Day 410

Haven't posted in a week, power outage went well Sat. night. It lasted 3 hours, from midnight until 3am. I was at work, big thanks to my son Joey! He saved all the fish, he's a sharp 16 yr. old, set up generator and ran all the lines. We must have raised him well. Thanks Bud! I will post later, power outages overwhelmed me...

Day 403

Unscheduled Power outage this morning 6am...6hours, it's a pain but it was a nice test for this Sat. All went well, the only death was, a filter. Must have been a brown out prior to power failure, burned the motor out.

Day 402

This is tank#22, The Arowana Tank...as I call it. Did a 25% water change today. Ran some more extension cords for power failure coming Saturday night.

Day 401

Power failure Saturday night never came...had it all set up... kinda of a pain. Next date is, next Sat. night, I will set up the same way. And hope for a power failure?...sounds weird!Consumers Power!!
Picked up two fish from Brad and his wife, 1"Jaguar and and African cichlid. Thanks for the great fish! Tried to take pictures but they were hiding last night.

Day 399

Thanks Patty for healthy pair of Parrots.

Power failure set for tonight at midnight until 7am., I'll spend the day planning for this. Water changes, generator set up, etc...fun.

Day 397

Ok, Tom and wife, the Pleco make it to his new home, 388gal., not the boss anymore! He fit in well, thanks for the great healthy fish! This is his new home.

Day 396

This is my buddy Rob's FH in my 90gal.(tank#16), just redid this tank. Moved it to middle of basement.

Day 393

Tank#2-75gal.,Flowerhorn, Mozambique Tilapia, Red Devil, Pleco, 5-African clawed frogs

Tank#1-65gal., 2-Jag, Midas, Oscar, Geen Texas, Pleco

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Tank#3-100gal., 2-Lace cats, Pleco, 30 species of too many to count Africans

This is a friends three tanks, Eric helps me out on African cichlids that get donated to me. Good job on the tanks, nice mix. Stop by any time.

Tank#5 was cleaned and filters, gravel vacuumed and 25% water change.

Day 392

Red Devil in his new home tank#20

30% water change in tank#22 and#20. Cleaned filter, vacuumed gravel, and 25% water change in tanks #7 and #8. Two Red Devil-Jaguar cichlid not getting along in tank#17. Moved bright orange, non-aggressive Red Devil in tank#7 to 135gal.(tank#20), which left a space open for one of Red Devil-Jaguar from tank#17. So far so good, Texas giving new Red Devil hard time in tank#20, so I netted him for about 3min. and left net sitting in tank. That took the edge off his aggression. Today shrimp eaten count for tank#22 is Oscar 6, Arowana 5, Clown Knife 3, And RTC 2.

Day 390

These are pictures of my friend Errin's tank, held some fish for him. Now they are back in his hands. He had some bad luck with leaky tanks, but now he's back on track. Couple 55gals., he has Blackbelt Vieja, Pleco, Red Devil-Jaguar mix, Flowerhorn, and others. "Survival of the fittest!" Take care Errin, stop by for a brew.

I cleaned tank#11, with a 25% water change and gravel vacuumed. Tank#22-Arowana ate 1 piece squid(didn't like it), Oscar 3 pieces, Clown Knife 1 shrimp, and RTC 1 piece of fish. All else good...Consumers will shut off my power on the 15th of Oct. from midnight till 7am.,for maintenance...that will be a long night with the generator. I better get planning.

Day 389

Cleaned tank,vacuumed gravel, 25% water change, and cleaned filters in tanks #12-#20, and #22. Trying to make a trade, Jardini Arowana 11" for my Mag 9.5 pump, I'll keep you posted. Last night in tank#22, Arowana ate 6 shrimp, Oscar 3, Clown Knife 3, RTC 0.

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Day 387

25% water change done in tank#22 yesterday, pH spike today to 7.6, took charcoal out of Fluval filter. I will monitor pH next few days with a 10% water change tomorrow. Tanks #1-#5 got 25% water changes also, this was done 23-27 days ago. Start tank cleanings tomorrow.

Day 386

Tropicals went into tank#5

Glodfish went into new tank#23

Got some fish from Sharon and her husband today. She got my number from Petsmart. These were tropicals, hatchets, a zebra, two Plecos, and an assortment of others. They went into tank#5.

She also had four fancy goldfish, these were put into new tank#23. Thanks Sharon and husband for the great healthy fish. If you can't sell tanks before you move please contact me, thanks again...Joe. Note** Arowana ate 5 shrimp, Oscar 3, and Clown Knife 2, in tank #22 yesterday.