Eugene

So I have suscessfully bred some and will be for sale later this spring.

So any brand or size you get an equivelent size?

Hello I'm an old member but can't access my messages Icon just spins forever

There very expensive I would need 12 of then 12X20 and alot of small ones for breeder and fry tanks

Thanks but I already seen all the youtube vids just wondering if any one here has actually used them and what there experience is

How good are they anyone build there own ,any problems pros or cons?

Thanks guys I already use my large water storage barrel about 80 gallons sits 4ft off the floor but will elevate the new one higher on its side.Imight setup 3 of them on there side stacked to gravity feed into tanks .I still wanna use my system of one filter pump for 3 4ft tanks and use 2...... 1/1/2 J-tubes between tanks more if I need them. I think this will work if power cuts off nothing happens water levels out cause everything at the same level.Probably use some kind of block filter forming a triangular wall in corner around outlets to next tank.If I could find a fiter canister with multiple speeds that would help,there's a few more other things I'd like to refine like adding 20X8 inchwalls of sponge filters in corner with air tubes and bubble stones and there wiill be no filtermedia in cannister which is used as a water pump I might find an alternative.Everything is still in the planning stage.I definately do not want to drill and plumb the tanks which will be 3 to a level.Still want a drip system and drain though.Eventually there will be a second 8ft rack with 1 4ft and 4 smaller breeding tanks per level.My floor foot print is limited too 6ft deep 15ftlong and 7ft high I wanna maintain at least 3ft corridor down middle so no tank should be deeper than 12-16inches.Like I said though everything is just on paper sofar.Oh and I have a battery backup UPS for the airpump.

So I was recently successful breeding Cryptoheros nanaluteus now I'm trying cupids has anyone experience sexing them mine are about 4 inches but man are they hard to tell apart.I'm thinking the anal fin is curved or more rounder on the female everything else I see is identical.

Black sand at target

Correct hope you have lots a females

Thats fine for tap water but not for aged aquarium water that has been cycled.

Anyone got some cheap glass kickin around there not useing thin profile.

Yup use CFL 6400k the best easiest

Sand is the best and cheap plants grow quick cause the roots don't get damaged when pushed in especially if you use tweezers to plant or long tweeers.If you put sand on top it will eventually sink to bottom and push up gravel exposeing it.

Has anyone ever put a drip system on a bunch of tanks together say 10 that were fed at the beginning tank with an outlet from cannister pump and intake at the last tank.The tanks would be joined with some kinds siphon hose or pipe setup so water flows through all ten tanks from one pump.I'm thinking of this combined with matten filters in the corners where the siphon tube sucks from one tank and expels into the other.I know a large air pump and filters would be simplest but I wanna get away from water changes and cleaning filters cause I will eventually be home one week out of 3.

I have an add in Kijijin from calgary for lots of plants with lots of photos showing my tanks take alook some got 1st place and second in club show home competition .Only use t-8 4ft 6500k from homedepot .No Co2 and a little ferts once in awhile and use play sand from home depot plant roots grow fast in it.Or sand of any kind thats safe darker the better.my plecos breed ,rainbows breed ,rainbow cichlids breed cryptos breed all in a community tank of 70 gallons a 4ft tank.chnge water once a week.

Thats why I take old fixtures and rebuild for T8s simple and last long.

I've seen more dead fish than I can count at the other pet store uhuhuh

I have Boyds Vita-chem .I use it on half a jar of NLS pelletts and roll around to dry out .Some say the vitamins are in- effective once they dry out?Is that true they also say to put drops in tank .Its not really prctical to drop on every pellet going in 9 tanks.Do these also help plant growth?

Try the super daylight T8s at Home depot I got 3 4fts at 6500k and one 4ft ft grow my plants go nuts .

They look too warrior like to be Mayan probably Aztecs haha

I don't know why some people buy them they get too big and cause serious problems if released in the lakes or streams.

Looking for a source so I can make glass lids for 9 different sized tanks .Anyone got suggestions.

Anyone breeding these cute little fish?

When I was in Mexico recently when't snorkelling in some cenotes over grown with algae crystal clear thousands of ammeca splendins monsters up to 5 inches and some large black catfish and cichlids that looked like about 6 inch max maybe similar to blue acara but not.Anyways the splendins were feeding on nothing but the alagae from what I could see.Took some pics with my dive mask but they didn't turn out verygood still learning how to use it.