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They were told to hold it for the hour bus ride. Geesh. ..

Two Canal Winchester Middle School students were booted off the school bus last week for, well, passing gas. James Nichols and Kristine Kuzora are upset that their son's flatulence was designated as an obscene gesture by school officials.

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2011/05/10/cutting-the-cheese-cuts-bus-rides-for-canal-winchester-students.html

Thanks for the tips guys, I appreciate it. I'll start looking for a slightly bigger tank. This was just his first tank and we weren't putting too much into it, but I'm kinda liking the fish thing myself. We got all this stuff at Walmart, hence the $.28 "goldfish". I really would like to get some nicer looking fish, but I'm curious to see how long I can keep these little guys alive.

That's how I started. My 3 year old won a goldie form the fair. Got a small tank then got more goldies. All died and realized the tank was too small. Now I have the 50 gallon and a 30 gallon in the basement that isn;'t up yet. All this cuz she won a fish at the ping pong ball game.

Some salesman know what there talking about, its the ones that dont care about there jobs that dont bother to do research. Minimal water is the last of your problems typically, it just means you have to clean it more and maintain it more. You can have 10 fish in a 5 gallon tank but you gotta clean it once a week at least otherwise the fish wont last.

Some do but I wouldn't bank on it. Doing your research before rather than assuming they know anything is much better, for you and the fish.

Yeah you can keep 10 fish in a 5 gallon tank but the water will get filthy faster and there is a good chance the fish will be stressed out real bad. The more water you have the more stable it is and won't fluctuate temps or other parameters. a 5 or 10 gallon can actually be more difficult to keep healthy than a 50 gallon.

Check craigslist too. There are always tanks for free or for sale.

That was so freaking hilarious!

Even though they're just the small goldfish? They're each just like an inch long (they were $.28 each). I do want to get a bigger tank though, I like them more than he does . I can't just get rid of a few fish, I'd feel bad. I feel like I saved them from a horrible fate, we were back at the store the other day and the tank they came out of had like 15 dead goldies in it (The store obviously doesn't take care of their fish).

Yep, even for little guys. Stores way overstock their tanks, especially goldfish. That's probably why there were 15 dead fish in it. I don't know a whole lot about goldifish other than they need quite a bit of water. Get onto the forums at fishlore.com. There is a ton of info on there and a great resource. But you really should do something soon before you lose any.

Oh, and don't go by what the salesman at the fish store say. They usually don't know crap.

Nice tank. We just got our son a small 5 gallon starter tank kit for Easter. He has 4 small gold fish and a Pleco in it right now. For some reason I'm having a hard time keeping the water clear and it's pissing me off.... I do partial water changes every few days, but it doesn't seem to help much. (I'm new to fish so I might be overfeeding them).

That's way too small of a tank for goldfish. Should really be 5-10 gallons per goldfish. They are really dirty fish and the food is dirty too. Get a bigger tank or get rid of all but one goldie. I had a 10 gallon with 4 goldies before I knew any better and I lost them all. Water got dirty and high amounts of ammonia.

The only fish that seems to live forever is my pleco he is going on 5 years I have had him. He is almost 7 inches long now has nice spines on his body and back. the fancy gold fish have been around for over a year now and seem to be going strong. mine needs a background as it is clear and boring. the tank is a 30 gal fresh water.

These albino plecos only get to be about 4" or so. There are some plecos that get like 18", a little big for my tank.

As for a background, like I said I just got posterboard from walmart and taped it on the back. Cheap and easy.

Be sure to let us when which day is his day in the barrell.

lol screw that.

where do you get your plants? I can't tell whether they're cloth or plastic.

I juuuust got a light for my aquarium and my plants are finally really surviving. My fish are breeding like crazy too, so if you happen to ever want angels, let me know!

I think I got them all at Jacks Aquarium at Easton. They are a mixture of plastic and cloth, they don't look too bad. Hopefully the plecos keep the algae off of them.

I replaced by bulbs the other day. They were old and I think the color spectrum was out of wack.

If I ever get my other tank up, I might take you up on the angels. Can't put them in this tank, the tiger barbs will chew the hell outta their fins. lol

Edit: Got some of them from Jacks, the others from Petsmart in Pickerington.

nice. I'm working on getting some plants in my tank... I just hate how the plastic ones look... so I try to buy the cloth ones but they're expensive... the fish don't seem to care though.

Do you have a background up or is that the lighting?

I had tried real plants but I think the tank was too deep for the light or something else. They didn't survive.

The background is just black poster board form walmart.

hey.

does that make me a n00b still?

yes. and welcome.

People still use apple products?

Ah nice! Everything seemed real bright. Nice tank!

Thanks. Part of it is the camera, it isn't quiet that bright.

Done and done.

Is that a saltwater tank?

Nope, it's a 50 gallon freshwater.

I know there are a couple of fish keepers on here so I thought I'd share. I just added 3 more Tiger Barbs and 2 Albino Bristlenose Plecostomus giving me 6 Barbs, 4 Albino Cory Cats and 2 BN Plecos. I also added a piece of Mopani driftwood, the tall tree trunk and the bell. The tank is a lot more crowded now but the fish seem to enjoy it more. With having more fish, I wanted to make sure they had places to get away.

This is how it was first set up:

Then it went to this:

New set up:

One of my Cories:

The driftwood and bell:

The tree trunk in the rear:

One of the plecos.

A bunch of the fish fighting over an algae wafer:

so you don't mind having straight guys look at your wiener?

sig change.

Nope, everything on OR is for reals

Some coastal villages and cities in Japan (especially close to the epicenter) now flood two times a day on high tide due to the entire land mass losing 5 meters (16 feet) of elevation during the tectonic plate movements as a result of the quake. Manhole covers (and the pipes that they covered) now jut up through the street because the street moved lower and the pipes didn't. Power lines sank deeper in the saturated soil, putting overhead wires much closer to the ground.

Crazy stuff.

wow.

I'm no longer in the military and I have nothing against gays but I do have a problem with gays in the military based on what would be the current rules and regulations. What I mean by that is, that male and females are segregated in separate living conditions for obvious reasons. For those who have never been in the military may not know that a lot of living quarters consist of community latrines and showers. If I am not allowed to shower with the opposite sex that I am attracted to, then why should a gay man who is attracted to the same sex be allowed to shower with men. If someone is gay and wants to be in the military, fine, but they should be segregated just as men and women are.

maybe because you can't get another dude's ass pregnant...lol

We had this kind of issue in Iraq. Dude was using a video camera in the showers to tape other guys changing. Yeah, they can't get pregnant but it can cause quite a commotion. I'm not saying I'm for or against, just something I have seen.

You'd better be sharing some of that among your ohio rider followers.