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On Yep, those eyes will do it. When the Asian carp get into the Great Lakes, let's sign a long term contract with the seals. Eat all the carp you want, on weekend you have to hang around the piers looking cute for the tourist. But I agree, why are invasive species always crap. Just once I...

So do you have a habitat for them or just let them fly around the house? Very interesting....

That's interesting, so what's involved in raising moths and butterflies? You would love this exhibit at a local museum, Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden

On invasive species, how about The Attack of the Jumping Asian Carp

I will assume Wyoming's lakes are not over developed like so many lakes here in the east, so I would agree. The inland lakes in lower Michigan, my home state, are heavily developed with many having septic tanks/leach field feeding nutrients to the lake, runoff from farms is another big problem...

Yep, you may have messed up. No worries, we all mess up. I even put sugar in my cherry pies! What I would do, massive water changes to get all readings down to zero. Stop using the filter boost. Dose your tank with ammonia one (1) time to a level of three (3) ppm. When your ammonia levels drop...

I plan on using the polyurethane Gorilla glue and sand substrate trick shown above with the rocks, any PVC which could be exposed will be covered with sand. I love all the digging going on in your tank, it's like the Mbunas have a purpose in life, digging instead of just swimming back and...

Now clearly, Zebra and Quagga mussels has negatively affected the Great Lakes but it is complicated for us. Humans have trashed the Great Lakes as there was excess levels of plankton (algae) in the lakes before the arrival of the Zebra's. I bought my sailboat in 1985, the water clarity was...

Just be careful with storm drains. In my basement, I have a sink which connects to a sump pump line which is connects to storms drains which empties into a stream one street over. From there, it will drain into a section of the Erie Canal which crosses the Genesee River. Now the mussel larvae...

The plants may be producing low levels of ammonia which the bacteria is quickly consuming. For myself, I struggle reading low levels with the API test kit. So your tank may be cycled for a very low bioload ie: a couple fish. Personally, I like the ammonia in the bottle method. You can dose the...

You need to flush the lower unit of your outboard motor.

In the Great Lakes, quagga mussels have overtaken zebras. On a positive note: Source: Great Lakes Now

While feeding my Odessa barbs this morning, one jump right out of the tank! These guys are more hyper than my Tiger barbs. I was looking at acrylic aquariums on the web, yep acrylic will warp and they made lids using 1/4" polycarbonate.

Not sure how big he gets but how about a SYNODONTIS EUPTERUS CATFISH MALAWI

Here is a link to another forum, Cichlid-Forum, Aquarium Galley Looking at 100's of Mbuna tanks, they all seem to have one thing in common, shallow substrate. With the PVC support concept, I may have over 5" (13 cm) of sand. The 75 gallon tank is 21" tall, I have plenty of vertical space to...

What was your source of ammonia? FritzZyme 7 and Dr. Tim's bottled ammonia worked very well for me. I added ammonia three times and it took ~10 days to cycle my tank. Note: I never saw significant levels of nitrite which is expected, the FritzZyme established both bacterial colonies. Edit: I...

Go for it, it should be a separate topic. I may post it on another forum. EDIT: On the CARE forum (aquarium CO-OP), I asked "Last issue, do I want a overstocked peaceful Mbuna tank or understock it to encourage their aggressive territorial behavior? ". This was Matt E, the owner of the...

Check out this one, a Dragon Blood Peacock....

Thanks so much for the reply, I had a great time reading it!! On another forum, someone else replied to me about Mbunas with bad attitudes. I was complaining about large overstocked Mbuna display tanks on youtube with a small non-functional group of rocks. He claims this was done...

Absolutely, a siphon break is mandatory. You can't see them in my photo but I drill two small holes just above weir (bottom of the slot). The siphon break starts before the overflow box starts to empty. For my return lines (3/4" pipe), I used a street elbow and connected them using a 1" ID...

Yep. I appreciate your efforts on getting things right. On a positive note, African cichlid tend to be very hardy fish!

Put on some mellow music to calm down the fish:)

Sorry, you said freshwater...

I would say no, figure out how to breed them first.

How about a Green Dragon

A Mandarin Goby (salt water). My wife would love it too, he only needs a 20 gallon tank ;)

That would be my reason for breeding Odessa Barbs, I want more of them. From an online breeder, they may cost me ~$15-20/fish and I want about 20 of them. Plus it would be a fun project. I am in the early planning stage for a 75 gallon Mbuna tank. I may try getting a few breeding pairs and let...

My opinion, LFS have a huge advantage amatuer breeders as they can buy fish from their wholesaler and you have to get rid of fish as your tanks are getting overcrowded. Someone said this before, bred rare fish if you want to sell them. I agree with AdoraBelle, bred the Juli's. I can't find...

Mbuna Condo's Ver 2 or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love PVC Pipe This version was inspired by talks with Mr OnlyGenusCaps on the demise of undergravel filters and my desire for a no power tool solution. I understand, not everyone has a table saw, routers, drill press etc. This will...