February 11, 2012 NWAAS Meeting
By Denny | January 24, 2012 @ 8:00 pm | No comment

NWAAS will be having its February meeting on Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 6:30pm. I’ll be the scheduled speaker with a talk on how I breed my East African Peacock “type” cichlids. Hope we see a lot of you there for that talk. Everyone with an interest in aquariums and fish is welcome. We usually have door prizes, refreshments, a mini-auction, and lots of interaction with other local hobbyists.


Homemade Water Pump
By Denny | December 23, 2011 @ 9:05 pm | No comment

I’ll be one of the speakers for the NWAAS January meeting on Saturday, January 14, 2012. This will be held at 6:30pm in the Rogers Police Department Community Room. I’ll be talking on making a water pump and vacuum pump out of PVC pipe and fittings. I’ve already made the vacuum pump, and will be making the water pump in the next few weeks, so I can get some pictures of the process. Come to the meeting if you’d like to explore this DIY project.


Running Around As If The World Is Ending
By Denny | November 19, 2011 @ 9:41 am | No comment

I finally found out what that means, at least as far as my chickens are concerned. I was in my office the other day, and suddenly heard just an awful commotion from the chickens – much more than usual. I looked out and could see them running all around while screeching at the top of their lungs. I went out on the deck to see what was happening, and a hawk was flying away. The chickens had finally all run into the coop, and they didn’t come out again for quite awhile. The coop is fully covered, so no one got hurt, except for the hawk getting embarrassed.


Denny’s Fish Room T-shirts
By Denny | October 24, 2011 @ 6:54 pm | 1 comment

I decided that I’d like to have some T-shirts with my logo on them. I went to Vistaprint and had one made up (they were less expensive than anywhere else I found). I love it, but I can’t find anyone who offers them in “tall” sizes. I can’t be the only person in the world who doesn’t think it’s attractive to have your stomach sticking out from under the bottom of your T-shirt (then again, maybe I am). It’s a cool shirt even if it doesn’t fit like I would like it to.


American Flag Fish
By Denny | October 24, 2011 @ 6:42 pm | No comment

Last May I wanted to try some of my tropical fish out in my ponds. I decided to try American Flag Fish because I hadn’t tried them before, and they are very attractive. I placed the fish in the pond in May, and didn’t see them all summer. I had removed the livebearers from another pond several weeks ago, and I was just looking in the pond where I had placed the Flag Fish last Spring when I saw 2 fry darting away. They were too small to catch using my minnow trap, so I had to wait until I could empty a 2L bottle so I could make my own trap. I’ve been pulling fish out of that tank ever since. I think I’m up to the mid-30′s so far, and will keep trying until it gets too cold. Amazing.