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Comment by Sheri Schmeckpeper yesterday

Nice, Dave! Nothing like an accident turning into an asset!

Comment by Dave Story yesterday

It happened. Last month, I had itty-bity fry in my sump. In my other tanks, I had been busy catching and seperating new from old. So, I liked the sump way so much that I started to plan for it to happen again. food and air in my sump with lights.. BANG. This morning I saw two  itty-bitys in my sump.. the water flow from the overflow was slow, so I cleaded the sump pump prefilter.. Now I have a bunch of itty-bittys in my sump. No extra work to seperate the new from the old.. In the past, I killed a bunch of frys during the seperation process. I need to see how Kellen seperates, BUT for now, WOW I love the auto sump process.

Comment by TCLynx on Friday

be certain that you are not sending water through the garden hose heater at night since it will act as a chiller at night.

Also, you might not want to use a regular black garden hose as a heater for a food system, some garden hoses have not so good stuff as plasticizers that you don't really want to be using in a recirculating food system.

Comment by Calvin Wyatt Rodriguez on Thursday

I built a solar heater out of garden hose, works great! over night heat losses have prompted plans to insulate.

Comment by SW on May 11, 2012 at 5:03am

~~~Life Is Good~~~

There is nothing more relaxing to me than spending time with my fish & plants!

So I spent yesterday evening sexing out a couple of my IBC tanks.  I now have females in one tank, males in another and under 4" fingerlings in a 3rd. My breeding colonies are all set up in 125 gallon aquariums and are starting to produce new fry.

Be sure to check out the "Free Fingerlings For Aquapons" group if you need fingerlings or have extra you'd like to give.

Best regards to all,

Sam

Comment by Dave Story on May 10, 2012 at 5:10pm

Sheri,

Great site.

tanks

Comment by Sheri Schmeckpeper on May 10, 2012 at 4:56pm

My mistake. In CA it's Mozambique and Hornorum, if you're lucky. What's allowed is very specific to each state. This page lists where you can get information about the laws in many of the states: http://www.tilapiafarmingathome.com/Pages/LegalIssues.aspx

Comment by TCLynx on May 10, 2012 at 4:32pm

in some states, for personal aquarium use it doesn't matter while in other states, the laws still apply but they just don't enforce them and in other places, they will fine you no matter what.

Comment by Dave Story on May 10, 2012 at 3:17pm

I am under the impression that if you are using these fish for your personal aquarium the laws do not apply.I am sure someone will know and say more about the law on here. I want to know more too.

Comment by Sheri Schmeckpeper on May 10, 2012 at 3:06pm

I believe CA only allows the Mozambiques and blues.

Dr. George Brooks mentioned one that he said was as tender as butter (presumably when softened). :)  It was a yellow hybrid. I don't anything else about it, though.

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