Recent content by Gopherfish

Hi All- Still no luck getting my puffer to take food. He swims up to it, but won't eat. I've tried fresh shrimp, romaine, sliced peas, and the frozen stuff I feed my other fish (which the puffer never liked anyway). I gave him a fresh water dip on Sunday, but that didn't seem to effect him...

Thanks for the info. I had trouble feeding him when I first bought him, mostly because he was choosey about what he'd eat. So it was about 8 days before he finally found something he liked. I really hate to resort to the goldfish again, as they're not good for him and usually diseased. What...

Hi all- My porcupine pufferfish, which I've had for about a year has stopped eating. Normally it ate krill and romaine, but won't touch them suddenly. Tank: 90gal FOWLR Temp and chem levels have been constant No changes to inhabitants or diet Tankmates: Foxface, two damsels, hawkfish, yellow...

I'd leave it to the professionals. While you normally can stay within the law doing your own electrical work on your own house- it's critical you do it properly. I've seen some of the shabby patchwork people have done themselves, and you're just asking for problems. Wouldn't you rather have...

Hi Dargason- I think about the "what if's" all too often. I live on the third floor (above my landlord) and sometimes imagine what it would be like to walk in my door (on first floor) to be greeted by water dripping from above. I once had a filter spill during maintainance (about 2 gallons)...

ThatFishPlace.com held true to their word and credited $20 back to me for the price difference (found after my purchase). My Hagen Fluval 404 (ordered Sun) showed up Thursday via UPS Ground- not bad. In regard to the 404- WOW! They really improved this filter in every way possible! I had...

Hi Mike- RUN THE OTHER WAY! I had a Lee's skimmer in my tank when I began keeping a SW Tank and had to constantly fiddle with the air flow, level and replace airstones frequently to get ANY amount of skimmate. And the loss of tank space isn't great either (plus it looks like crap in there)...

Undoubtedly every store has it's strengths and weaknesses, and all will make mistakes at some point. The important thing is how they go about remedying the situation. From what I've seen, people tend to have a better opinion of the online store than the retail store. Guess the saying is...

Not to give shameless plugs for stores I detest anyway- but Best Buy has an APC 575KVA UPS system for $60 after rebate. It's actually a smart UPS- meaning you could really go all out and have it record outages and power spikes/dips on your PC. Course, running your PC would defeat the purpose...

I love my CPR BakPak2. Although what are the dims of your 20gal tank? You need a bare minimum of 12"H to fit a BakPak. Goph

WOW! Thanks Davelin! It never hurts to ask. I called them back and told them I found it cheaper (after my order). The rep asked her supervisor and they approved the refund. They're already scoring good marks in my book! I wouldn't have canceled the order- as I'm counting on this...

Thanks everyone! I placed an order with ThatFishPlace.com for a Hagen Fluval 404 to replace my 403. I've read quite a few good reviews of it- so I hope it holds up to their words. For comparison on the 404: ThatFishPlace.com - $109 incl media Petsmart.com - $135 Petsmart B&M - $170 Petco B&M...

Hi Gama- I live in Chicago, but only have a FOWLR tank at the time. There are some nice looking corals at a few of the local stores here. Old Town Aquarium: Downtown Chicago. Wells Street. Good selection- good help, a bit pricey. Coral Reef: Western Chicago. On Lawrence, near Harlem...

Hi everyone- I've found a few past threads mentioning ThatFishPlace (the actual store). Does anyone have an opinion of the online ThatFishPlace.com? From what I've seen, their prices look good. Just wondering what to expect in terms of service and delivery from the online store. Are they...

Hi Marty M- I love my trigger, but he's keeping me from getting any kind of invertibrate, snail or starfish. I've read that he'll just pop them over and eat them from the inside out. My question is: will any of my other fish be a problem in this sense? One thing the trigger loves to do is...