clyde is fraying bonnies fins, pay close attention to her fins as the fraying may become fugused. clyde is sucking up the food also, clyde is the dominent resident bully, can you seperate them? you may need to to stave off her destruction or feed each one in a different portion of the tank, also provide lots of live plants to provide obsticals to chasing.feed some frozen food also + veggie diet, keep protein food under 40%

I know what you mean about being hard to cut these babies back. Today, I filled two large buckets with blooms that I cut off of my plants....pink, white, yellow, peach... I must admit, I left several white brug bushes still standing completely covered with flowers and buds, as they just don't have the scent that I want, and are fairly "ordinary". I dug up 4 others brugs today, and took cuttings of several others. These cuttings I placed into an old aquarium with a bubbler placed in the garage. Within 3 or 4 days, the white nubbies will be showing, and then I will pot the cuttings up. I believe there is a photo of some of the cuttings already potted up at: http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/brug/msg100814116102.html?12 You will note that the cuttings are as large as I can get if I want to make a tree format for next year. As I mentioned, I also dug up several plants today. Some of these were 6 feet tall, and when potted are taller than I am. I put them into new soil, gave them a thorough watering, and set them in a shady spot for the already existing roots to establish themselves. I believe we are in for another few weeks of fair weather, so they will stay outside until it becomes too cold, and then I'll bring them in to the garage for the cold nights. Later, I'll take the already established plants to the basement where I'll let them go dormant ( in a room that is cool but will not freeze). The cuttings I will take inside and place in a bright area until the roots have formed, and then I will place them in a sunny location or under lights. I should have mentioned, make sure you spray with a soapy solution all the leaves (top and bottom) for bugs, and then hose that solution off before bringing them in to the house. You do NOT want an infection of spider mites or mealy bug this coming winter. Do this with your cuttings as well as your potted plants. With respect to yours, it all depends on the structure you like to see. I have some bushes, and some tree forms. Personally I like the tree forms, so I keep my eyes open for a long straight stem that I can use. Sometimes it is in the middle of a plant, and in that case, I trim off the outer branches and use them for cuttings. Sometimes ( most often ) it is an offshoot from the root that springs forth as straight as an arrow. In this case, I will make a cutting of it. When cutting back, if you wish to retain the parent plant for next year, be certain that you do not cut beneath the "Y", or you will have to wait much longer to get a bloom. When making cuttings, try to maintain some "Y"'s at the top end, and take the cutting from above the "Y". When you read the links, you will see what we mean by the "Y". Since you have blooms now, you already will know what the "Y" is all about. Good luck.

One in mine has the cigar lighter in several of the descriptions grouped with lots of other things. And they put all the main circuit names on upside down so you have to hang one leg over each side of the headrest to read them. Thank God for reclining seats.

***SIGH*** I hear you! Where I "used" to live in PA,we could go away for a week and let the door unlocked.Here...we had to put up locked gates because the freaks back the alley have teenagers that think it's ok to walk in my carport and take...my lawnmower and our tools when they need money.We learned the hard way that this isn't our small hometown....now we lock everything up.Wonder what the kids back the alley are doing for money these days? Brats! Then they come past and say"good Evening" real sweet! Grrrrr! The neighbor saw them taking my stuff ,I should have called the cops but he wasn't SURE which kid it was.There are about 5 of them back there.More on any given day. Cops are always back there.Only bad family on our street! (Of course there's only 5 houses here counting the one on the corner.)