106. DIY: The Good, The Ugly, and the Just Plain Bad

DIY projects are something that most hobbyists try at some point in time. Whether it be to try saving a few dollars or because the industry doesn’t have a reliable solution for a problem, the Water Colors team discusses the DIY strategies we’ve tried. We’ll even tell you which ones failed and which ones are golden. Tell us about your DIY projects, whether they succeeded or not, in the Water Colors Aquarium Gallery Podcast Listeners Facebook group. Corrections: – In this episode, we stated that the type species for the genus Betta was Betta pugnax. The actual type species is Betta picta. – In this episode, we used the name “Heniochus duplicares“. This is not a currently recognized species and. What we meant was Heniochus diphreutes. – In this episode, we stated that brine shrimp (Artemia spp.) exoskeletons are comprised of keratin. Keratin is a family of fibrous proteins produced specifically by vertebrates. In the case of an invertebrate, like brine shrimp, their exoskeleton would be composed of chitin. Fishes Mentioned in This Episode: – Heniochus butterflyfish (Heniochus diphreutes) – Tiger barb (Puntigrus tetrazona) – Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens) – Betta pugnax – Neon red rasbora (Sundadanio rubellus) – Espei rabora (Trigonostigma espei) – Neon green rasbora (Microdevario kubotai) – Sundadanio spp. – Cockatoo cichlid (Apistogramma cacatuoides) – Panda Apisto (Apistogramma panduro) – Pelvicachromis kribensis “Moliwe” – Common “Krib” (Pelvicachromis pulcher) – Betta mahachaiensis – Stiphodon gobies (Stiphodon spp.) – Volitans lionfish (Pterois volitans) – Harlequin rasbora (Trigonostigma heteromorpha) – Betta unimaculata – Betta ocellata