs to grab a heat lamp and a few new blankets and call a vet friend of mine...when i went back up stairs i noticed there were 3 puppies and another on its way into this world. 4 puppies so far and my more mother looks so drained...if you read the blog you will see how much I care about my dogs. Every animal in this house is part of my family and I never refer to them as pets...this is my view on anything that relys on me feeding it (so yes everything in my fishtank is part of the family). Im jumping up and down w/ joy that this so far has been a smooth birth but it isn't over quite yet, the next few days are going to be walking on ice. I am expecting the vet to stop by in the next hour to give the mother a clean bill of health (ie no dead puppies still in her) and check every puppy. I so far had to unwrap a cord from a puppies neck and hope this lil pup does good. I havn't looked yet to see the sexs, i won't till momma is a lil more stable. This is the 2nd litter and in honesty wasn't really wanted...I will be taking the lil boy in for a snipping on monday and when she is able to be fixed will happen. The boy is very worried as he is sitting next to the closet door and starts to cry if something is going wrong, he was the one that notified me about the pups cord around the neck. I will get a pic of the pups once they are all cleaned up..i don't want to gross anyone out as they are still wet. Wish her luck and pray we don't lose any of these innocent little babies.

Im going to agree w/ you also, that was a very bad location and bad history...the second owner had a problem on her hands when she decided to take over it. It like a pet shop in lakeway...its been going for awhile but is in its 3rd ownership and allways had a bad name. I give it to the last owner he was doing saltwater, freshwater, furry lil animals and repitiles and even took a big step and ventured into selling dogs and cats. A couple days ago I called them up to see what there salt water stock was and sure enough he said he was closing his doors, he sold the lot. Im going to head out there later today to see if any of his LARGE fish tanks are going to be on sale or if he taking them w/ him. Flippers Pets is what the place was called.

welcome to ARC!!

I've had to deal w/ this alot...first thing is to inspect it (while doing so ask if they can go any cheaper), make sure the item is in full working order..ask about warranties, the orignal place purchased so forth. If the truth hasn't come out by then give them the price your willing to pay and tell them you know who they got it from. Most ppl are looking for a $ and will look online at what items are going for and try to get a little under the "new" prices.

Enigma- if your looking for a sea hare, i recently bought 2 for a major hair algae outbreak, by monday I will be looking to get at least one out of my tank. I'll pm you my number..

It's as big as a quarter, and is currently residing in a 29g cube.

what kind of anenome is this?

I hope this is a pod...any ways i used a Sony Cybershot DSCW55 7.2MP Digital Camera. these lil guys are bugging the scooter bleeny, he will sit there watching this guys all day w/ no luck on being able to get them.

about a hour after i turned the lights of in the 55g i noticed the yellow tang had a white stripe and a coupe brown spots (the last yellow tang didn't do this) so I did what I do best. I hoped on the computer and found out it is common for them to do this when they are sleeping or stressed. So this morning i turned on the light and almost instantly he was back to bright yellow :-). The sea hares in the tank have done a very good job on eating the algae, what they leave behind the turbo's are picking up. So today I plan on doing some maintance to the 29g reef tank in my roommates room, I am hoping to frag the hammer coral (branching) today and getting a 10% water change, we are battling a heat issue in that tank at the moment. Couple nights ago the tank when from 81 (lights off) down to 71, we have a temp fix on the hood, we lifted it up 1/2 inch and it seems to make a huge differnce. There used to be a very very small snow flake eel in that tank but as he attacked and killed off the flame scallop and a hermit he was moved to the 8g. I will oon have him posted on this forum as someone here might want a tiny baby eel. pics of the hammer and the baby eel

Well alot has happened since the last time i posted a blog, the 90g corner bowfront was sold leaving me with just the 8g boicube. Well my roommate picked up a 29g cube so my coral were moved to that tank. Last night I picked up a 55g complete setup for $300 on craigslist, this tank has 2 skimmers, sump, stand, orbit light (4 65w pc's), hob overflow, powerheads, rock, sand...well you get the point. Apparently he had some nice coral till his tank temp got to 35 (non insulated house) and killed most of everything in the tank. When i picked the tank up it had a bad problem w/ hair algae however i only spotted 2 snails and 1 hermit crab. So today i got 30 hermits, 20 snails, and 2 sea hares (1 will leave once the algea is under control). Also included are 2 clownfish and a yellow tank. The clownfish are rather big and are hosting a small anemome...but look very healthy and happy at the moment.

how much for everything? im interested

I'll hold for you...

yes the tank has internal overflows, once I get back to the house I'll post up equipment specs. For those who are sent me pm's about parting out- Sorry for $450 for the complete setup I will not part it out. You can buy this setup for $450 and the tank and stand are still worth more!

sorry phone number changed... 512-206-4431! since the move the old number has been disconnected.

I really don't want to part the system out...but I'll make a even better deal! $450 for the complete setup. Im almost done moving out and need these tank out of here fast! Thats right $450 (this isn't a typo) you get all the equipment!! I really doubt you will find another good deal like this...don't sit and pass it up! call 512-420-0440