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December 23rd, 2007
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I'm gonna see if I can improve the lighting tomorrow so that I can get some better images!
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December 23rd, 2007
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Fish Mentor
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 I just love your ability to make something positive happen. By Gosh you didn't just set there crying in your beer!
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December 23rd, 2007
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Master Of Fish Poo!
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Great job Tim! I'm glad you've been able to get things rolling anyways and will look forward to the fish house gone mad with breeding.   |
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December 23rd, 2007
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Fish Keeper
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So we're set for a busy xmas season after all!
I'll let them settle for a couple of days before starting to condition them. They have to get used to the new water and calm down first.
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December 25th, 2007
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Fish Keeper
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all of your new ones are gorgeous!
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December 28th, 2007
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They are more than gorgeous, they are productive too! I found several of the bettas frantically building bubblenests yesterday, so I put females in two of them this morning and both have now sporned and are tending their nests!
Guess I need to get the barracks sorted out pretty quickly! Oh, what fun!
Last edited by timg; December 28th, 2007 at 04:52 PM.
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December 29th, 2007
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Master Of Fish Poo!
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The fish just love supplying you with fry!  |
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December 29th, 2007
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Fish Keeper
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i hope my fish breed alot to keep up with all yours.
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December 29th, 2007
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Fish Keeper
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they didnt waste any time...can't wait to see pics
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December 29th, 2007
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Fish Keeper
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Ok, so they are happy, and now the gouramis are busy too! We have a red male gourami with female sporning tonight and one of the natural males sporned this afternoon!
The fry explosion is going to be enormous! We should be looking to start moving them in the spring, right on target. The betta fry should hatch tomorrow, so we will know numbers by the end of the week hopefully and pics will come as soon as they are big enough to photograph.
I am going to get the barracks started on Monday and get the other tanks in place this week, along with a BBS farm and a daphnia breeder to make sure there isn't a food shortage. The aquaponics is producing enough daphnia for them at the moment, but by the time they need more, a second breeder will be in working order. It's all go at the moment!
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December 30th, 2007
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Master Of Fish Poo!
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Great to hear of the progress! And always will be looking forward to pics as things progress, whenever you get a chance to snap some. |
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January 18th, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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hmm first to post on this tread for 2008... how goes the fish house  |
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January 18th, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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Would you believe it? The fish house is working brilliantly and already producing new fry, but that's not the big news.....
We are going to move! having worked so hard on getting the fish house done and working, we now have to build another one, from the ground up this time, so that we can move the entire operation to new premises!
this was NOT in our original plan, and believe me, it's not something that we have done on the spur of the moment. My job has become more and more difficult since the fish started to breed like they have, and over the last week we took the decision to leave my job to devote all our time to the fish. But to do this, we have to leave the accommodation that comes with the job!
Over the next 4 weeks, we have to construct a new fish house, big enough to take not only all the present fh tanks and stock, but also all the tanks in the living room, at least until I can find the time to build them in again.
The house we are moving to has just enough room for what we need and construction started this week on the new building. It is being built of timber, which is both quick to construct and warm. The main framework is already taking shape, being a room 16' long by 8' wide, built onto an existing brick outbuilding which will serve as a cold-water area and the 6' dividing wall between our house and next door. The building will be joined to the house by building a utility room to connect the fish house and the kitchen door, with a new conservatory to one side.
I took some pics today of the framework, but haven't yet got them onto the pc, so will post as soon as I can.
More as it develops.
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January 18th, 2008
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Fish Mentor
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 BABIES BABIES Everywhere, and not a wink of sleep!!! 
Tim and Karen, OMG  Where oh where will you put people now when we come to visit ?
I hope all this works out for you, and it sounds like it has been a hard decision, but harder to accomplish.
We have 160 ac. of land here, if you want to move your fish house to AK!!! Only problem here is NO steady supply of electricity, but you could work out that little problem.
In the end the only unsolvable problem is the one that keeps you from moving forward. Keep your chins high, and step out with confidence, and all will be OK.  |
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January 18th, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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here's the start of Fish House No. 2!
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January 19th, 2008
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Master Of Fish Poo!
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Great to see pics of the start of the new fish house. It's going to be many times better than the first one and I look forward to seeing it in full production!  |
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January 19th, 2008
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Fish House 2.0 will be much better then the last because now you know what worked great and what could have been done better.
You are living the dream of many people of turning there hobby into a lifestyle so all the hard work will be worth it in the end I'm sure. Good Luck on this one.
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January 21st, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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wow triggered alot of fish fun. have you taken your fish to sex ed class....  if you lived around here iw ould lend a help building things is my thing... good luck with all of the 2.0 beta fish house haha. |
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