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Comment by Sheri Schmeckpeper on January 13, 2012 at 9:47pm

I just uploaded 3 photos to my page to get started.

Comment by Sheri Schmeckpeper on January 13, 2012 at 9:31pm

I'll get some pics loaded tomorrow. I'll try for a video but I have to edit a lot out. 3 hours of fish dancing gets kind of boring.

The 2nd pair isn't progressing. In a couple days if nothing transpires that male will go back in the big tank & we'll put Mamma-2 in with Proven Papa.

Comment by Sheri Schmeckpeper on January 12, 2012 at 5:15pm

Yay, our primary parents just did their thing & Mamma's holding eggs. Papa wants to keep going, but isn't that the way nature is? LOL!
We have a secondary pair getting aquainted, too.

Comment by Dave & Yvonne Story on January 2, 2012 at 3:34pm

Jay, 

I hate you.. Ha ha

I am just jealous..

Kudos..

Maybe someday, I will have my fist one.

Maybe someday, I will have my fist one.

Comment by Sheri Schmeckpeper on January 2, 2012 at 2:58pm

Congrats, Jay! I've had similar experiences. They can survive pretty rough environments if there are no predators around.

Comment by Dave Lindstedt on January 1, 2012 at 4:20pm

After my major fish kill resulting from accumulation of excess fish food in the bottom of my tanks,  I have installed a 70GPH Fountain pump, purchased from Lowes at about $20 each.  I suspend the pump 1/2 way into the water level.  Only half way so a mishap can not suck the tank dry. This pump has a 1/2 inch discharge I connected to 1/2 inch tubing with the discharge into my grow troughs along with the gravity fed water from my tanks. I run these pumps (and now) 24/7.  This means over 1,600 gallons of water a day is being pulled through the spong filter on the pump. This requires cleaning the pump & filter every two to 3 days..... But my water is now cystal clear! 

As we use to say in the Marine Corps  "ADAPT AND OVERCOME !"

Comment by TCLynx on December 27, 2011 at 6:53am

Float switches can be a pain.  I prefer a larger sump and doing CHIFT PIST or CHOP system designs so there is only one pump to worry about and no need for float switches but this usually requires a larger sump.

Comment by Dave Lindstedt on December 26, 2011 at 10:40pm

My sump is a 30 gallon tote bin.  This has created a problem with my sump pump. The float switch cord is too long for the tote. Result is the sump would run over without the pump going on. So the project for the day was to correct that.  I cut a couple of scrap pieces of 2 inch blue board and gorilla glued them to the float switch. But it would not sstay upright to trip the switch. So I had to add a couple of wheel weights and large metal nuts to the bottom of the blue board to get the switch to float up right.  Don't know if others have been faced with this problem.

I will use a 55 gallon drum for my next sump.

Comment by Sheri Schmeckpeper on December 26, 2011 at 8:56pm

Thanks, Dave. It'll be OK. This give me a chance to change out the sand, which I've been wanting to do, so there's a good side. I didn't want to refinish the cabinet, but life happens, right? :)   So...what does "done" look like, anyway?

Comment by Dave & Yvonne Story on December 26, 2011 at 6:04pm

I feel bad for you. I understand the frustration

I just finished moving my girls around... all fish are in the greenhouse now.

somethings take a long time and I'm still not done.

I hope it is all smooth for you soon

 

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