fishguy1978
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I have 30 pill containers and set it up so that the fish in each tank were only fed M/W/F. If the sev hadn't died I don't know that there would have been the catastrophic losses.
What did you do with your tank(s) today?
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I had a huge laugh this afternoon, I was sure I had been punked, lol. I get a call from my C-lister about the trimacs and its an old Asian woman with a thick accent asking me ‘what size they were?’, even though that is in the ad. Then asked if they were all this size… I knew something was off so I told her the fish were all separate so they would not fight. She said that wont work because all she has are community tanks. If I said nothing, she probably would have come and bought them all. But the fish deserve better.
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My biggest fear when going on vacation for an extended period. This is really sucky news.I have been on vacation for the last 3 weeks back in Virginia visiting my brother and family. We had a house sitter who was feeding the fish and animals. Unfortunately, the Rotkeil sev died and was not immediately removed from the tank that it was in, unsure how long but have a picture that was texted and it was definitely rotting. I had moved it into a 29g that was on the upper rack and it drained into the L104 tank which also had some G. Brasiliensis grow outs. The entire contents of that lower 29g were also lost. Thankfully, the young lady's dad is tech savey and turned off the flow to the upper 29 and then re-adjusted flow to the rest of the system. I will find out later today after work if there were any other losses. 2am arrival at home didn't allow for much more than a quick check of the L104s.
John58Ford
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My neighbor keeps tanks too; and sits for me, even then I still portion the food and only have her feed every 2-3 days. Old contact lens cases work great as portion control for my little 29s and stuff; but I bet some of you would need pill bottles full of food for these monsters I see here. Sorry to hear about the clowns @fishguy1978 .
Today I'm changing water after dinner, I had the day off so I took the kids out to grab some lake trout this morning. Lake trout makes my favorite crab bait.
Today I'm changing water after dinner, I had the day off so I took the kids out to grab some lake trout this morning. Lake trout makes my favorite crab bait.
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Cleaned an Aquaclear 110 on the 65B that had the super beat up trimac in it. Ive been just going through the regular routine with it, water changes, feeding, etc. but today stopped and really watched it and noticed it healed up quite well. Its pretty nice looking once again. This was one of the two I planned to keep a bit longer and I think it may just turn out to look pretty good. I need to get some update pics of it.
fishguy1978
Legendary Member
I use the pill boxes to portion out my daily feedings for my 300 gallon. I do a mix of sinking and floating to help make sure all get fed since some are more aggressive feeders than others. This helps me not to overfeed the beggars, lol
Ran to AP today to get some frozen krill for the fahaka and also came home with two dwarf guaramis and a farawella.
They also have a big selection of large cichlids at the moment and a couple of large catfish ( man, I sure wanted them).
big cichlids included:
1x Carpintas
1x barred amph ( didn’t display any reds but lights were dim)
2x buttekofe
10x XL convicts
1x flowerhorn
catfish:
10” electric catfish
12” RTC X tiger shovel nose.
They also have a big selection of large cichlids at the moment and a couple of large catfish ( man, I sure wanted them).
big cichlids included:
1x Carpintas
1x barred amph ( didn’t display any reds but lights were dim)
2x buttekofe
10x XL convicts
1x flowerhorn
catfish:
10” electric catfish
12” RTC X tiger shovel nose.
We stopped in about 2-2:30ish
fishguy1978
Legendary Member
Water change on the 29g rack and dosed with kosher salt. Removed more dead. I lost the female Nanochromis Splendens. I'm preparing myself for complete loss of occupants.
4:15 after work, missed you by a long shot
Man that just sucks! The stand alone tanks did okay?
fishguy1978
Legendary Member
Yes, those tanks are fine.
Cleaned out two Aquaclear 110’s on the garage tanks this morning. Its amazing how much those sponges can hold! The one was pretty heavy with goo. Was surprised it was still running. I must have missed this one in the last cleaning rotation. One more Aquaclear scheduled for this weekend but have an additional two I need to put on the schedule. Next up the three FX6’s on the 300. Those are going to be easier because its time for new sponges.
Still looking to rehome trimacs. Have them listed here, on MFK and Craigslist. Im priced well but a special fish that not everyone can take in…
Still looking to rehome trimacs. Have them listed here, on MFK and Craigslist. Im priced well but a special fish that not everyone can take in…
Finished the last Aquaclear clean out! Yay
I have 7 Aquaclear 110’s and 1 Aquaclear 70 on the garage tanks. I try to spread out cleanings but with everything going on I let them go longer than I usually do. But they are all done.
Now I need to start the FX6’s on the 300…
I have 7 Aquaclear 110’s and 1 Aquaclear 70 on the garage tanks. I try to spread out cleanings but with everything going on I let them go longer than I usually do. But they are all done.
Now I need to start the FX6’s on the 300…
Stopped at PetWorks Olympia yesterday to just look around. They still had the hairy puffer but it had a receipt taped to the glass like someone finally purchased it. The other ‘Congo’ puffer was there too, likely going to be there a while since most people wont drop $250 on a tiny fish. I looked at some of the smaller African cichlids and really liked the blue lipped buffalo also the julies.
Well, not exactly tanks, but definitely aquaculture...
A few days ago I finally had the right combination of tide, time, and temperature to venture down to the beach to assess the impact of the late-June heat wave on my oyster beds. I'd been putting this off, fearing the worst, but the news wasn't all that bad. Pretty surprising really, given the potentially lethal combination of record-setting heat and extreme low tides.
I emptied two bags (~100 oysters each) of the 2018 crop, and found only 2 and 3 empty shells, respectively, so mortality in this crop was <5%. I didn't score the 2019 crop, by by visual inspection these bags seemed similar to those from 2018. There was more mortality in the 2020 crop, which are still relatively small, which I estimate to be 20-30%. I then walked over to my neighbor's beach and looked at her bags, which were just put out with seed a few weeks ago. I didn't dump them out, obviously, but by inspection I would say that mortality in the little oyster seeds was at least 50%, perhaps as high as 75%. Not very surprising that the smaller oysters were the most adversely affected.
I will be putting out the oyster seeds for my 2021 crop in about 10 days, a double batch for this year, approximately 800 oysters. You can never have too many shellfish!
A few days ago I finally had the right combination of tide, time, and temperature to venture down to the beach to assess the impact of the late-June heat wave on my oyster beds. I'd been putting this off, fearing the worst, but the news wasn't all that bad. Pretty surprising really, given the potentially lethal combination of record-setting heat and extreme low tides.
I emptied two bags (~100 oysters each) of the 2018 crop, and found only 2 and 3 empty shells, respectively, so mortality in this crop was <5%. I didn't score the 2019 crop, by by visual inspection these bags seemed similar to those from 2018. There was more mortality in the 2020 crop, which are still relatively small, which I estimate to be 20-30%. I then walked over to my neighbor's beach and looked at her bags, which were just put out with seed a few weeks ago. I didn't dump them out, obviously, but by inspection I would say that mortality in the little oyster seeds was at least 50%, perhaps as high as 75%. Not very surprising that the smaller oysters were the most adversely affected.
I will be putting out the oyster seeds for my 2021 crop in about 10 days, a double batch for this year, approximately 800 oysters. You can never have too many shellfish!