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    Re: ASF tank lab block hopper instructions with detailed pics!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by littleindiangirl View Post
    How long do you think is too long and why?
    This isn't based on any scientific info... or any studies or anything, it's just a personal preference. The longer the lab block is in the tank the more it appears to obsorb moisture, get darker, and ultimately loose its freshness. Take a fresh piece and break it in half. then take a piece that has been in the cage for 2 weeks and break it in half. There is definately a difference!

    How long is too long? any longer then reasonably necessary.

    Tell me, when you have to go into the cage to fill the water bottles every three or four days anyway, why would you want a hopper that holds more then a weeks worth of food?

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    Re: ASF tank lab block hopper instructions with detailed pics!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by mcavana View Post
    This isn't based on any scientific info... or any studies or anything, it's just a personal preference. The longer the lab block is in the tank the more it appears to obsorb moisture, get darker, and ultimately loose its freshness. Take a fresh piece and break it in half. then take a piece that has been in the cage for 2 weeks and break it in half. There is definately a difference!

    How long is too long? any longer then reasonably necessary.

    Tell me, when you have to go into the cage to fill the water bottles every three or four days anyway, why would you want a hopper that holds more then a weeks worth of food?

    Mike
    My convenience and they seem to eat it fresh new bag, or been in the hopper for two weeks. Maybe I'm just a big meany that way...

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    Re: ASF tank lab block hopper instructions with detailed pics!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by littleindiangirl View Post
    My convenience and they seem to eat it fresh new bag, or been in the hopper for two weeks. Maybe I'm just a big meany that way...
    Thats why your ASF's don't wink at you like mine do seconds before getting fed off!
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    Re: ASF tank lab block hopper instructions with detailed pics!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by mcavana View Post
    Thats why your ASF's don't wink at you like mine do seconds before getting fed off!
    Mike, get a hold of yourself! Your evil maniacal laughter is interrupting my TV watching experience!

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    Re: ASF tank lab block hopper instructions with detailed pics!!!

    hey where did you find the wire at that cheap cost. I went to home dept and they have the 1/2 inch hardware cloth in a role of 2 feet by 5 feet but its like 10 bucks. Just curious where I have to look to find it for .50

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    Re: ASF tank lab block hopper instructions with detailed pics!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by njdevils783 View Post
    hey where did you find the wire at that cheap cost. I went to home dept and they have the 1/2 inch hardware cloth in a role of 2 feet by 5 feet but its like 10 bucks. Just curious where I have to look to find it for .50
    cant do the exact math at the moment, but that roll you mentioned, 2'x5' for $10... you can make quite a few hoppers out of that one roll... I made 12 with the same roll and have leftovers.... .50 was a guess based on this.

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    Re: ASF tank lab block hopper instructions with detailed pics!!!

    ooooooooo my bad I thought you bought a sheet of the mesh for .50. lol i walked up and down every isle today looking for that sheet, wow do i feel dumb

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    Re: ASF tank lab block hopper instructions with detailed pics!!!

    I made a few of these and they work like a charm!.

    Make sure you make a top to the hopper, or you'll find your ASF's all piled up inside the hopper...trust me, I speak from experience...lol

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    Re: ASF tank lab block hopper instructions with detailed pics!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by monk90222 View Post
    I made a few of these and they work like a charm!.

    Make sure you make a top to the hopper, or you'll find your ASF's all piled up inside the hopper...trust me, I speak from experience...lol

    LOL!!!! I should have mentioned this! I too figured this out the hard way! Got pics?
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    Re: ASF tank lab block hopper instructions with detailed pics!!!

    do you think 1/4" hardware cloth would work? It's all I have on hand and need to make another tub.

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