Frank

My request was for assistance to identify the fish not a mother, I think I will refer to you as t-ts as opposed to Blue Ram. WOW . That was nice.

guy,... many of us have seen your fish ... If your fish are a good example of what nls can do.. ill stick to trout chow.. This was a very good post so far, But trasting someones fish is very low and uncalled for. And yes I feed NLS.

I,m going to see if there are other people in Rocky who would like to car pool.

Hey Rhea. Glad you finally made it. :thumbs:

Nice looking fish.

Love it . Very nice.

Updated pic,s after a month

When I set up mine they came with coir blocks. This is what I use and it works great. If you are getting that much tea, I would say it is to wet. If my collection trays on the bottom are filling with tea , then I change things a bit to dry them up. Now my collection trays are full or filling with moist worm casings only. I can havest these worm casings and use them for planting. the worm tea has too be cut with at least 50% water before adding to plants. Even with a brewer it is only good for a little bit . Like a day or two. I just picked up a coir block at canadian Tire. Coir and peat mix. Will make 16 Quarts when you soak it. Setting up a big tub this time and getting in some earth worms to try them. May have to set up a few as my reds are growing like cazy. John: If you have to many just do like I do.Find a store that sells Fish bait and sell to them. I just came up with a name and made a label on the computer. Got some 3''x6'' bags for 5 cents each. took a hr. to bag up 20 bags with 12 worms in each. sold them for $2.50 a bag and made $50.00. More than paid for the Lb of worms I frist got. Take care guys and happy worm farming. Frank

How maney worms did you start with Gerry. Maybe it is too wet. Do you have a drain in the bottom Takes a bit for them to get going. I have 3 going now and find I have to leave the drains open to catch the worm tea.. I add shedded news paper to all the food to suck up moisture and also for feed. They are doing great now. They are at the point where I just add the food to the top and cover it with sheets of damp newspaper. When your veg. rot they do produce a lot of moisture.I think my worms have more than doubled over the winter. I was also mixing in composed horse manure also but ran out and will have to wait for spring to get more. I keep mine out in the shop with the temp. at about 70 degrees.My frist tub was started with 1 lb of worms and within 4 months I split them and started the second tub. The thrid tub I got was already up and running when I got it so I can not say how maney worms were in it. from what I have read and seen they should double in about 3 months. Mine seem to have. So all I can think of is don't keep it to wet and make sure you have a drain. Also do not stir it up to much as this will set thinks back. Just add food the the top and cover it. And leave them alone . I,m sure they will do fine. Good luck

Or just check your filters. When I turn on the lights in the morning I check all my filters. when i get home at night I check them again. I also keep them in plastic bins to catch water if they do leak. It is easy to just take them for granted, But if you get in the habit, you should catch most problems before they get to bad.

Do you have to be member to sell??

I like Ruby B. By far the best I think..lol

No was not me.

So far he will attack your hand when you hold it up to the glass, but as not attacked my hand when I,m cleaning the inside, but I,m sure that will come, No he did not come from Big Als. picked him up in Calgary at a NE store.

Very nice Jorg.

Got him about two weeks ago. He is about 5.5 inches. He is looking good and eating lots.

I have 5 growing out. Hope they look like the one in the add...lol

I used 6 mil glass on the 2 '' hole on my 240. Worked like a charm.

Looks good , but I would a other filter to the other end of the tank or even add a filter to each compartment.

Nice tank Roy. And what a good looking Front.

Dalay. If you need to borrow a tank for awhile I could free up a 29 gal, a 33gal or a 80 gal for you to use.You would just have to come to Rocky to pick them up. There are filters for the smaller ones but not for the 80 gal. Just trying to help you out here..

Same here . Find my 240 too small now and want a bigger tank. Got rid of all the small ones , as I found they were alot more work than keeping a big tank. Still have a couple of 33 gal but grow from there.. Just want biggere and bigger tanks....lol

I may be wrong here but I have never seen them Mouthbrood. I always just left mine alone. they are good parents. I have seen them take over half of a 180 gal tank and raise their fry. Once they are free swimming I would remove them. Good luck with them.

I have been waiting on mine for 4 years now. Have about 12 of them in a 240 gal with drift wood caves and a sand bottom. Finally this year the started breeding. Never did see this happen but all of a sudden there would be a female holding. Frist one I got all excited and stripped her and put the eggs if tumbler. WRONG . lost all the eggs. Second and thrid time I left them to see if they would hold, but they spit the eggs after two days . I,m still waiting. Seems like lots of water changes is the answer to get them to spawn and lots of waiting. Seems like when I do two water changes a week of 40 to 50 % they will spawn. And yes Fairdeal is the guy to ask. Or thats who has helped me out alot.

That would be me. The days of the good deals are over for the FX5. Yes I can get them cheaper, but by the time you pay shipping or travel up here to get them, You might as while just check out the city. Also for a tank that size I would run two of them. As for heaters, I have 2-200watt heaters on my 240 gal and find I have to unplug one. With the lights and the two heaters it just gets to warm.