In
this show
the Bailey Brothers talk with
callers and read questions from listeners.
Click
here now to listen to all
four segments of today's show, or
click on an underlined link given below
in the Listening Guide to
listen to a segment with topics
that interest you.
Click
here
to read the notes at the bottom
of this page about how to follow
the links in the Listening Guide
that's shown just below.
Listening
Guide
Comments,
Pictures,
& Links
for This
Show.
Segment
One.
Sue
ask how long will it
take for her baby
guppy females to
mature and have
babies of their own?
Suzanne calls from
Texas and asks about
feeding the fish in
her four aquarium?
In particular she
wonders if it's OK
to feed Betta Food
to fish that are not
Bettas?
Erin asks about
feeding liquid fry
food to baby
Swordtails? Click
here for
information about
making food for baby
Mollies, which are
very similar to baby
Swordtails.
Paul from Laguna
Beach, California,
calls and says he's
getting back into
fish, and plants are
just as important in
his aquarium as the
fish. Click
here to hear
David Curtright's
comments about
keeping live plants
in an aquarium. Paul
also has questions
about good tropical
fish in an aquarium
with plants and
about using RO water
in his aquarium.
Segment
Two.
Sheila
from Canada thinks
her Pufferfish may
have spawned, and
she wants to know
what baby Puffers
look like? Click
here for
pictures of baby
Pufferfish.
EJ says he has baby
fish in his aquarium
and wonders what
type of baby fish
they might be? We
talk about "fish
falling out of the
sky" and breeding
Killiefish, which do
not fall out of the
sky. So most of the
baby fish in EJ's
aquarium are from
the adult fish in
his aquarium.
Janet says she is
trying to breed
Swordtails, but her
females usually die
after releasing baby
fish. Tom and Nevin
give her some hints
and tips that may
help her females
survive.
Tom says don't put
two Oscars in a
29-gallon aquarium,
but them the big
aquarium they will
soon need. Study and
learn about your
fish before you buy
them.
Kyle asks, "What
ornaments do Oscars
like in their
aquarium?" Click
here to read
more about Oscars.
Shawn has had
aquariums for many
years and wants to
know, "What is the
shelf life of Quick
Cure?"
Segment
Three.
Al
wants to know more
about setting up a
75-gallon aquarium
for African
Cichlids. We talk
about filtration,
pH, gravel, crushed
coral, rocks,
plastic plants,
partial water
changes, and proper
food.
David B. says his
female mouth brooder
has released babies,
and he wonders how
to tell if the
babies are males or
females? We talk
about determining
the gender of
African Cichlids and
then talk about
spawning a small
mouth brooding
species a long time
ago. Click
here to read
that story.
Wayne asks, "What
would be great
fluorescent bulb
that will bring out
the best coloration
in his African
Cichlids?"
Jim from West
Virginia calls and
says he listens to
each show about six
times! Tom warns Jim
about getting an
overdose! Jim asks
about humane
euthanasia for
deformed fish. We
talk about our
Malawi Arrow. Click
here for more
about fish
euthanasia. Jim put
a night light in his
aquarium hood, and
he likes the subtle
lighting.
Jeff from Cheney,
Washington, sent us
an email during the
show about the
BIO-Wheel in his
aquarium. We talk
about Bio-Wheels and
doing partial water
changes.
Segment
Four.
Saul
from Utah calls, and
says he's got a Lion
Head Goldfish that's
got a buoyancy
problem. Feeding
peas to Goldfish. We
talk about a show on
television about a
Goldfish with a
buoyancy problem.
Click
here for more
information about
buoyant Gold Fish.
Saul also says he
has a big Koi called
"Bruce" that eats
oranges like a
shark!
David says he's got
a second hand
75-gallon aquarium
with a Penguin
330-Filter, and he
wants to know what
to put in the media
baskets. Tom
suggests that David
call Marineland, who
makes the Penguin
Filter, at
1-800-322-1266 and
ask them about what
to put in the
baskets.
Jeff in Cheney,
Washington, says we
misunderstood the
question in his
earlier email to us.
Jeff says his
aquarium has gravel
1" deep and it is
full of crud that he
need to clean. We
talk about the best
method of cleaning a
deep layer of dirty
gravel.
An email to us says,
"I've got a new 3"
long White Tip Shark
that is gasping at
the surface of
water." We talk
about why? The fish
feels like it's not
getting enough
oxygen, because of
poor aeration,
increased water
temperature,
infected gills,
nitrite in the
water, etc. Click
here to read
about the Signs of
Stress and Disease.
There are lots of Pet Fish Talk Shows.
Click
here
now to go to the Archive, where you'll find links to more than
360 Pet Fish Talk
Shows.
Click
here to go to our Search Page, where you can search for any topic that we
have discussed in any show.
How to Follow the Links on this Page.
Each Pet Fish Talk show has several segments. You can see these segments
listed above with the titles
Segment
One,
Segment Two, . . .
Click on these underlined segment titles
to open the Windows Media Player and begin playing the
audio for that segment.
As you listen to Pet Fish Talk, you can also follow
other underlined links to related web pages with pictures, videos, and more
information about the topics being discuss during the show.
If Pet Fish Talk will not play on your computer, click
here for technical support.
How
to Customize
this Page.
If this web page looks too small or too narrow, hold down the
keyboard key marked "Ctrl" then press down on the key marked
+, and this web page should get bigger. If you overdue it
and this page gets too big, hold down the same "Ctrl" key
and press down on the key marked - to make this page
smaller.
Repeat, until this
page looks just right to you. In this way you can customize
the appearance of our website in your computer. This tip
will work simultaneously on all the pages in this website,
and your computer should remember what you've done the next
time you come back to this site, unless you're using an
ancient version of a browser. ;^
o
The
advertisement, shown below, links to this advertiser's
web site.
IMPORTANT:
Your use
of this website constitutes acceptance of our
Privacy Agreement and our Disclaimer. Click
here to read our
Disclaimer, and click
here to read our Privacy Agreement.
Click here for
our street address, phone number,
fax, and email address.
