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I moved my fish outside and breeding numbers picked right up back. At first I thought the tubs were snail free. But I am now seeing them in the tubs outside too! So it looks like snails might not have been the real reason I was getting bad hatch rates.

I considered it. How much of a mess did you end up with? Did it shatter? Thanks!

You mean it's weird that they wont take it? They don't take anything that doesn't fit into a standard kitchen tall trash bag. Not even cardboard boxes. Nothing I can do about it. The borough selects the trash company, and they set the rules.

I've never had a problem with this in decades of fish keeping. but lately I can't help but notice that my tanks with ramshorn and bladder snails seem to produce a lot less fry. These are in tanks with CPDs. I moved some fish to snail-free outdoor tubs and I'm seeing a lot more fry again. Though that could be from any of a number of reasons, like increased food for the fry. Do we have a definitive answer on this question?

Yes but then you would have to deal with the weirdos on that website, and let them onto your property. At least around here that pulls in some real strange characters. I like the greenhouse idea. My refuse company says they cannot collect a tank that big.

I'm in a rural area. About 1 hour from a city. People usually burn garbage here and dump over the side of the road. I am trying to avoid that. We don' have a recycling center, but I will look around. I didn't know that kind of place would take a glass tank. Thanks!

I have a 30 year 55 gallon (complete with wood grain trim) that finally blew out. The seems dried up and let about 25% of the water out. Luckily it was in the fish room and I have cement floor and a drain. Here's my question: How do I get rid of the thing? I have a truck, but I honestly have no idea where to take a 55 gallon aquarium. Does anyone know?

Lots of stuff they let live, depending on the country. In Cambodia no one will eat turtles or squirrels -- both normal food where I'm from in America. But they will eat rats and spiders, which I've never heard of an American eating. Everyone comes up with their own reasons to eat this or that I guess.

In a lot of Southeast Asia it's the three spot gourami (Trichopodus trichopterus) that is eaten most. It's plentiful. You can find them all over. They're like bluegills in the US. You can find them bagged up at markets, fermented, etc.

Great footage. One of the best looking natives I've seen! The war paint shiners can get surprisingly nicely colored too, even if they are more basic.

Thanks. I've read both of those before but couldn't find anything about captive breeding. Wild breeding appears to be a mix of crevice and broadcast. I actually have a 20 year old penguin biowheel laying around. If it works for that, would be the most use I ever got from it! LOL Not sure either. The satinfin shiners are the Cyprinella genus. So shiner would be the more accurate name. But for years I've seen them labeled "Rainbow dace" in LFS and only heard them called "red shiners" in bait shops.

I also find the fish seem to be a bit calmer in the gravel bottomed tanks. Might be something to do with the mirror effect of a bare bottom tank.

Great thread. Where do you sell the MRD?

I notice that Dean runs bare bottom tanks in many videos. I did this too when I got into breeding fish in the 1990's. But I have been running gravel bottoms for decades now. I am wondering what the benefits are to running a bare bottom? Easier to vacuum? Anything else? Easier to see eggs or fry? I have success with breeding in gravel bottom planted tanks in most instances, though I am not doing any very difficult species.

Gourami are a common widespread food fish in countries like Thailand, Lao, Cambodia and Vietnam. In your picture is a fermented fish paste kind of like Cambodian prahok or Vietnam po hooc. It's more of a base used for cooking or making side dish dips. Strong smelling, strong tasting, and definitely not safe for feeding to other fish.