Casual aquatics

I know this might sound absurd. Firstly like someone mentioned above if you had a way of transportation lol Indiana is know for its liquid rock haha. But where I was going with this is. What source would you be getting the fish from? Ask for a bag of extra water then put tge fish in a bucket with that water then setup a drip acclimation process slowly dripping your water into the bucket . And go through a gill osmosis process! If and when those fish breed I'd like to think they naturally would be OK in that water if they lived from birth. I'm not no expert or scientist anything like that. You asked for an idea I thought of one. But I'm one of those people that don't chase ph.

I too am heartened by this change as Sundays are usually my only days off. But I reckon he must go with what works well with the overall population. Cory's a busy man and it be selfish to say well you need to do one on Sundays still. Guess will catch replays attempt to pop in on a break at work. But I still feel there's plenty of benefits to being a member regardless the coop is something I'm proud to be part of 😃

It's hard to answer this question with in the rules of the forum. No promoting other sites outside of the coop and aqua huna however I know of plenty good sights for this kind of thing 😬 so what I would say is do your research bargain hunt but 8inch solid peace I could see anywhere from 30-80$ where I'm from

The basement is 10% complete I'm still gonna have too lay concrete the reasons I want the tanks on the first floor is cause I plan to build my 2k in the basement which will take up the space yes plumbing and electricity down in the basement Atwell also seems sturdy built inspector only sited a few minor things. On the property also thanks for your reply

Hello everyone firstly if your taking the time out of your day or night to read this then thank you. I am on a journey in my life right now! we are buying a big beautiful house built in the 1920,s! it comes with already built into the yard a 100-200 gal koi pond! exciting yes I know that's what made us want it. however the yard isn't that big its pretty got a above ground garden trough built in the yard which my brain is racking ideas could I turn that into a pond/tank too or do I keep it a garden grow food or just some pretty flowers a lot of decisions to be made. however like I mentioned above the house its self is nice size I'm actually gonna get to build my fish room. like sure right now I have 8 tanks spread through a duplex but that's not a real fish room obviously! plan on turning my 135 into a community tank as a center piece moving the Large cichlids to the three hundred gallon pond for now tell I can afford and build my 2kpond in the basement the dinning room is gonna become the fish room do to its size and shape! cant wait to set it up and do some videos at any rate! for the real stuff in truth though I been in the hobby for a few years or more but I'm still a NOOB! when it comes to advanced stuff in the hobby. I run all my tanks in the basic ways most I have is canister filters I have tried to build my own using Cory's video but that's as advanced as it gets. I'm curious to know how one sets up an auto water changing system. do all your tanks have to be drilled to do so? secondly to that what system do I purchase and where do you recommend getting it from. if you know of a great video for the product your suggestion that would be nice too. I have used Cory's Wi-Fi plug so I assume that would be necessary as well to function the system its self. next subject would be floor testing as mentioned above the house was built in the 20's it has all wood floors from what I seen when i toured the house the floor's are made from 2x6 in most spots. however I question how sturdy they are as mentioned I want to load the dinning room with a bunch of tanks done some research your average 2x4 can hold 700lbs so do I just go down in the basement and put 2x4,s under all of the beams. with a house that old should i just get a bunch of actual floor jacks. the concern there is cost I'm not rich moneys tight and tied up in the house its self. and last but defiantly not least SOLAR POWER! for those of you that have a fish room large tanks or ponds etc. its no secret that when you start running that many big tanks in your home store or whatever you have. your electricity bill is gonna start rising along with other bills and I'm just wondering if anyone has converted to solar power if its possible if it would even be worth it. or if you have used any solar powered items in the hobby that you actually stand by. I only have used a solar powered fountain for my pond but it don't have a storage feature so only works when sun is hitting it but at any rate been seeing a lot of solar power adds getting emails etc. so truly has me curious if anyone has any experience with any of the above feel free to leave your input thank you in advance.

Hello looking at houses to buy this week was wondering how you determined how much weight your floors can hold, also do,s and donts for inside ponds in basement or even in rooms I know a dehumidifier will be necessary etc thanks in advance

Will have to get more pics when home but I have access drift wood a dirtied soil mix s with sand almond leaves occasionally added. I also think yellow and red lighting help give that hue color other than that I have some hornwort floaters and some Amazon swords in the tank also do more topping off then water change to keep the tannin just my opinion but u see far more educated people in chat so I’m sure you’ll get what your looking for !

Have you checked market place in Fb?

What dish we don’t see a picture? And if you had it snd worried I’d treat to be safe but just my opinion

Just scored these from work boss said I could have them half the work and cost is done for me now to just add the legs and braces. Anyone build there own stands thinking have it four foot tall so gonna need 8 four foot pieces 2 at 5ft for long cross brace and 8 at like 12 inches for the with cross braces any tips pictures or advice is welcome. As this will be my first stand build

Yea that can happen you might need to buy some gallons of spring water just tell you get tank cycled 50/50 tap/spring water

I had kept corys and cherry barb’s with my betta in the past in a planted tank

Certain fish require harder or softer water for breeding purposes. But as far as what fish you can keep you can always adjust your water. it just depends how much work do you want to do. African cichlids do well in hard water at least from my experience I keep everything from mbuna cichlids Africans to South American cichlids like oscars and jaguars and such most fish can go through a process called Gil osmosis. And that’s them adjusting to the water you got to slowly add the harder water to their current water that they’re used to being in for example my ph is anywhere from 7.8-8.6

So I’m a late bloomer and I happened to see this well it is the 19th now. so I’m obviously probably not gonna make a video at least to submit for this. I might just do one to do one because I’d be happy to give thanks to the forum publicly on my channel. but the names that come up to me the most. Would be @Streetwise @Daniel @Cory Cory thank you for being a remarkable humble person! no matter the fame or however one Might see it. you are still a real down to earth person you call it how you see it you try to give the best information you can. And stay humble about it I’d truly be lost in this hobby with out aquarium coop and the forum this last year! Daniel I look too as that old timer kinda like the grandfather of the forum. he has been in the hobby for quite awhile always challenging his self in the hobby or doing test/projects. He has been my go to for Genral questions about and around the forum along with in the hobby. And streetwise that man’s a beast he is everywhere you look in the forum answering questions sharing his own questions and projects and has hoped on my post/questions quite few times. Everyone on here no matter our differences this is the one place we all can connect and relate in one way or another. So big thanks to everyone on here even the noobs your what’s keeping us growing!

Though I too am from the eastern parts of the state I do believe Cory has mentioned multiple times that he don’t want to franchise, it would take away from his home store where he lives and focus his business that’s how he is able to do these tours and videos we love so much I think had also mentioned if anything at all he might try to sale to other local fish stores but then that store would have to up charge etc and in truth it’s just cheaper to order dry goods and plants through his site. To conclude I to would love to buy a fish from Cory just to say I did because I know the quality would be the best it could be but I’ll accept what I can get rather the knowledge the products or the relationships we make in this fish community meeting through the forum and in YouTube 😉😊❤️❤️❤️🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮

I’m not sure if there’s a question in this but this is amazing I would love to see my Corys successfully breed I have seen eggs on the glass but I wasn’t able to get to them I guess when I scrape them off they might’ve busted but this is amazing news and I’m happy for you I’m hoping to start breeding some Coreys in my 300 gallon grow out . Just not sure if it be possible outside

So I have no personal experience with them but thought I’d do a little research for you this is what I found

Ironically I have a thread on this idk if I’m late but wanted to share eastern time zone it’s still Wednesday here

I wish we could share videos on here or links to pages channels etc I have an updated video if anyone interested let me know but for now here’s best I can do with picture waiting on sponges from the coop and bulk heads for the filter you see in the picture used @Cory video on how to build it !

I knew through Fb about my local club but you should be able to google local fish club in Los Angeles and find one

Sadly my lfs only dose store credit but it’s still something and they have good products so well worth it I suppose. Have some “prospects “ to sale ultimately I just want to do it to see if I have what it takes I get so excited when my fish inside randomly mate! Ironically this tub was meant for large cichlids but I can’t have it inside where I live and I’m not putting my large fish outside where a raccoon can get to them . It’s all around gonna be a learning curve. That I look forward too

So your saying pick between the three and run with it ? Definitely don’t want interbreeding! Guppy grass is hard to grow why ? And I ironically have quite a few of those bnp in my tanks inside so that’s an idea😊