Louie

I'm not familiar with supernova but think it is the bigger Australian cray?

I like crays as far as find them to have personality , If you don't mind small crays you might like the CPO's very active and interesting .

My bigger crays are White Clarcki and the marbled .  The electric pink do look nice but I have only seen them on sites .

wicca,

            There are a few slightly brackish marsh's like an hour from me . You find mollies there and though the areas are perfect with fallen tree's and high grass for plecos your correct not a one can be found there.

Interestingly enough you do find Mayan cichlids but never other cichlids but I have never seen Mayans spawn in those waters but adults do thrive .

How nice it must be to have a basement in the summer .

kcosia,

             Have you ever tried tapwater ?

I have been keeping shrimp a bit over a year now and several types of shrimps.  I use regular tapwater (dechlorinated) .  I lost 1 shrimp two weeks ago out of a couple of hundred that breed rather nicely .

I find tapwater to be great . I do 5% water changes 2 - 3 times a week.  I have no idea what my KH nor PH are (tapwater here is high ph) nor do I care but maybe trying to maintain PH with your RO water which seems to swing might be the problem.

Lunar,

            How did yours escape, the water level was to high?  Unfortunately the electric pinks are not common like the White's and reds . They are around now and than but as you know not easy to find .

Lunar at 3 inches they can be sexed .

rfitropicalfish.com used to sell them sexed pair at 3 inches . They used to carry the pink .

That is a good point because those are the only movies which I have gone to the theatre to see in the last few years . My wife goes with a neighbor because her husband and I rather eat glass than see the movies they enjoy .

I am eagerly waiting for the Smaug PT 2 (Hobbit to come out)

Country ,

                 Most people do not know that  Tolkien who wrote the trilogy was in WW2 and that was where he got his idea for his books as far as clearly defined good vs evil .

                     The last one as you know was not written by him but still great . You would be surprised how many of us older folks enjoy these movies . Even HP was good .

Lol you folks are a tough crowd .

I did enjoy the Lord of Rings/Hobbit movies and last time I was in CA visiting my daughter I took the grandkids to see the last Harry Potter which was very good and later saw the others .

Wicca , I agree about their food , I buy their earthworm flakes and a few other types in 5 lbs .  My fish love the earthworm flakes . I have never had any any problems.   They had a sale on purigen some time ago . I picked up a lot .

Poopians,

                  in your case I would see which government agency you could contact . I had a friend contact/file a complaint with state attorney over something he purchased which arrived broken and the company ignored him .  I think he contacted state attorney general and postal police .

  It was resolved by the company .

 This same friend spent about $50 in the 80's because a pay phone took his quarter and did not work . Between certified letters , small claims court which judge threw out and other courses he spent about $50 but in the end the phone company did return his quarter in the form of credit .

 To this day we laugh but in your case there are free agencies you can email .

Camaro,

                 Fly fishing is very popular around here , People fly fish for peacock bass and the tarpon bunch in Key west prefer fly fishing .  I have never tried it but I like the simplistic look of the rod/reel .  I know as a rule the rods and reels are way more expensive than the non fly fishing gear .

Soothing,

                  I recall those ping pong or tennis games which first came out . You could play one set forever with no one scoring , lol .  It just went back and forth but for those days it was high tech

It is legal but iguanas make the worse pets . Putting aside their size as adults they can be very aggressive ,

esp the males once they are adults .

They are not aggressive as wild but pets are another story . They are simply to smart for captivity and they seem to suffer .

They do great in large outdoor cages or indoor for that matter if people provide the correct lighting but most do not. I think that in the pet industry ,albino and red iguanas have replaced these greens .

Adult iguanas actually look both ways before crossing the street as funny as that might sound .

I had a large male iguana eat all my frogbit about a year ago than he was chased out of the area by another male who never enters yards which is great .

I purchased frogbit from Han only to have several babies eat it up in the course of this week . They love frogbit .

If not for my screened in gazebo they would eat my wifes orchids .

I like them but prefer they leave my floating plants alone .

They are non native and the record breaking cold spell Florida had years ago killed most of them but those who survived have

reproduced and their numbers are coming back but slowly due to feral cats and natural predators .

Speedie,

Very nice catch .

country,

There are a few lakes in my area and good size canals . I used to go once every 2 weeks till I started "fishing"

online in a video game , lol but a few friends and I go about once a month .

The night fishing is problematic due to alligators which will come but during the day it is alligator safe but HOT.

That coconut crab in a tree would certainly blend in with coconuts . Scary looking crab.

Yes you can but more so in south Florida than Northern Florida .   I keep fish outside .  Any pond or stock tank which is buried at least 1 foot will keep temps in the 70s on chilly winter 50 degree nights which are rare to begin with .

The north is different because when we have Jan temps of high 70s during the day it can be in the 60s in Orlando.

In my case being in Miami and in my area , I have experienced an explosion of baby iguanas which have AGAIN eaten all my frogbit and other plants . They swim like fish and will devour all your floating plants .

I wont hurt them so they mock me , lol .

About 2 years ago ,I used to play "Penguin wars" .   Penguins throw snowballs at each other and you can get snowballs that explode , etc .

It was a free game but if you registered you would play against another player and not the computer , like Emperor Penguins vs Rock hopper penguins (my team) one day they changed it to some type fortress defense and ruined it .

The whole game was ruined .

Have either one of you played it?   

Soothing ,

                  I have a friend who was in Miami Vice decades ago which was a series about 2 detectives in Miami . He played a drug dealer on 2 episodes and his son was in the Sopranos as a tree branch cutter who one of the mob guys knocks down .

                        His son is pursuing acting on the side but has his regular job .

My friend did it decades ago on a whim . He went for an audition they had by the beach and he got the role because he had the look they wanted .

That copper basket is nice.

Just knowing that it copper wire seems so hard to weave .

My hobbies are fish and few elderly snakes but no more after this bunch .

Shrimpo,

                 Very nice zebras .  I had a pair of toucans years ago in a large flight aviary outside .  We had several fledglings from them that I gave away but the initial pair we had for about 15 years bit more for the male . I than had 4 female Java Rice sparrows for years .

Lunar ,

             Have you seen the mandarin crabs from Indonesia?   They aren't as colorful as vampire crabs . Though I think colors vary for both but they do not tear each other up like vampire crabs . Pet store I go to had them last year together for months .

I have kept the type found in Florida (I don't know if there is more than one type) .  I have noticed that almost exactly at 71 degrees they become very lethargic , yet I have read they prefer cooler temps .  I have found only the opposite to be the case .

What is everyone's opinion on this ?

Ahh that is possible .  I have a friend who has shrimp I have given him for his 55 gallon planted (hybrid mixed shrimp ) .  He only keeps different colors of the male endlers livebearer not the much bigger females and he has countless babies .

I guess a few might be taken esp shrimp as so tiny as babies but he does have considerable amount of babies that grow up.

DET my house temp is 76 during the day and 72 at night .

I don't use heaters , The central air is set for those temps .

In the cichlid room , I do not use AC but the shrimp temps range 72 to 76 . 

That is a great idea and they have come a long way since they came out think like 20 years ago.

Thanks . Mine are at 76 but 2 degrees shouldn't have made the different with crays .   I have had them for awhile I have seen them mate but nothing comes of it .

As far as keeping fish with them . Many do , In fact most who keep them do .

I do not because I know a fish here and there is going to be pinched by one of my females who is bit aggressive but I do keep endlers livebearers with my Cajun dwarfs who are not as pretty as my CPO's but as peaceful as shrimp .

I have only had them like a month (4 of them) and they have shown no interest in the fish , if anything they run when the tiny fish eat a pellet near them .

Either way I would not hesitate in your case to keep some small fish in there . Perhaps long fins like guppies might not work out but endlers , danios or platies will .

wicca,

                Florida is the joke of the country and for good reason but on the other hand the right out of the tap water here is the best for shrimp, fish, plants so that is a big plus.

Shrimpo,

If you are going to go with a chiller , wouldn't an AC actually be cheaper ?