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the Bailey Brothers talk with
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Segment
One.
Tom
and Nevin went over
last week's show,
including comments
about Tim's
questions about
moving his fish,
about Brian's
comments about
feeding his Puffer
Fish, and about
Ronnie's comment
about putting a
sponge filter over
the lift tube to
your power filter.
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here to go to
the Listening Guide
to last week's Pet
Fish Talk show.
Mary from Oxnard
calls us and
continues her
recommendation that
listeners to Pet
Fish Talk call and
email The Animal
Planet and the
Discover Channel
asking them to
create a fishy TV
program featuring
the Bailey Brothers,
but Tom says that
he's not so sure
about that guy Tom!
Click
here to read
Mary's letter to The
Animal Planet.
Mary has a question
about one of her
Honey Gouramis that
got wedged under a
piece of driftwood
and has a scratch on
its side now. Tom
and Nevin discuss
this problem and how
to avoid it.
Jim sends us an
email in response to
Aaron's comments
last week. In his
email Jim recommends
that Aaron consider
getting some
Singapore Flower
Shrimp. Nevin talks
about this very
interesting shrimp,
which is shown in
the picture just
below. Click
here now for
more information
about keeping pet
shrimp in aquariums.
Here's
a picture of a
Singapore
Flower Shrimp
searching a
live plant for
small
particles of
food.
Devin
with a D calls and
says he and his father
bought three more
Bala Sharks to
school with the one
they already had.
Devin says his Balas
stay close together
about 1" to 2"
apart. Nevin talks
about the huge
schools of Bala
Sharks in our big
aquariums that are
about 8-feet long.
Devin also says his
baby Swordtails have
grown to be about
twice as long as
when they were born.
Devin tries to
change phones, but we
loose him. We remind
Devin and other
listeners that it's
best to call us on a
corded phone and not
a cordless or cell
phone. We hope Devin
will call us back!
Rocky from Michigan
calls and says he's
got an aquarium with
freshwater Angelfish
and Guppies, and
he'd like to remove
the Guppies without
dismantling the
aquarium. So we talk
about how to do it,
including the
possibility of using a
soda pop bottle as a
trap.
Rocky has a second
question about an
African Cichlid that
has started hiding
among the rocks in
his aquarium. Tom
says it might a
female African
Cichlid with a mouth
full of eggs or baby
fish like the female
Mbuna
shown in the video
just below.
Here's
a female Mbuna
with a
mouthful of
eggs. Females
like this one
often hide in
dark places
among the
rocks, where
they mouth
brood their
eggs.
Segment
Two.
Tom mentions the Pet Fish Talk Archive with links to
over 100 other
Pet Fish Talk shows. Click
here
to go to the
Archive now.
We lost Rocky's
phone call during
the break, but we
continue to talk
about Rocky's
African Cichlid
that's hiding among
the rocks in Rocky's
aquarium.
Devin with a D calls
back and we finish
talking about his
baby Swordtails.
Click
here for more
about protecting
baby fish like
Devin's baby Swordtails.
Devin has another
question about how
many live plants to
put in his aquarium?
We give him a few tips
about keeping live
plants in his
aquarium. Click
here for more
about keeping live
plants in terra
cotta pots.
Devin thinks his
aquarium is really
cool, and it calms
the people in the
room with the
aquarium. Tom says
he wants Devin to
continue watching everything
in his aquarium and
call back soon with
more of his
keen bservations.
Teacher Nan asks
what effect does
"tapping on the
aquarium" have on
the fish? Tom
mentions being
rousted by his
friend Morten, who
comes by and raps
loudly on tom's
kitchen window.
Nevin says it's even
more so with the
fish.
Tom reads an email
from A.L. in Los
Angeles who puts
beautiful pictures
of national parks on
the back of his
aquarium and then
watches his goldfish
fly over the Grand
Canyon. Tom says he
likes it!
We're
back from the break
and continue talking
to Rocky about the
African Cichlid
that's hiding among
the rocks in his
aquarium, and
now Rocky's realizes
there is a punching
bag in the room with
the aquarium and the
vibrations may
frighten the fish.
Tom reads
an email from
Jim, Lynne,
and Rebekah
from West
Virginia.
Click
here to
read the
entire email
which contains
a large image of
the poster,
shown to the
left,
that Jim and
Rebekah have
been posting
in their town.
Anthony ask about
putting African
Cichlids in his
outdoor pond in
Florida? Tom and
Nevin talk about
keeping and raising
African Cichlids in
ponds.
Josh asks about
keeping Discus and
freshwater Angel
Fish in the same
aquarium? We make
some comments about
keeping both Discus
and Angels together
and separately. In
their natural homes
in South America
discus fish feed on
insect larvae,
insects, and planktonic
invertebrates.
Segment
Three.
Josh calls and says
we just answered his
email! Since he sent
the email, he has
decided not to get
Discus, instead he
plans to get a
30-gallon hexagonal
aquarium and add
some Angel Fish. Tom
and Nevin talk about
Angelfish. Click
here for more
about keeping
freshwater Angelfish
in aquariums.
Tom says, "... Lets
Pick up the pace,
and answer a few
more questions."
Edward has questions
about the chemistry
of the water in his
aquarium. Tom and
Nevin talk about the
important nitrogen
cycle which involves
toxic ammonia being
oxidized by certain
bacteria to nitrite,
which is then
oxidized to
non-toxic nitrate.
Click
here for more
information about
aquarium water
chemistry.
Adrian from Denver,
Colorado, calls and
says he had four
Malawi Cichlids that
he fed more than
they could eat. They
got sick. He found
AquariumFish.net and
the Recommended
Treatment. He
treated his fish,
and they seemed to
recover, but now one
fish has trouble
moving its tail.
Adrian has ordered a
new 75-gallon
aquarium for African
cichlids. Click
here for details
about how to set up
an aquarium for
Mbunas.
Kathy says her Betta
Fish that was
3½-years, died
recently, and now
she plans to get a
1½-gallon aquarium
for a new Betta. Tom
and Nevin say a
large fish bowl is
better for Betta
Fish, then they talk
for a while about
what makes a good
home for a Betta
Fish. The Bailey
Brothers also talk
about an organ
called the labyrinth
in the Betta Fish's
head. Click
here to see a
diagram that shows
the labyrinth in a
Betta's head.
Jan from Destin,
Florida, says she
needs a better way
to keep her Betta
Fish Bowl warm.
Ronnie from Missouri
calls and we talk
again about sponge
filters, Ronnie's
video of his Betta
Fish spawning,
Segment
Four.
We
continue to talk
with Ronnie and ask
for another tip. He
says every night he
turns off the lights
and uses a flash
light in the dark to
inspect his fish.
Tom says he
remembers reading
that a famous fish
breeder, Rosario
LaCorte, did the
same thing long ago.
Click
here to read
more about him.
Ronnie says he's had
four more spawns of
Bettas and jarred 50
more young Bettas.
He says his Betta
are really growing
fast and becoming
exceptionally good
fish.
Lastly Ronnie says
he tries to support
his local pet
stores, but they
don't don't seem to
want to work with
him. Tom talks about
trying to sell fish
to pet stores long
ago.
Briana's husband has
a small aquarium
with a Betta and two
Neon Tetras, but one
Neon Tetra
disappeared. Briana
wants to know, where
did it go? Click
here for more about
Neon Tetras.
We're back from a
short break and get
a phone call from
Vicky from West
Virginia with good
news! Her Guppies
are have babies! Ten
of them! Momma Vicky
says she's never
been a mom before.
Vicky asks if
aquarium salt and
Quick Cure in the
aquarium with the
baby fish? We talk
with Vicky about
covering the uptake
tube to the filter
with a sponge filter
to keep the babies
from sucked up and
into the filter.
Tom says he wonders
what been happening
in Aaron's and
Evan's aquariums and
wishes they'd call
soon.
Jackie had an Mbuna
that died in her
aquarium. She
wonders what to do
now, before she puts
new fish in her
aquarium?
Click
here for details
about how to set up
an aquarium for
Mbunas.
Kate bought a new
aquarium but the
hood doesn't fit.
Tom says take it
right back and give
them a chance to
make it right! Tom
predicts the store
will make it right!
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