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Introduce yourselves to the rest of the community. (ie. Who are you? Where are you from? How long have you been fish keeping?
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Community Rules

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Aquarium Related Chat

Freshwater Chat

Anything about the Cold Water/Tropical/Brackish fish goes here.
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Marine Chat

Everything about the Marine world goes here.
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Outdoor Ponds

Have a pond? Don't know where to get your questions answered? Have something to share? This is the forum to do it in!
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Hospital Section

Have an emergency and want answers ASAP? Describe the problem you're having along with your water parameters and other information that would assist in answering your question faster.
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Planted Tank Specific

Questions and Answers pertaining to Plants/Algae/Ferts/EI/CO2/Lighting
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Equipment Talk Section

Equipment Talk Section This is the place to ask questions relating to equipment and hardware. You may also post reviews of your favorite products, but they must be with your own experience and include pictures and detailed review.
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Breeding/Spawning Section

Have any specific questions about breeding? Ask them here.
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Tank Journals

Wanna share your aquarium experience with the world from the day you started it up to the way it is now. This is the place to share your freshwater, salt, reef, brackish.. etc tank with the world! Post all pictures of your setup, and on going updates all here.
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Member Photo/Video Gallery

Post photos/videos of your tanks/setup/fishes
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DIY Area

Have a Do-It-Yourself project you want to share? Need advice on how to make something? Post it here.
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Freshwater Species

Monster FISH!!

Got "monster fish" to show or ask questions, post it here
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Old World Cichlids

This is the place for posts regarding African cichlids from Lake Malawi, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, and West Africa. Asian cichlids are also included here.
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New World Cichlids

A forum for discussing cichlids from the Americas (South, Central, North), e.g. Angelfish, Discus, Dwarf Cichlids, Eartheaters, Flowerhorns/Hybrids, Oscars, and many more.
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Crustaceans/Inverts/Mollusks

Post all related information about keeping all types of inverts including : Cherry Shrimp, CRS, Lobsters, Green shrimp, Taiwan Shrimp, Snails, ETC...
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Catfishes

This would include plecos, corydoras, and most bottom dwellers
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Saltwater Species

Saltwater/Marine Fish/Coral/Clams/Inverts

Got a question about your Reef-safe fish, Non-reef-safe fish,Predator fish,Corals,Giant Clams,Other Inverts, Rare Fish then ask your question here! When this specific forum gets too cluttered we will separate them into specific species.
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Aqua Lounge

Vancouver Aquatic Hobbyist Society

The Vancouver Aquatic Hobbyist Society was founded over 15 years ago with a focus on advancing the aquarium hobby. Monthly meetings are held where guest speakers present a variety of aquarium and fish keeping related topics and members share personal experiences, information and resources. Please visit our website at vahs.ca or find us on canreef, facebook and twitter. Everyone is welcome.
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Aquarium Photography

Share your photography skills, learn and teach how to take proper photos, talk about cameras equipment pertaining to the aquarium hobby
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Other Websites

This is where you can blab about your own site, or a cool site you found!
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BC Aquaria News

Archive
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Marketplace Member Classifieds

Freshwater Livestock Classifieds

Have Freshwater livestock for sale? Post it up here. (ie.Fish, Snails, Shrimp, etc).
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Freshwater Plants Classifieds

Post your freshwater aquatic plants for sale here. Please read our buy/sell rules before posting.
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Freshwater Equipment Classifieds

Post your used equipment for sale here. (ie. Filters, Tanks, Stands, Etc). Please read the rules before posting.
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Marine Livestock Classifieds

Have Marine specific livestock for sale? Reef-safe fish: RS Fish Non-reef-safe fish: NRS Fish Predator fish: P Fish Rare fish: Rare Fish
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Marine Corals/Clams/Inverts Classifieds

Have Marine specific Marine Corals/Clams/Inverts for sale or looking for? this is the place to post
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Marine Equipment Classifieds

Have Marine specific Equipment for sale?
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Miscellaneous Classifieds

Miscellaneous classified is posting whatever you want for sale, does not have to be fish related
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Classified Archive

Archive for outdated Classified ads, instead of deleting them they go here.
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Sales/Spotted/Group Buy

See a good sale/deal? Wanna setup a group buy? Looking for a Rare fish? Post it here and maybe the rest of the community can help you out. No dealers are allowed to post their sales here with exception to Sponsors.
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Vendor Spotlight! Great Deals for Members

Our vendors not only help support our community, but they also offer amazing deals to our members. Check this forum often for all the specials, deals, and announcements.
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Forum Support

Site Help and Suggestions

Need help using this site? Have a suggestion? Post it here!
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Off Topic Discussions

Aqua Lounge

Wanna talk about something else? Have some other hobbies you wanna talk about? Watch a good Movies? Share it in here.
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  5. i am looking for some african butterfly fish i use to see them in pet shops here and there but ever since i wanted to add one to my tank i cannot seem to find one please post up if you see these for sale in pet shops or classifieds or know someone selling / rehoming them Thank you
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