My local club had their annual Swap Meet a couple of Saturday’s ago. What a great time! And to think, I almost didn’t go. I had decided it was just too far for me to go, about 3 hours round trip.
Lucky for me, Cory the club plant guru, posted on the C.A.F.E. forum that he was looking for someone to split a table.
At any rate, I renewed some old friendships, sold some stuff, made some new friends, and had some great conversations.
After just observing these beautiful fish for the last 18 months I decided it was time to set them up for spawning. I picked these guys up from Pete Mang on AquaBid back in 2009 as just some un-identified Danios that came along with the Hikari Danios being auctioned.
For quite some time, I thought they were the stripped version of Danio kyathit, but after looking through Pete Cottle’s “Danios & Devarios” book I thought they might be Danio sp. Red Fin. Using a photo of one of my breeders, Pete thought they could be Red Fin. Continue reading Spawning Danio sp. kyathit
I bought myself a Christmas present this year. It’s a copy of Pete Cottle’s “Danios and Devarios”.
It’s a fantastic reference if you’re interested in these fish. For more info, or to purchase a copy of your own here’s the link to Pete’s site… http://www.danios.info/content/book.aspx
What a great day! I spent the best part of today over in Columbus at Swiss Tropicals. It’s owned by my friend Stephan Tanner, what an asset he is to the aquarium hobby!
Stephan is the US distributor for the Poret® Brand Filter Foam & Jetlifter lift tubes. That was part of the reason for the trip over. I bought enough foam to put dividers in two 55’s and a 75. The cool thing about using foam is that it works as a filter as well as being a tank divider.
I’m planning on using the tanks for grow-out tanks for fry and this looks like a great option to get more bang for my buck when it comes to maximizing tank space.
I love DIY projects and sponge filters make for a perfect project. I don’t think you can go wrong when it comes to making your own sponge filters. I’ve made them with lots of different materials and in many different ways over the years. Here’s how I build my latest version. Continue reading DIY Poret Foam Filters
