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Gigi and will be there on Saturday too. We have packed up the custom fish and pleco caves we had made with the plant anchors on the outside.  We got some new ones in that are really fine.  A few have removable lids to you can check in on cave spawners without making a mess. All made here on...

It is so great that the peper chose to print it. Gigi sent them the press release. That should help turnout tomorrow for sure! Thanks for pointing it out Will!

Gigi and I are also bringing our new artisan-made fish caves.  Look at these things!  Each is hand built from terra cotta by a professional ceramicist here on Vashon Island.  The quality is so much more than you'd find from imported slip cast ceramic or molded plastic. Gigi designed them from...

This is such a great image Gigi. Thanks for sharing. You are always working to make life better for the guys. =)

Gigi and I are packing the car full right now. We are bringing all sorts of gently used gear remaining from the shrimp room we just sold. We'll have a bunch of 10 gallon tanks at $5 and all sorts of oddities including canister filters, pumps and arm length Coralife gloves for working on...

Gigi and I will be bringing our Nature Invincible organic and wild-crafted antifungal, antibiotic and infusoria enhancing leaves and barks.  If you want to learn what they are before you come out to the swap meet, find out more here: www.NatureInvincible.com Gigi will have Gigi's Wonderfood...

Hello Friends! My other project has taken off and I do not have the time or space for my fancy shrimp operation anymore. Thanks for all of the good will and cheer you have offered supporting my love of this part of the hobby.   I will still be very much involved with aquariums though.  I...

-Tayntdawg The image posted above is made large enough so it will print nicely as a one page flyer. Just print it out and you will have that flyer for work! Thanks for helping get the word out! This is going to be a great time. I love when Ron pulls one of these together.

What I can never get over is how CLEAN the marimo I buy are. Whenever I get them they are perfect and nearly sterile looking but one night in my tank and they are covered in debris and hoohaw. They must have magic vacuums in Asia where marimo are born.

Yes, putting it inside the HOB works great. I did that for years. APfP has historically been a great place for fish. Terrible for shrimp because they keep all the neo color morphs in one tank. They recently got rid of the fish guy owner, Kevin, though so it remains to be seen how the fish...

Going back the the original post though that Ratlova30 made... When it comes down to it, marimo don't reproduce. They are cladaphora algae that gets tangled up and then rolls by the river current to form balls like snowballs. That is the inspiration but I don't if any are collect wild...

Since ya'll are talking south end, A Place for Pets has cuttlefish bone in their bird section for $1 ea. That is a wicked good price and it is in bulk. Very nice quality. If you run a canister filter, put it in there and skip trying to tie it to something. If you just run sponge filters I...

Thanks for all the glowing praise for the Gigi's Wonderfood organic crisps ya'll. Indeed, the place to buy them in Seattle is at Aquarium Co-Op. If you are outside of the drivable area you can buy packages in our online store at www.NatureInvincible.com but with shipping it is a dollar more...