its been too long... March 2013 update

well since my last post i actually got very little action, and there is no good reason for it, there was a few calls about small things and some wanted to do trades, but no rescues, till Feb 2013, where i got two, they did come down to trades, but they were rescues non-the-less, due to the first being a tinfoil Barb, that was getting attacked in its old tank, currently healed up and doing fine, it had torn fins and was very stressed. sometime later a friend needed to cull his stock of Africans, i was actually willing to buy them, but he proffered up a trade idea, a rain barrel for 65 juveniles... still trying to ID them, so far i can tell i have Venustus and Johanni, there are three other types that are harder to ID because of their similarity to other strains. if you have any ideas pleas let me know.

Farming WET PET'S?!?!?

ok its not a full breeding thing, i don't have the CHAT for that /CHAT is Slang for CASH/ so i'm realld breeding on the small order.

things i'm planning to breed:
Tilapia: Blue, Nile
Cichlids: Convicts, Angelfish, Texas
Gurami: Bettas
Crustations: Ghost/Glass Shrimp, Marmorkreb Marble Crayfish
Koi
Sturgeon
Paco

my Koi and Sturgeon will be kept in the 18' Diameter 4' tall Above Ground Pool

Tilapia will be Rotated in small stocking pools [assuming i can talk my dad into it] 3-4 8'x30" A.G.Pools chances are it will just be two, the brood stock will be kept in a segmented breeder tank, or if Hybridizing i will keep those in a 10gal breeder tank

Ghost/Glass Shrimp, Crayfish, possible Cherry Shrimp will all be bred in another 8'x30" A.G.Pool i will also grow plants in this pool

Convicts will get the 30gal planted tank

Bettas [half moon, Crowntail] males will be bowled and females will be kept in a planted 20gal tank

angels none adult will be held in a 125gal community tank breeding adults will be kept in a segmented breeder tank probably the other 125gal tank

i will have another planted tank not a breeding thing, possible some aggressive fish like the Exodons, or not, i do like putting my hands in the fishtanks, so i'll prob just keep Cichlids and what not, thank you for reading
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Pause for the cause

i'm taking a little detour from this Koi Food Challenge for a sec, in order to set up a small fish farm, i will do the Koi food challenge but i'll have to do so with a long view plan of attack, and only when Financially feasible

thank you for keeping up with this Blog, it will continue, but as a Vlog, on a start up Urban Fish Farm, i'm hoping i could keep it interesting enough to make it worth writing, keep an eye out for updates and please subscribe, thank you for reading
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HACH the EndGame

LOL I laugh because I knew they would never take responsibility for failing their customers. Most of you reading this already know the story, but I’ll tell it here so others will understand the issue.

Hach a well known and highly regarded product manufacturer of water testing supplies has a brand of test strips called Aquachek test strips it comes an a bottle of 50 with a vial I’ve been using this product for 3 to four months on my ponds and fish tanks I raise Koi and had a few show Koi and a ton of pond Koi, normally I feed my fish 1-2 times a day but due to it being spawning season I started a fattening up regiment to get my Girls up to spawning weight feeding 3 times a day no less that 2 feedings, I needed to insure they where egg heavy, I started this in April so I needed to test my ponds twice a week to insure there was not any unusual Ammonia spikes. And I did my Koi seemed happy outside of a few Flashings [when the Koi go sideways and rubs agents the media along the pond bed] my test always came up 0.0 to 0.5 max, it never went over, so I was surprised when my farther came in and informed me my Koi were all dead.

I tested the water only to see it was 0.5, but that did not sit well with me. I did not distrust the results but my strips for PH, Nitrites, Nitrates and others was limited in my view and hard to read, so I grabbed the API liquid kit and began testing all parameters to see if maybe something else was a fault when every this what good till I got to my Ammonia and Nitrite test, nitrites was mid to high and the ammonia was off the charts, I could not get a reading it was dark green so I divided the test 1:1 pond water:tap water, and it was still off the charts I could not get a reading so I further diluted the test 1:3 Pond:Tap and it finally charted, it was at the top of the chart coming in at 8.0, that’s lethal, that’s like someone tossed in a bottle of ammonia in my pond, but obviously what happened was the water had accumulated Ammonia due to the heavy feedings or 2-3 times a day

I contracted HACH and gave them my results, and filed a complaint, the claimed to have tested the batch and there was nothing wrong, so we went through a lengthy correspondence over this and I even submitted a video [http://blip.tv/file/3736579] proving the strips I had where faulty, they dodged it with half cocked notions so they asked for me to send the remainder to them, and I did same day, really same hour, and emailed them the tracking # on 6/10/10 and today 7/1/10 I received a call the man Ron Merwin, RMerwin@hach.com said “the Desiccant was at 15% moister” and kept repeating this, so I asked “so your saying this was why my test failed” he repeated this 15% business and gave a list of plausible answers, now every strip I tested did the same thing, all of the strips I had 49 in all I used did not work, and I asked him, “so did you test the one I sent back?” Ron stated “yes it worked” so I asked “why would you have to tell me anything about the Desiccant, all you need to say is the Strip you sent back was working and you must have done something wrong” he said “I see” can you the reader of this post tell me why do you think he mentioned the desiccant? Why would he need to if the strip I sent back was in working order? Does this hold water?

Can you do me a favor? Message Mr. Ron Merwin RMerwin@hach.com at HACH and tell him what you think about this post and whether or not you would in trust your Pond, Swimming Pool, or drinking water to a company that well if something comes up DEAD because you trusted them, they would treat you as they did me. Please, repost and contact HACH on this subject, and guess what the drinking water you drink is tested with these strips, because HACH is highly trusted

Thank you so much for reading this and God bless
Juanell Primus at 1L’s Koi Food Challenge

I-L's Youtube Video Contest

I’m not a rich man, heck, I’m only doing this to Promote my project, parting with $50 ain’t fun, but then again it’s just $50. So here’s how this will work, you are to attempt to read my [likes and interest] section on my [Info] page in a dead pan delivery style at the beginning of the Video you must mention or depict in some way [1-L’s Koi Food Challenge] at the end you must again do the same, the one with the highest [rating] gets the $$ so EZ money, videos must be uploaded by may 10th and winner will be announced on may 20th have fun, and tell your friends to rate your video http://www.facebook.com/juanellp

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1-L’s Fish Rescue

1-L’s Fish Rescue

Pet food

Canopy Tents 10’ wide or larger

Water Tanks

Fish tanks [Leaking, Cracked, Broken, or just Unwanted]

Pumps Water/Air

Filter Media

Crush Coral

Bulkheads [all sizes]

PVC pipes [all sizes]

Plastic Hoses [Pool hoses for out door setups]

Small Above Ground Pools

Did I say Pet Food?

Aquatic Paint [potable cement paint]

Solar power Generators

Lights and Ballast [Actinic, Florescent, Halide]

Eggcrate [no metal]

Plexi-Glass sheets

RO/DI(s)

Screening [Plastic, Charcoal, Fiberglass]

Skimmer(s)

UV Sterilizer(s)

Power Heads

Any and all filter type

Thank you so very much for any and all help, please call or email me Juanell Primus at 407-296-4987 and PowerQuee@cfl.rr.com

Again your Donated Items will not be resold or traded, they will go to bless this Facilities efforts in help Aquatic pet owners avoid abandoning there unwanted pets and keep Florida’s Waterways Free from Blithe and Infestations

thank you