Recent content by GaryE

Shouldn't the centrepiece be the fish you want the most? The old idea of a fish to draw the eye never really worked anyway, so make the centrepiece the centre of your attention, no matter what size, shape or behaviour it has. I feel like the question is asking for your favourite fish...

When the fly larvae would sit on the substrate for a short time before being eaten, they would leave a calcium patch. That I don't like. We can refer back to the endless discussions on water hardness... I also use a coffee grinder. I only keep small fish, and the larvae are a good size.

My best live shows date me terribly, and make me seem like a relic from another time. No wait, I am a relic from another time... My top shows were The Clash, The Ruts, the Gang of four, Bruce Springsteen, The Pogues (with and without Joe Strummer), Toots and the Maytals, Billy Bragg, The...

My old club had a trades guy who drilled holes through rocks for fish, and sold the rocks. It was a very specific skill for specific equipment, but it was easily hidden. I go with coconut caves for my dwarf Cichlids. I let java moss cover the sides and position them with other wood so they don't...

I don't have anything in the cloud, and am unimpressed by Spotify's algorithms. I'm happy going from Nigerian Hi-life to punk to reggae to rock to singer songwriter, old jazz, etc. My brain is seriously unable to settle for one genre or artist these days. I like jarring playlists. I'm working on...

One of the great things the hobby has taught me is that we live in nasty places. Right now, in Lagos Nigeria, it is 82f. In Maunaus Brazil, it's 87f. And you guys are getting 100f - way hotter than where your fish come from.

@Burleson Bear in mind they weren't developed for the hobby as a commercial product. They were created using zebra danios for water treatment plants, where there colour changes could provide a warning of problems. It was later that the fishfarms got the idea of marketing them as ornamental fish...

I have chicken feed dried larvae, without any chickens. I find it leaves a calcium residue where it falls, in my very soft water. I need to use it more though, as it is good food.

That would work. I thought it was all pebbles, but pebbles on sand/gravel is good. You'll be fine.

The usual crew who end up chatting have been discussing vinyl, digital and ways of listening to music in what was a fish thread. So let's put this subject in its place! To start, I see vinyl as dating people. Some, like myself, no longer have vinyl (a flood from a broken pipe got my record...

We're so far off topic I'll create another thread for old tech talk.

The pebbles. Right away, you have a problem there. If we put aside the natural needs of Corys as sand sifters, we also have exposure to pollution as an issue for fish that hug the bottom. Pebbles are a food trap, and ammonia will leak out. It will directly affect these substrate needing fish. I...

I don't believe those are glofish. From the dye patterns, they look like glassfish injected with fluorescent dye. That's not a matter of taste - that's cruelty and animal abuse.

Actually, 33 1/3 more posts to achieve true broken record status. The cool kids with vinyl will get that reference. How long do fish go for if we just skip the water and pack them in mineral salts? That needs discussing.

That's okay. The Prada had velvet matadors before Goya. Those bulls were so lifelike, unlike the large eyed maiden with the tears the Louvre started with. They eventually got the Mona Lisa, but no velvet painting ever had cracks in its face. I'm no artist, but I had fancy guppies and high fin...