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"Gill Passman" wrote in message
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I would think that the major concern, if my Plecs are anything to go by,
is finding him, detaching him from his home and moving him without any
undue stress (probably mainly to you rather than him - lol). If he is
happy where he is and won't outgrow the tank - you don't say what type of
Plec he is....I would go and buy another plec for your 120gall
tank....less hassle for all involved....

Gill

Well someday he will *have* to go to the 120g only because he is a common
pl*co and I have seen them out grow 55g, and I have him in a 39h right now,
I got him when I noticed algae on the rocks and he fixed that up pretty
quick, one of the reasons I thought about moving him to my female betta tank
right now is there are a lot of caves, rocks and plants...places for him to
hide, which I thought he would like, but maybe I should leave him in the
gourami tank till he outgrows it then just put him in the 120g, I really did
not think about it stressing him but it might
thanks gill
Nik

Nikki, what's the dimensions of your 120 gal, please ? -ED

On Thu, 11 May 2006 00:14:49 GMT, Altum
wrote:

-ED wrote:
Could somebody catch me up on the shorthand used these days...I'm behind the
swing of things.
For example:
IMHO...in my humble opinion
IMO......in my opinion
Pl*co....??Pleco?? for plecaustimus??
HTH???
IIRC
Thanks abunch..
PS...Going into 2nd day of the Grand Accident Experiment...all tankmate
doing well thus far....-ED

Try this.
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/acronym.php

Ed - when you see a * in a word, it stands as a warning / reminder
that spelling out the complete word could bring great misfortune down
upon yourself and the fish that is asterisked. You will see this most
commonly in pl*co. Be forewarned.

-- Mister Gardener
-- Pull the WEED to email me

On Thu, 11 May 2006 00:19:01 GMT, Altum
wrote:

-ED wrote:
Could somebody catch me up on the shorthand used these days...I'm behind the
swing of things.
For example:
IMHO...in my humble opinion
IMO......in my opinion
Pl*co....??Pleco?? for plecaustimus??
HTH???
IIRC
Thanks abunch..
PS...Going into 2nd day of the Grand Accident Experiment...all tankmate
doing well thus far....-ED

As for pl*co, it's a very old net curse. Many, many years ago (back
when this newsgroup was still rec.aquaria) people noticed that if they
wrote too much about their plecos, the fish died shortly thereafter.
Soon, a smart-alec started typing pl*co in the hopes that he would be
able to discuss his fish without it keeling over. Since we all love our
plecos, the idea caught and has been a charming quirk of rec.aquaria
ever since.

Don't talk about it too much, or you'll bring Mr. Gard*n*r around with
his asterisk gun and we'll all be covered in them.
-- Mister Gardener
-- Pull the WEED to email me

"Mister Gardener" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 11 May 2006 00:14:49 GMT, Altum
wrote:

-ED wrote:
Could somebody catch me up on the shorthand used these days...I'm
behind the
swing of things.
For example:
IMHO...in my humble opinion
IMO......in my opinion
Pl*co....??Pleco?? for plecaustimus??
HTH???
IIRC
Thanks abunch..
PS...Going into 2nd day of the Grand Accident Experiment...all tankmate
doing well thus far....-ED

Try this.
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/acronym.php

Ed - when you see a * in a word, it stands as a warning / reminder
that spelling out the complete word could bring great misfortune down
upon yourself and the fish that is asterisked. You will see this most
commonly in pl*co. Be forewarned.

Thanks again..on the lighter side, I was close on IMHO..honest
opinion...humble opinion. Top of the Morning to ya!

"-ED" wrote in message
...
Nikki, what's the dimensions of your 120 gal, please ? -ED

72" long
21" high
19" front to back

You made me scare my husband, all he seen was me measuring it.... "we are
not moving it...no way not again" I told him no someone wants to know the
size, he said oh ok.
Its a nice tank, we are still back and forth about what shall go into
it...he wants a cichlid tank, and I want to put angels in it, but we are
going to compromise, I will see if there are any cichlids that can go with
angels, or we will buy another tank for the angels....we have decided we are
going to make it a planted tank so I been spending a lot of time reading
about planting tanks, it has glass tops which is nice, however I got to be
careful I have almost broke the top pieces a few times now. it has lights
that go on top of the glass. He is making a thing so that you can put a
light behind it also, they will be attached to the oak stand.
Nik

"Nikki" wrote in message
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it has lights
that go on top of the glass. He is making a thing so that you can put a
light behind it also, they will be attached to the oak stand.
==================
Check the wattage of the lights that came with the tank. Most of the time
(in my experience) they're not near bright enough to grow healthy plants.
--
Koi-Lo....
Aquariums since 1952.
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On Thu, 11 May 2006 08:22:34 -0500, Nikki
wrote:

"-ED" wrote in message
...
Nikki, what's the dimensions of your 120 gal, please ? -ED

72" long
21" high
19" front to back

You made me scare my husband, all he seen was me measuring it.... "we are
not moving it...no way not again" I told him no someone wants to know the
size, he said oh ok.
Its a nice tank, we are still back and forth about what shall go into
it...he wants a cichlid tank, and I want to put angels in it, but we are
going to compromise, I will see if there are any cichlids that can go
with
angels, or we will buy another tank for the angels....we have decided we
are
going to make it a planted tank so I been spending a lot of time reading
about planting tanks, it has glass tops which is nice, however I got to
be
careful I have almost broke the top pieces a few times now. it has lights
that go on top of the glass. He is making a thing so that you can put a
light behind it also, they will be attached to the oak stand.
Nik

I worked with lighting effects all the time in the past.. With trial and
error placements, you can create extremely dramatic effects that go far
beyond tranquil. Of course, your live plants will not appreciate it, but
for silk and plastic decor, lighting is limited by your imagination and
creativity. My tank lids have the recess for the flourescent hoods. I
run tin foil the length of these recesses and scrape littles holes of
random patterning for the light to 'Beam' through. The end result
portrays a soft light beaming through tree tops, and with the rippling
water surface, you get a light dance on your decor. And you can scrape a
hole so light would fall on a particular plant or area of pride in your
'scaping. It's a matter of taste and option. But, I won't have an algae
problem- you can count on it. The bright lights just glaring down on the
tank reminds me of a lab tank or a retailer's tank. If you don't use a
mural backing, you can have loads of fun bending and angling light and
come up with countless effects that are forever cool. Same effects as a
roaring fireplace in the wintertime. I don't use a back cover, and I have
the perimeter lights running around the living room(about 3 feet from the
floor). It throws a soft glow with the light source starting down and
fading towards the top...kinda like the horizon on a metropolitan...take
care.

--
Thanks-ED

On Thu, 11 May 2006 09:22:34 -0400, "Nikki"
wrote:

"-ED" wrote in message
...
Nikki, what's the dimensions of your 120 gal, please ? -ED

72" long
21" high
19" front to back

You made me scare my husband, all he seen was me measuring it.... "we are
not moving it...no way not again" I told him no someone wants to know the
size, he said oh ok.
Its a nice tank, we are still back and forth about what shall go into
it...he wants a cichlid tank, and I want to put angels in it, but we are
going to compromise, I will see if there are any cichlids that can go with
angels, or we will buy another tank for the angels....we have decided we are
going to make it a planted tank so I been spending a lot of time reading
about planting tanks, it has glass tops which is nice, however I got to be
careful I have almost broke the top pieces a few times now. it has lights
that go on top of the glass. He is making a thing so that you can put a
light behind it also, they will be attached to the oak stand.
Nik

If you're thinking cichlids as in African, forget trying to house them
with the angels. Give the angels a home of their own, with some quiet
little south americans - pencil fish in a school of a dozen are
gorgeous. Apistogrammas as in Ramirez Dwarf Cichlid are also a perfect
match - though many people are having trouble keeping them alive more
than 6 months. Please continue making me jealous, the pain is
wonderful.

-- Mister Gardener
-- Pull the WEED to email me

"Mister Gardener" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 11 May 2006 09:22:34 -0400, "Nikki"
wrote:

"-ED" wrote in message
...
Nikki, what's the dimensions of your 120 gal, please ? -ED

72" long
21" high
19" front to back

You made me scare my husband, all he seen was me measuring it.... "we are
not moving it...no way not again" I told him no someone wants to know the
size, he said oh ok.
Its a nice tank, we are still back and forth about what shall go into
it...he wants a cichlid tank, and I want to put angels in it, but we are
going to compromise, I will see if there are any cichlids that can go with
angels, or we will buy another tank for the angels....we have decided we
are
going to make it a planted tank so I been spending a lot of time reading
about planting tanks, it has glass tops which is nice, however I got to be
careful I have almost broke the top pieces a few times now. it has lights
that go on top of the glass. He is making a thing so that you can put a
light behind it also, they will be attached to the oak stand.
Nik

If you're thinking cichlids as in African, forget trying to house them
with the angels. Give the angels a home of their own, with some quiet
little south americans - pencil fish in a school of a dozen are
gorgeous. Apistogrammas as in Ramirez Dwarf Cichlid are also a perfect
match - though many people are having trouble keeping them alive more
than 6 months. Please continue making me jealous, the pain is
wonderful.

-- Mister Gardener
-- Pull the WEED to email me

No not African (at least i dont think), up at oddball he has cichlids I have
never seen before in other pet stores, very neat ones, I will have to email
him and ask some of the names, and I will let you know...maybe you can tell
me what I am able to put with them. Like I was saying the only thing we
agree on is... we want a planted tank...I want lots of plants.... so I been
doing lots of reading.
I really did not spend a lot of money up at oddball that day, I seen your
comment...It was a mothers day present, I got fish, tank plants (we got a
bunch of these tall plants for the angels) And he built me a place for my
house plants, strip of lights, high watts, then this circle thing that goes
below the plants and it releases this white mist, looks like fog ..any way
has to do with humidity for the plants, seems to work well...plants are
growing like crazy, so i also got more house plants for mothers day..
Nik
Angels are doing well so far...them seem to have taken over the gourami tank
(temp home) i was worried but they seem to be fine, one was chasing one of
my baby gourami's, i think i will get some more if i do ok with these guys
"fingers crossed".

Quick question, i was at a petstore the other day, looking at tank platns, i
seen devils ivy in a tank, i know house plants and i am 100% sure that is
what it was, i came home and looked it up and read people do put it in their
fish tanks and it lives, of course i also read other places that its a bad
idea, which i tend to agree with, what do you guys think about that. I have
stuck it in to root before but not with leaves under water only the bottom
and root.
Nik