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Are they saying that of SF's Chinatown or NYC's? There are over 1000 Chinese restaurants in NYC's Chinatown and while I haven't hit all of them---yet--I've not hit a clinker. And my favorites are spectacular with well-earned long lines to get in.

There already is one. "William Tell" by Rossini, perhaps most famous for its overture which was used in many films and tv shows. It was used as the theme for "The Lone Ranger" among others. "The William Tell opera, by Gioachino Rossini, features legendary Swiss hero William Tell, a master...

I find the two nose-up species, N. eques and N. unifasciatus to be among the least territorial and fractious together with N. espei and N. marilynae. Males will nudge each other and flare but nothing as fierce as N. trifasciatus, N. nitidus or N. mortenthaleri. The lipstick form is certainly a...

Glad to be of service. It is thrilling live. The "Tuba Mirum" is especially hair-raising with the auxiliary battery of trumpets playing from the back of the house or up in the rafters in a back and forth with the orchestra. And Cleveland is my favorite of the Big 5 (The NY Times agrees) so I...

All jesting and trolling aside, I would like to underscore the teachable moment here. 'Frys' is not a word in the English language...no matter how many times it pops up on various forums or poorly written websites. The plural of fry is...fry. You have one fry and you have fifty fry. You never...

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Never had one of these creatures but in articles and threads I've read it is reported that the only definitive way to sex them is venting, which involves netting them, flipping them over and comparing the size of the vent to the size of anus. If you google 'venting flowerhorns' you'll see...

That's classic N. trifasciatus behavior. VERY territorial--all the trifasciatus 'variants.' Also true of N. nitidus and farmed N. beckfordi from Asian farms.

From Innes (1935): "A boiled, lightly scored shrimp suspended on a string hanging from a light...Leave in as long as they enthuse over the work and consume the fallen bits."

I vividly remember as a 17-year-old cracking the definitions of unknown words on my SATS thanks to four years of high school Latin. I even remember one instance specifically--obsequious-- 'ob' in Latin = because, 'sequor' in Latin = 'to follow'. I then checked 'fawning' as the best of the four...

As @GaryE stated, Pristellas are one of the veterans of the hobby and back in the day were recommended to beginners due to their hardiness and the readiness with which they spawn. That said, they have been farmed to the max and the gene pool well-worked--witness the variants now vailable--so the...

Or the Verdi Requiem! One of the most epic and dramatic pieces of music ever. Will be attending a concert of same in January at Carnegie Hall featuring the Cleveland Symphony.

There are deep blue Moscows listed on aquabid currently.

An interesting note that is possibly relevant to this conversation: the species is currently on several lists and one of those listings is offering males only. Some or all of the others may be doing the same but aren't saying so.

That's not bad for a hatchet, which are not known for longevity compared to other characins. Innes again: "Importations surviving for more than a year are considered to have done well." He also states that C. marthae is proving to be the hardiest of the then-known species, which were many...