We made ours from a 5 gallon bucket, a few pieces of PVC pipe and rubber hose. I'll post pics tomorrow. We throw all kinds of leftovers in it (mostly bread, fruits and veggies). It does have a pungent odor, but no worse than your average compost bin. As far as rotting, I think the flies like it
I just set Swordtail's timer for his bath and paused it so I could actually fill his soaking bowl up and he crawled over my phone and canceled the timer
Mirage came out of brumation on April 26. He was doing great. On May 2 he started acting funny. We just redid his tank, and he keeps going into one of his hides. He just lays there. He shows no intrest in food. HELP!