Hinderer Herd (Pets) Pics

It's not pretty! This is the ugly backside of the tank that keeps the frontside looking pretty! What you see is a layer of miracle mud on the bottom. Full of little critters, worms, detritivores, etc. Above that is another chamber that has small chunks of live rock, a bag of ceramic media that came with the tank and chaeto macroalgae. The grey box is a 4 LED 12,000K light that runs at night. All kinds of copepods and amphipods and creatures living back there in the rocks and in the algae. I have to harvest about 1/4 of the algae every 2 weeks... The 60 pounds of live rock that I have in main tank takes care of most of the filtration, there's tons of micro-life in there too that you can see running around at night with a flashlight. The backside "refugium" is more of a safe haven for the pods to thrive and grow and they keep the main tank supplied with critters for the Scooter Blenny to eat...


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This guy (my kids named him Chuckles McSwaggin Jr.) only eats live copepods and amphipods. He hunts them 24/7....


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dude that's so awesome! Yeah I bet the live rock is just full of little cracks and crevices PACKED with microbes. Same w the ceramic media. Awesome. Wow 12,000 kelvin?? that light must be straight blue huh? Awesome awesome setup!
 
cooldaddyfunk286 said:
Man, those tank shots are sweeeet. I used to keep 6 aquariums, all bare glass tanks w trophy imported freshwater discus fish, hinderer quality!! Ill post some awesome pics soon. Fish r no longer with me. I got hit by the plague, then our cities water source changed and i lost thousands of dollars worth of fish!! Dont let freshwater fool you, these fish were super high maintenence! I used to do DAILY 75% water changes on most tanks!! They were bare glass tanks painted white...this way no attention was taken off of the fish, besides thats how they were raised. such extreme water changes were needed because I was trying to grow these fish 2 adults (7-9 inches from tip to lip) feeding them premium homemade beefheart... A mix of super lean beef hearts, salmon, spirulina, multivitamins... All sorts of good stuff! I swear, half the time, the fish ate better than I did!
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I'd love to see pics. I used to raise freshwater myself, Lake Malawi and Tanganika (sp) cichlids to be specific. I had my own ideas on how to set up the tanks, filtration, etc, and was successful beyond my plans. I was constantly trying to get the damn babies out of the tanks. :D :D
 
Well he's not my pet, but I thought it would fit here. Found this little guy in my bathroom yesterday, collected him then froze him. Then I got an idea to take some pictures of him lol. So here it is!!

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Map, some of my fondest memories from long ago involved taking care of and enjoying a fish tank. Trips (Big Treat) to the store with saved up nickels and dimes to buy a couple "neons" or an Angel Fish (demons). Calculating how many fish I could get if the price was still 4 cents for a neon and a whomping $ 0.49 for the pretty fish that everytime I bought one other fish disappeared (a mystery at the time).
Your tank is an inspiration but intimidating at the same time. You have a lot of knowlege (obviously) and the results show that.
Maybe I'll go visit a pet store later (after I count up my change) I wonder how much neons are :)
 
A bit of a thread bump, I hope you all don't mind.. Was browsing through this last night, great pics of all of the furry friends! (Well, and some scaly as well I guess - awesome tank btw, I would love to do soething like that someday!)

Anyway, here's my last "Kimber" and Hinderer pic - yes, I like them so much I named my dog Kimber ;) She's a good 'ol girl, sadly she's not doing so well lately having many of the problems associated with being an almost 13 y/o lab.. But, as long as she's still smiling and happy we'll keep her around and try to make her as comfy as possible..

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AZ2AK Im sorry to hear that Kimber is not doing well. She is a beautiful girl and I hope that she is comfortable and getting lots of good food and treats! Here is my girl Maya basking in the upstate NY sun on a beautiful summer day. Great thread to revive!

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Cool thread. Here's our approx 4 month old Shephard mix.... Zyla is her name. We just found her a few weeks ago at a shelter here in Iowa.

 
great pictures guys, here is a recent picture of my boys, Jack and Daniels in the back of my Jeep. They are not strangers to this thread.

 
Thanks, yeah she pretty much gets whatever she wants these days :)

Good looking, happy pup you have there!

Jensen81 said:
AZ2AK Im sorry to hear that Kimber is not doing well. She is a beautiful girl and I hope that she is comfortable and getting lots of good food and treats! Here is my girl Maya basking in the upstate NY sun on a beautiful summer day. Great thread to revive!

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Weekend Pics

George likes to pretend he is SuperCat Crime Fighter (when he sleeps)



- This guy gets "pet" status cuz he didn't bite me:)


 
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Haha! Great pic of your kitty rubi. I'm going to have to catch my cat mully doing something funny.
 
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My pup...he's even somewhat a shade similar in some fashion to FDE DLC....ok, really he's Fawn-Red(ish)...but...
 
Doesn't look like he "needs" one but get that boy a matching Hinderer (maybe something doggie friendly)
 
My girls...
Sadly the chocolate, Libby, had to be put down this past September. She was, without question, the best dog I've ever known.
The little one is Gracie, who is just starting to readjust to being alone.
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