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Re: DIY 72 x 18 stand and canopy [by joefish72]

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:41:44 -0100

DIY::DIY 72 x 18 stand and canopy
Thanks for the compliments, I enjoy working with my hands. I figure anyone can buy stuff in the store but the satisfaction of saying you did it yourself can't be bought.

Also, my fish room is nothing but standard 2x4's. That is where all the magical fish keeping goes on. The pretty tanks are for displaying the results of years of effort in the ugly room.

Re: Big tank repairs [by Melody]

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:20:04 -0100

DIY::Big tank repairs
You should go into the tutorial business - you're a natural! Thanks for sharing another project with our community.

Re: (DIY) 6ft T5 fixture [by Melody]

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:18:41 -0100

DIY::(DIY) 6ft T5 fixture
WOW! Nice work! Thanks for sharing the project with us.

Re: Building a Pond for livebearers [by Anonymous]

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:23:21 -0100

DIY::Building a Pond for livebearers
Google killed my blog - something about spam, whatever. Here's is another link.

http://timforsythe.com/fische/pond.html

Having said that, I'm moving and had to tear down the ponds this weekend. I'm giving away for free (and you can't beat those prices) all the fish and plants to anyone in Austin, TX who wants to come get them.

There are 2 koi (obviously)
A few dozen livebearers, being breeding populations of Limia melanonotata (perugiae), Limia vittata, and Chapalichthys pardalis (Mintzita population). Other fish available are 4 large clown barbs (4") and 2 large and 1 small Ancistris sp., several assorted guppies and platies.
Plants: a lotus, several lilies, and assorted other plants.

contact me at tjforsythe@gmail.com ASAP is you want any or all of the above.

Re: How Many Culture their own Live Food? [by Melody]

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:18:15 -0100

DIY::How Many Culture their own Live Food?
I like to culture worms because they're easy to gutload. Microworms are a fave.

Re: Macquarium [by D9VIN]

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 01:11:31 -0100

DIY::Macquarium
Not sure how much extra space you got in there but you might be able to build a wooden frame around the aquarium before you silicone it. Really as small as it would be, you prolly wouldn't even need any reinforcement. As far as filtration goes, maybe a little corner sponge filter? I think simple is the key here. Since this post is already almost a year and a half old, maybe you already have your second generation of micropoecilia in there, and if that is the case, I wanna see some pics!

Re: Drilling 2.5 gallon glass tanks [by Melody]

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 16:48:10 -0100

DIY::Drilling 2.5 gallon glass tanks
That's fantastic, thanks for sharing your experience. Do you have pictures?

Re: Recreating Biotope Substrate in the Aquarium. [by MrBabyBrine]

Fri, 04 Feb 2011 10:33:34 -0100

DIY::Recreating Biotope Substrate in the Aquarium.
I've spoken with a Certified Seacham Support Specialist works for Seacham. There responses are very tailored to the situation. They commonly give the generic advice. I've asked clearly will my Flourite Dark provide the nutrients enough to keep Crypt Sp. alive. Because the Crypt Sp. takes its nutrients from the roots primarily the only way my crypt Sp. would get any nutrients is if I were to use seacham's plant tabs next to the crypt sp.

I also tried to get him to answer directly will Flourite Dark provide my plants with nutrients. I'm quite sure the answer is no. Although there are other great substrates on the market that do similar if your looking to buy your own. For example, AquaSoil will do the job. There are a few I looked up.

A local LFS manager swears by that method. He has through the years made selling plants quite successful to the point where I live it is known for selling plants. Instead of ordering them in the mail one can easily hope down to that LFS.

The plants he sells form the store which grow very successfully uses this method. He has also mentioned other methods which are essentially doing the same thing with different soil like substances for substrates. Like mineralization Worm Castings. (Was made popular somewhere in North America where Aron's Mineralization Top Soil wasn't really available)

Dare you to good search for Worm castings aquarium plants.

P.S. When I get around to doing this for one of my tanks some day I'll post my results.

Re: How to make a DIY sponge filter [by Cortezi]

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:44:46 -0100

DIY::How to make a DIY sponge filter
Very good idea

Re: Recirculating fry stand [by Oldman]

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:46:10 -0100

DIY::Recirculating fry stand
The biggest reason is as Lisa said. You will want to be able to know what is in your tank when you are done. I breed mostly goodeids and many of the female goodeids from different species look much alike. If I didn't keep them all separated, I would run the risk of having a crossbreed in a future generation. That is definitely something that I do not want. Even some of the common aquarium varieties of the most common livebearers like guppies are worth separating if you are a serious breeder and not just a person with a tank full of fish that sometimes breed. If that is all that you want to end up with, mixing hurts nothing at all. In my larger community tanks, I don't worry much who breeds with who because those resulting fish will never leave my tanks. It is an entirely different situation to my serious breeding efforts.