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Dread

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So as many people discover when they start to get serious about the hobby, numerous other things seem to come along with it. For the Killiefish aficionado there's the unlimited supply of little containers and shoe boxes that are used to store Killie eggs.. for the Dwarf cichlid breeder, there's the thousands of clay flowerpots.. alot of people see various seasons as PRIME for collecting various things..for me, it's the following:

  • ~250 Clay Pots for to-be hidey holes
  • Two 5g buckets outside for harvesting Mosquito Larvae (mhm, Neighbors love me come summer time!)
  • A 32g trash can for Daphnia cultures
  • About 15 2.5g tanks for artifical hatching of various species (mostly Tetras/Barbs at this point)
  • Enough bogwood to choke a horse from various local waterways
  • I have about 15 margerine tubs ready to start culturing Microworms soon
  • Three brine shrimp hatcherys in my basement
  • Four trash bags full of Oak Leaves for leaf-litter tanks. The neighbors probably think I'm nuts.. running around like a mad man examining leaves and hauling them in my house when I get the mail..
  • 5 5g buckets dedicated to storing snow-melt water to save money on R.O. (almost time for snow!!)

There's even a pond close to my house that I occasionally harvest various species of Daphnia, Cyclops, and Mosquito Larvae. It's a retention pond, and amazingly enough, after 2 years of feeding the stuff from it, I've never had any problems. The way I see it, it goes like this:
Summer - Mosquito Larvae, Rain Water, and Bogwood (easier to collect when it's not freezing in the water)
Spring - Rainwater, live foods
Fall - Fallen Oak Leaves (to acidify water and lower pH), and alot of bogwood washed up on shores, plus receding waterlines
Winter - Snow Melt galore! Free free free RO!

So, how about you guys? Any odditys you have that are specifically for your fishkeeping antics? Things that have just accumulated around the house because of your hobby, or things you go out of your way to get for fish-related uses?
 
I have an astonishing collection of driftwood and Texas holey rock. Not to mention the plethora of repacement parts, extra parts, broken equipment (that I might someday fix), flower pots (all sizes), buckets, buckets galore, and all manner of things that might help if I set up another tank... which I probably will (but maybe not) Can't seem to throw anything away!

I once picked up a piece of driftwood that I found while walking my sister's dog that took 8 months to learn how to sink. Once I finally used it in a tank with lights, it started grwoing grass all over it. Way cool.
 
I also collect my own rocks and driftwood.
 
Don't even get me started on the rock fetish! If anyone has ever read the book "Choke" (by the same guy who did Fight Club), I'm like the guys friend whose house is eventually filled with rocks because he collects them.

I remember the days of walking around my neighborhood at night sneaking to get my neighbors rocks.
 
Tons of rocks, driftwood, PVC and clay pots here. As a native fish keeper I have a large amount of nets, waders and other collecting gear as well. I have a large tub full of worms in my basement, both for fishing and feeding. Like Dread I somtimes culture live micro-inverts and I also keep some fish outside so I have tons of rubbermade bins, buckets and tubs. I have a large garbage can, over 100g sitting outside my window in the summer so I can empty fish water into it. There is a pump in the can that I use to pump water on to my garden.
 
Easiest to say I only have one running tank at the moment, but could set up three or four more by morning, each with it's equip.,decor,etc.
Stuff in the garage, in the basement, in closets here and there.
Too much fish stuff,......................no not really.
 
LOL that 5g bucket for the mosquitoes thing is pretty messed up dude :grinno:

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I agree about the mosquito larvae in buckets, if I were your neighbor, I'd definitely be knocking those buckets over whenever I had the chance.
 
Valyrian;1246709; said:
I agree about the mosquito larvae in buckets, if I were your neighbor, I'd definitely be knocking those buckets over whenever I had the chance.
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:D Don't think it hasn't happened. But any still water will house mosquito larvae, so it's not that bad. Puddles do it all the time.
 
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