It’s a little disappointing to see that you have been excluded from the list when you are trying to use someone’s service. I can still search by going to the home page and finding Montreal but when I first went to the page and saw this… wow!
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I have had an aquarium on and off for most of my life. Most of the time we have has fresh water fish and for a stint we had 2 turtles. Aquariums are great for warming up a room by offering a peice of nature in your home. Right now I have an 80 gallon aquarium measuring 48″ wide by 24″ high by 16″ deep. I have spent a lot of time looking around for information on how to set up plants and what fish go with them. After a lot of searching I found a lot of information but noone who put them all together in a list. UNTIL NOW!
General Aquarium Sites:
http://freshaquarium.about.com/ – Typical about.com site that might give you just enough information to give you the aquatic bug
http://www.fishlore.com/ – Good overall page, lots of FAQs and beginners guides
http://www.aqua-fish.net/ – Large database of fish species
http://www.tropical-aquarium-fish.com/ – Good information for beginners
http://saltwater.tropicalfishandaquariums.com/Fishcare/Index.asp – Good information on fresh and salt water aquariums, might help decide which you prefer to start
http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/information/freshwater.htm – How to start a fresh water aquarium from what type of tank to buy and forwardAquarium Plants:
http://www.freshwateraquariumplants.com/ – An online store but still has good information
http://www.tropica.com – Has a large species list with good information
http://www.aquariaplants.com/ – Good tips about planting, choices and careSpecific Pages With Important Information:
http://www.fishlore.com/NitrogenCycle.htm – This is very important to know as a first time hobbyist
I hope these sites help you as much as they have helped me. It’s an amazing hobby to get into. An aquarium is a relaxing thing to have in the home and kids love them. My son is now an expert feeder (with dad’s help of course). It makes sense for families.
Update: A friend of mine was poking around and because he has just purchased his first aquarium he found this site!
http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/pages/home.php – Great page with a lot of good photos of tank layouts from the UK
Okay, many people have been asking for this for quite some time and there seemed to have been a push when the US released their version of the list but ours seems to suck. Apparently there are a ton of exceptions. According to an article on the CBC website any number of groups can still call you.
“Charities, political parties, polling firms, newspapers and companies that have done business with an individual over the past 18 months can continue to make unsolicited phone calls. Canadians who do not wish to receive such calls can ask at the time of a call to be removed from the organization’s list, or contact them ahead of time and request the same.”
I suggest you give the article a read if you are a fellow Canadian. Then forget about using the service because the investment of your time in adding yourself will possibly out weight the time lost on hanging up on the telemarketer.
I must say that I prefer to get the one call, tell them I am not interested, ask them to remove my name from their list and then I log into my Primus account and perminantely block their number :)
Oh, and don’t forget that you will have to call them back ever 3 years to keep your phone number, cell phone number or fax number off that list.
Hey… maybe we can waste a couple of billion dollars on this like we did with gun registry that is a more of a bureaucracy registry than anything!
I have a son who is starting to use a computer and like his dad, getting very comfortable with it :) Makes me happy but given that he’s 4, yet I am weary of a mis-click or a something popping up on his screen if he is on the internet. Even when you are watching your kids on the internet these days, even sitting right beside them, there is still a chance that you end up somewhere that was unintentional by the child and not foreseen by you.
KidZui is in the business of making an alternative browser for kids. What is amazing about this kid product is that it is geared towards the child. The browser interface is something that I am sure my 4 year old will like (and we’ll be getting that installed soon) but something that would make you or I want to use a crayola crayon on the LCD. Their other huge selling point in my eyes is that instead of limiting the websites that they feel are negative or could be deemed inappropriate, the took the opposite approach. They have white listed sites that they feel are of good value for kids and parents. Their reviewers are “trained parents and teachers” so that makes me feel good about the filtering.
I am new to the service, but I think it has been around for some time. I found it because it is now free and they seem heavy into a marketing campaign to let us all know.
Check it out, it’s free! :)
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