So on the "six Corydoras sp. 'Green Laser' wild caught" do these have a C or CW number?

From Cataclysm I was gifted a 1.25 inch (tl) L46 so I had to purchase a 2 inch (tl) companion for him/her. I was also gifted a group of 5 Lophiobagrus Brevispinis I added a group of six Corydoras sp. 'Green Laser' wild caught and a group of 6 tank raised CW23 Red Laser corys to my CW010 corys. a pai...

And a great time was had by all. Many lessons learned but we will do this again in 2017. I want to thank all who made the trip.

So we kick this off this weekend. Online registration is now closed but we still have room if you want to come.

For those already registered we want you to have a great event. If there is any assistance we can provide just let us know. For now you can PM me here.

Hi all, The only caves I have made myself have been wooden, and my L397s love them :)...There was a guy in Gloucester (UK) making the Oak caves, but I'm not sure he still is. If you can find dead Robinia ( R. pseudoacacia ), the branches are naturally hollow, and I think the same applies to Walnut ...

The easter island heads are more decor then caves but there is a hollow down the back that is 1/2 an inch wide by 6 inches long by 2.5 inches deep. I thought it would be possible to make the slot wider, but with the quality of the marble I was working with, as I get any nearer the outside edge I ris...

As far as the white spot circled I had something like that on some of my c140s. I increased the temp about 2 decrees Celcius. And did 90% daily water changes for about a week.

Two more structures, one a duplex which I tried to shape like a stone with irregular sides, and the other a typical burrito, but with a pinched triangle opening: Both have internal caves which measure 8 inches deep. The interior of the stone's caves are very large but the openings are purposefully ...

So here are some more pics, The caves in a tank
and then laid out on the floor with a 5 gallon bucket for scale. In that picture I included the resin caves I still have in the fish room as well.

In honor of Cataclysm I thought I would put a face to the handle

So this is 10 days out. I know some members of Planet Catfish are coming, who all is planning on attending?

No sweet Andy, I put that out there to make the point that while I enjoy the creative side of it working with stone, is not a way to make money for the fish room.

Was it an established 20, Cory fry can make do on the bio film in an tank.

Yeah, but not something that I would consider a commerical deal. If you value you time as low as $5.00 per hour at a minimum you would have to be charging $50.00 for labor, not to include raw materials, (admittedly cheap) and wear and tear on your tools, which can be quite expensive, but having had ...

Oh on on the resin caves, I have used these for 4 plus years, in the beginning, I would only use them with the Ancistrus Sp. I have since used them with the L104, l144 with no problems, I plan to use them with the l46s, l181s, and l271 groups I am picking up shortly.

Oh, lately instead of making caves, I have made a habit of shopping the nic nac shelves at goodwill, Saint Vincint Depaul and other thrirt stores.

ceramic pottery in all shapes and sizes can be had cheap and will often work for structure in the fish room.

I no longer have those but have some other pictures where you can see my hands holding them. No they were not easy to make litterally between 10 and 40 house. Although I can now make them much more efficiently by using the rotten granite splitting it, cutting groves on the interior faces and then us...

These are just some of the Granite ones. I still have others to post, but I lost track of where the photos are and I don't have all of the caves at this time.

here are some pics

You can also mix glass with the clay and fire them together. This leaves a smooth texture, but a wide variety of color options can be achieve.

I have also take pumicen stone and crushed it down to a sand, mixed that with a two part liquid acrylic made for coating bars etc, (This is certified as food safe once it cures.) I wraped a wooden down with plastic wrap and then allowed the mix to set. 24 hours later I was able to pull the wood out ...

I just found a line to order larger pieces of bamboo

http://www.bamboocreasian.com/bamboopole.html

I actually put together a 20 min talk on what I ended up doing, so I will look around for the photos. Where I am in Wisconsin there is a local farm supply store fleet farm that stocks bamboo for farm and garden projects, you can get bamboo in up to 3.5 inch diameter usually. On the terra cotta mix I...

Hi All, One of the downsides about having a hobby like fish keeping is that you might get accused of using your time unwisely. I suppose this is valid sometimes... for example, when your house is on fire and your kids are still inside, but... but you need to finish a water change because nitrate le...

Whoo-whoo! Cataclysm is just 18 days away! This is a long post, but lots of good information, so please read on. We extended the pre-registration deadline to Oct. 10th. You may register by paper form or online, but paper forms must be in our hot little hands by the 10th, so please mail them out asap...

Cataclysm - the midwest's catfish extravaganza - is just under 6 weeks away! The deadline to register is coming up soon! If you want a t-shirt, you must register by September 21. Pre-registration ends September 25. Don't forget that there will be a general fish swap on Sunday for all things aquatic ...

Cataclysm is less than 50 days away! Register by 8-31 and qualify for the early entry prize drawing! A printable registration form can be downloaded at this link http://catfish-cataclysm.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/CataclysmPaperRegForm2015.pdf Ted Judy (tedsfishroom.com) has uploaded a video of ...

Why not, worst he can say is no.

Nathon Lujon added to the speaker lineup. Woot

I am quite pleased with the new gel food. It got my cw10s to spawn where black worms did not.