My 55g Planted Tank Journal: Phase II

[pwrmacG4]

get the hell outta here.. my sister lives on wolcott and chicago ave. above a tattoo parlor! I don't know about the name.. I heard about a nice lfs there. are there any others that have a nice selection of fish and plants? without being a petsmart or petco, petland ect?

[FreshwaterJeff]

Originally Posted by big54bob

Hey Jeff, My LFS in Decorah has this awsome Pl*co labeled as a Gold Stripe Panaque Pl*co for only 22.99. I was gonna get him but went the Cheap route with a BN pl*co. Now im thinking getting him for the 20gal. If he gets bullied well there is the 30gal.

Go to planetcatfish.com and figure out what exactly it is and how big it's going to get before you buy it...

[FreshwaterJeff]

Originally Posted by pwrmacG4

get the hell outta here.. my sister lives on wolcott and chicago ave. above a tattoo parlor! I don't know about the name.. I heard about a nice lfs there. are there any others that have a nice selection of fish and plants? without being a petsmart or petco, petland ect?

I think I drive by there every time I pick my wife up from work.

My go-to place in the city is Old Town Aquarium, on Wells near North. It's a little expensive (everywhere in the city is), but they're good people. I also will occasionally drive up to Skokie to Old Orchard Aquarium, which is a much bigger store but also quality.

I went out to Living Sea once, and wasn't overly impressed given how far the drive was. I was looking for something specific that they didn't have, though, so I should probably give it another shot.

There's also Aquatic World on Belmont, but it's a very small store.

[pwrmacG4]

yeah.. I heard that old town aquarium is really expensive! how is the old orchard aquarium?

[FreshwaterJeff]

Originally Posted by pwrmacG4

yeah.. I heard that old town aquarium is really expensive! how is the old orchard aquarium?

It's a good spot. Worth the drive up to Skokie.

[FreshwaterJeff]

For what it's worth, i think I've identified the sag in my tank as Sagittaria subulata, just not the dwarf form. I guess that should have been obvious to me, but it wasn't.

[FreshwaterJeff]

Barbatus Cory


Keyhole Cichlid

[pwrmacG4]

hey jeff.. is noah's ark still around in elk grove village? I heard that they had nice stuff there too

[FreshwaterJeff]

Originally Posted by pwrmacG4

hey jeff.. is noah's ark still around in elk grove village? I heard that they had nice stuff there too

No clue. I try to spend as little time as possible in the 'burbs

[pwrmacG4]

Originally Posted by FreshwaterJeff

No clue. I try to spend as little time as possible in the 'burbs

lmao! my father in law said that place was really nice. we were talking about taking a trip up there. I think that I will get him to go to some of the others you mentioned.


how is the tank coming along?