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A Trip to Aqua Forest Aquarium

I’m starting to pick up steam on setting up my aquariums in my new home.  Today I went down to what is probably the best fish store in the country for planted aquariums, Aqua Forest Aquarium.

Today also happened to be the day that Aqua Forest Aquarium received a great writeup in SFGate, one of San Francisco’s best sources for cool things around the city.  I was really excited to see my hobby get covered in the mass media like this, and they did a great job explaining the appeal of it to anyone reading.

SFGate did such a good job that the store was absolutely packed this afternoon, and the workers were swamped with all the people milling around the store, asking questions, and buying.  I heard one of them say “I wish it were like this everyday” as he rushed past me.

Manzanita.com order

Manzanita.com Order

This is what a $75 order (+ shipping) from Manzanita.com looks like.  I had heard about them through one of the forums I read, and their good reputation is well deserved.  I spoke to Travis and it was obvious he had taken many orders like mine before.  I told him I wanted an aquarium pack, and he asked me how big of a tank I had.  I have two very different sized tanks, so I asked for a little bit of everything from the small to the very large.

I’m really happy with the selection I have to work with now.  There are a couple anchor pieces that could be used to create a very dominant presence in any tank, lots of more manageable sized pieces, and 4-5 pieces with very small and intricate branches that I think will be perfect for my 29 gallon tank.

Do want!

Just came across this and I am SERIOUSLY considering making an impulse buy…

http://www.zazzle.com/german_blue_ram_cichlid_t_shirt-235816787047688275

Ram T-Shirt

The End …for now

Good news!  I have found a job in San Francisco and am moving there in 2 weeks!  It feels like a race against the clock to get going, and so I have to take my tanks down first thing.  I’ll be packing my equipment along with the rest of my stuff in a POD and driving my car out there.  It’s a bitter sweet goodbye to the tanks for now, but I’ll see you on the other side!

29 Gal End

46 Gal End

Cat vs Aquarium

I saw this video on the front page of digg today, hilarious!

…not aquarium related, but seeing this reminds me of an older cat splat classic: