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  1. Daniel
    Nothing new on the tank itself today. But an artist friend of mine composed an homage to the 1930s Historically Accurate Planted Aquarium. I gave her the 1934 Better Homes and Gardens and she produced this artwork: To me it is an updated 'American Gothic.' Her genius was to work in the Angelfish and Swordtails, cats, beehives, and gardening all in a 1930s motif.
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    Beautiful tank, I love the big rocks. Glad you could join us.
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    I do something vaguely similar, the water passes down through a concealed filter strainer through the bottom of the tank. It then goes through an Iwaki water pump, but I don’t see why this couldn't be a canister filter. It then returns to the tank through a couple of concealed upward pointing nozzles that gently roil the surface of the water. There’s also an in-line heater in the circuit. Which eliminates most visible plumbing in the tank I've almost got the tangle of wires above the tank concealed (maybe by end of day) I have never had water on the floor in 13 years with this configuration.
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    Congratulations! So happy for you and mom. What are your feeding plans?
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    Wow, if I did that (forged it myself) I could justify using my Python for draining and refilling the 1930s Historically Accurate Planted Aquarium. 🙂
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    It will definitely be a surprise because I don't even know what's gonna go in there yet. I like the idea of re-creating that 1934 Better Homes & Gardens cover. I haven't had zebra Danios since I was a kid. I've also thought about something like a pygmy sunfish (imagine a guppy crossed with a cichlid with the color of a saltwater fish). That's the sort of thing I can go and collect from a ditch around here. The reason people don't keep them now is because they only eat live foods (which won't be a problem in this aquarium). I don't think I want to keep a fish that people say 'what the heck is that?' (I hear they love them in Germany). But, the males are pretty when they are breeding. That is not an enhanced photo, that is exactly what pygmy sunfish males look like when showing off for females. And the male nuptial dance involves slow staccato waggling while simultaneously and independently flicking each fin. Probably the most amazing fish dance I have ever seen. Technically I could keep this as they are listed in the book. But most people kept, guppies, mollies, and goldfish so those should be the ones I consider first.
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    Yikes! Endler's may not be that smart, but I am less smart than my guppies. Yesterday when they arrived, I gave them a historically correct feeding of mosquito larva. This morning while thinking about what to feed next, I thought, 'bet they would really go for some Vibra Bites.' As I walked over to get the Vibra Bites, I froze in my tracks. Whoa, whoa, no modern foods! It was just reflex. So, I went out to the ditch and netted some Daphnia and they seemed pretty happy with that, or as happy as is possible if you have the mental capacity of an Endler.
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    Biological Test Method: Acute Lethality Test Using Daphnia spp.
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    Back in a previous life when I was a member of the International Betta Congress I raised a lot of bettas and in my experience both males and females would prefer to be apart from other bettas unless it was breeding time. So I wouldn't put her in an aquarium with 2 other girl bettas. Can you put bettas together? Sure. There times when I had 50 young male bettas in a 10 gallon tank. They didn't fight because there was no point in fighting given there was no territory to defend. They were nippy with each other, but never battles. Unless you have an enormous amount of space where completely separate very far apart territories can be defended, I would stick to 1 betta per aquarium.
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    And by 'love' I think she means 'eat'. 🙂 I have scuds and guppies together without any problems for the guppy fry. As far as I can tell scuds are detritivores that munch on decaying vegetation or biofilm even.
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    With 'line' breeding, you breed close relatives with each in order to emphasize the traits or features you desire. Say you had a guppy with a big dorsal fin, you could breed that guppy to close relatives to then choose the offspring with big dorsal fins to continue or even improve the big dorsal fin line of guppies. As we say here in the South, 'Mah family tree don't fork'. 🙂 Eventually other desirable traits can be eliminated, so you might have to outcross to non-close relatives to bring back the traits you lost or maybe to even add new features like color to your line. And @Ryan looking forward to seeing those pics!
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    Sad Cory

    Daniel replied to RovingGinger's topic in Diseases

    How is sad cory doing now?
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    The document mentions D. magna and D. pulex. Other than assuming you have a lab, their section on raising Daphnia is okay.
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    I faced this choice in real life and built a tank that was often my only aquarium sometimes for 5 years at time, so it fits the realist part...but the tank was a bit bigger than 38 gallons. I probably should just stay away from this thread. 🙂
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    My clothes don't always make it into the laundry hamper, and sometimes I just throw the siphon hoses on the ground (as you can see). How are other people storing their siphon hose(s)? First thing that comes to mind is something like this:
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    But even a 100 ft Python doesn't have to be hard to manage if you use quick connects. That 100 ft hose is just four 25 ft hoses connected momentarily. As soon as I am done, I pop the hoses apart and they go back to being easy to manage.
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    Endlers came today (the Post Office held them for 2 days at the nearby distribution center). I put some mosquito larva in the tank for them to eat. I cannot wait to setup the actual vintage tank as soon as it is repaired.
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    According to this document issued by the Environmental Technology Centre (government of Canada), dechlorinated municipal tap water is acceptable for culturing Daphnia
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    I mess around a little bit with Raspberry Pi. I would love to see a thread on a Raspberry Pi DIY controller system.
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    Since I know what the temperature is and can roughly measure it with my hand, I have decided the not measure anything else from here on out. That will keep it old school for sure. Today's task will be deciding on a substrate. I think I will be using sand and gravel from my creek, but I am not sure yet. I talked to the person working on restoring the old aquarium I will be using for the project and gave her a link to this forum so she can see what we have been talking about so far. She runs a science and history museum so this project should be right down her alley. Yes, technically I could use an air pump, but I think it will be more fun without one.
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    It looks like it is straight forward to breed breed the flame tetras you have, but my guess is that you are not thinking about breeding them?
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    How did you decide which fish to put in?
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    And lest some think we have gone way off tropic, I think that I should point out that in the 1936 beloved Innes Book there is an entire chapter titled 'The Microscope in Aquarium Work'.
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    Great photo! There is this whole other world right in front of us. When I was a kid (probably because I was nearsighted) I loved looking at the little stuff. I loved looking at the belly of a pregnant guppy and seeing the eyeballs of the unborn baby guppies. I had terrible little 4 inch tall toy microscope, but when my bettas bred for the first time I put the newly hatched fry under the lens and saw their tiny hearts beating and blood flowing. I was hooked.
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