(Back story: Went to my old-favorite, aquarium shop for a visit, just to see what it looks like with its new owner after 15 years absence (after loosing everything in my 105 marine tank due to a four-day power outage following a hurricane- and just not wanting to restart again due to heartbreak and cost.

Turns out.. the original owner had to take the business back when the buyer/new owner couldn't pay it off- like 10 years ago. When I walked in, he saw me and started crying. We were good friends before he moved away to retire in Montana for years...)

Any how, no more marine fish (can't get/cost too much)- he used to have only the best and rarest corrals.

Now it's strictly fresh water including the Tanganyikans I was breeding 35 years ago. Son now wants his own aquarium again and he's paying, so we are starting with lelupi, brichardi, frontosa and julidichromis...

Anyone know what I'm talking about?

rfenst wrote:

Now it's strictly fresh water including the Tanganyikans I was breeding 35 years ago. Son now wants his own aquarium again and he's paying, so we are starting with lelupi, brichardi, frontosa and julidichromis...

Anyone know what I'm talking about?

rfenst wrote:

I got scrod last night

frankj1 wrote:

I got scrod last night

frankj1 wrote:

I prefer to catch fish and kill them for food... the ones I buy are for bait.

Just saying.

MACS wrote:

In a crock pot right?

Thunder.Gerbil wrote:

Who cooks fish in a crock pot, weirdo?

MACS wrote:

Jus' checkin.


You can cook fish in a pressure cooker though.

Thunder.Gerbil wrote:

I had my entire 105 gallon marine set-up built in. Brought in water and sewer lines from the wall behind the cabinet inside and then attached a spigot for whenever I needed water. Removing water just required me to plug in a small pump. No buckets or carrying/spilling any water at all!

Cabinet underneath held wet/dry filter, protein skimmer r/o filter, uv light, and a refrigeration unit necessary to keep it cool enough for corals- because it used four 95w high-output fluorescent lights that got hot as ****. No water changes for well over a year at one point- just some evaporation to account for.

Used to test the water quality and add necessary nutrients for the invertebrates after doing a bunch of tests with reagents and tubes. for like 10 different micronutrients and such.

It was magnificent. Rare and odd-ball coral variations and colors- better than any tank at Sea World! Then we lost power for 4-5 days and the water temp got up to like 85F and everything died except the live rock. It stunk and there was nothing we could do until we got power back.

So, I just gave up due to heart break... Fast forward about 15 years later and I am about to jump back into Tanganyikans...

rfenst wrote:

I forgot more about tropical fish that most people know. Never got into Tangies. Raised Betta Splendens and many other varieties and wholesaled them. One of my Piranhas bit me once.

tonygraz wrote:

I forgot more about tropical fish that most people know. Never got into Tangies. Raised Betta Splendens and many other varieties and wholesaled them. One of my Piranhas bit me once.

tonygraz wrote: