Oh, I understand wander lust, it runs in the family, from the Vikings on to me. While reading the Tennyson poem my juices started flowing and I want to explore. "Don't mind me this morning, I in a certain mood. It will pass, eventually." You want passive, you got passive. The wildest ride I've ever had was crossing the Equator in January on a ship that was on it's next to last trip across the ocean. While the ship was breaking up, we had a Neptune party. Lol, Neptune must have made the difference along with a very capable captain of the ship because we made it. I'll never forget that trip, nor the trip to Hong Kong, China and other places. Go for it, whatever that "it" is. Here is a link that might be useful: Crossing the Equator

This is the name of the other food I bought online, which hasn't arrived yet : Tetra BettaMin Tropical Medley

Actually the problem is not that angels eat tetras, it´s just that you´re putting the wrong tetras with them, barbs attack anything with long fins well that can be easily solved don´t put anything with long fins with them. I know that "community" aquariums is what most people have in mind when they think of aquariums which is exactly the wrong way to go, they stock incompatible fish and hope that they get along well, bad idea. If you don´t want trouble you can still have your "community" aquarium but not exactly what community means to most people, a biotype aquarium is still a community aquarium stocked with compatible fish that have the same geographical origin stocked in the right numbers, that saves you from 90% of the problems of fishkeeping. To put an example, sumatra barbs are territorial little critters that can be terrible aquarium companions when they aren´t stocked in the right numbers with the wrong tankmates, most people only stock 3 or 4, uh oh, just the right number to create trouble, however if you stock 10 the problem dissapears immediately, why ? agression, in the wrong numbers fish like them show extraespecific agression, their agressive nature is directed towards the tankmates, increase the numbers to form a school and the problem with their tankmates dissapears, instead of extraespecific agression they develop intraespecific agression which is normal and natural to them, they´re too busy bullying between themselves that they leave their tankmates alone, simple solution to what looks like an unsolvable problem. What kind of filtering equipment you have ? with that information I can make a recomendation that will suit your needs on what extras you need to buy to keep your tank in tip top condition.

Well, let's see now, so far, the woodchucks and deer have eaten all my zinnias, cosmos, nasturtiums and pyrethrum. They've nibbled all the buds off some new lilies too. They even nibbled larkspur, and I thought they were poison. I think most of the damage is due to the woodchucks, although the lilies are fairly tall, and only the flower buds at the top, as well as the foliage on top is eaten, so I think it must be deer. I am very discouraged, I've sprayed and sprinkled fox urine around, and still they eat it. I always battle a woodchuck that lives under my shed, but this year it must be a female, as there are 3 fat little babies out there eating too. I had found a great woodchuck spray, that in years past helped a lot, but it doesn't seem to deter this year's crew. My cutting garden, which consisted of snapdragons, cosmos and zinnias is now all snapdragons. For some reason, they don't seem to like snapdragons. I guess I just have to give in and stop fighting it, and only plant the things they don't like. But, there is very little they don't like, so the choices are limited.