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Good article for the beginner native keeper

Started by Guest_exasperatus2002_* , Feb 15 2012 10:36 PM

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#1 Guest_exasperatus2002_*

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Posted 15 February 2012 - 10:36 PM

Just got the new email from the fish channel. This one is about keeping natives and info on a diy chiller of sorts. Thought I'd share.

http://www.fishchann...?cm_mmc=5197878

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#2 Guest_EricaWieser_*

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Posted 15 February 2012 - 10:40 PM

Get one of those nice, square buckets that kitty litter often comes in. About three to four inches from the top, drill a hole to fit a bulkhead and place one into the hole. Put a lid on the bucket, and fill it with water. Put it on an outside windowsill, and secure it well. Run a small powerhead from your tank, out the window, into the bucket, and run a second line from the bucket back into the tank, via the bulkhead. You may want to cut some wood or even styrofoam to fit around the lines where the window is open to cut down on the draft, as well as possible insects, but the window only needs to be open enough to allow the plumbing to slip through. Ideally, this should be done in the spring or the fall when having the windows open isn't unpleasant - when the nights are in the 50s! With an aquarium heater, you can easily control the temperature of the tank. (I've also done this with cultures of live food in the summer. The bucket is covered with a fine screen that allows sunlight in, a bit of Daphnia is added, and a very slow powerhead put in. If you leave the screen cover off, you'll get mosquito larvae in there, which won't hurt anything and will probably get eaten before they hatch.

That's a really neat idea. I hadn't thought of that. thanks

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#3 Michael Wolfe

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North Georgia, Oconee River Drainage

Posted 16 February 2012 - 07:16 AM

Josh (the author) is a NANFA member from Maryland... and I thought he used to hang out here on the forum... but I don't remember "handles" or screen names or whatever very well. If your here Josh, step forward and take a bow... great article.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. - Benjamin Franklin

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#4 Guest_Kanus_*

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Posted 16 February 2012 - 07:38 AM

I'm not sure he ever gets on the forum. I will let him know that fellow NANFAns are enjoying his article though

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#5 Michael Wolfe

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North Georgia, Oconee River Drainage

Posted 16 February 2012 - 01:10 PM

Nice pics in that article too... wonder who took those... DEREK?

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. - Benjamin Franklin

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#6 Guest_VicC_*

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Posted 16 February 2012 - 02:24 PM

An air conditioner would be better. Why pump cold into your house?

Put the cold side in the room with the fish. Put the back side in a room that you are paying to heat anyway.