Hello from The Belle Isle Aquarium

[TrailerParkFishTanks]

I think its open to the public on Saturdays 10-3. I think that's what it was last time I checked.

[four_by_ken]

Welcome.  Glad to see more work is being done.  I look forward to seeing more fish the next time I visit with the family.

Could you post some progress pictures?

... Some of these being Malawi trout cichlids, Peacock bass, and Fossorichromis. ...

You have my interest!!!

[jcunningham0295]

Welcome to the forum.  I have some fry I can donate as well.

[Marty]

To answer Steve's question, they're open Saturdays from 10-3.

They are making progress on restoring the tanks.  Richard said that they're averaging about 4 a month (re sealing) and that they expected to have all of the tanks completed in the front in the near future.  He also indicated that he believed they would have all of the tanks done by mid 2014 (this was a ball park guess, but things look like they're coming along nicely).

I asked again for a wish list for the aquarium (better to buy goods, fish or food, because if you donate money, the Belle Isle Conservancy determines where it's spent) and hopefully Richard will have a chance to do that.

I figured once he did, we could get together with the other two clubs and get it done.

[Rkik]

Thank you Marty,
It has been a bit busy here for a bit so I have not been able to check in.

We are in need of some materials and supples and I have been trying to figure our priorities on this. Right now the list is as follows.
55 gallon to 120 gallon quarantine tanks.. right now we need about 10 of each.
200 Watt to 500 Watt heaters.
Air driven sponge filters (any and all sizes)
NLS foods are used a lot here so any variety is welcome. Frozen and live feeds (or cultures) of any type are also welcome.
All of these items we can supply you with paperwork that allows you to use this as a tax write off as we are a Non-profit. 

And most of all Volunteers that can help us really get things together. We are pretty much an all volunteer group so we need all the help we can get. The more volunteers we have the quicker we can get tanks restored and filled with water and fish. If interested in volunteering please feel free to contact me at [email protected]. It is some dirty monotonous work but I really need guys and Gals that are handy with tools to restore the tanks and help out in other ways such as building tank stands in the back, Plumbing in filters, etc.

   
 

[Rkik]

Just a quick photo of one of our new exhibits. This one is focused on Lake Tanganyika fish that inhabit the intermediate sandy Rocky areas near shore. Species are Ctenochromis horei, Callochromis pleurospilus, Neolamprologus tetracanthus and Synodontis multipunctatus.

[Steve]

Too cool, I've been wanting to check it out since you guys took it over. Will have have too for sure.