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Segment
One.
First
we quickly summarize last
week's show. Then
...
Jim from Dayton,
Ohio, calls and we
talk about the Mbuna
Cichlids from Lake
Malawi in East
Africa. Click
here for
information about
Mbunas, and
click here for a
story about the big
Mbuna aquarium in
Giselle's Restaurant
a long time ago. Jim
got a used
150-gallon aquarium,
which he now has
some Electric Blue
Haps and some "Ice
Blue" Labidochromis
caeruleus.
Nevin explains there
are three somewhat
incompatible groups
of fish in Lake
Malawi: (1) the
Mbuna that live
around the piles of
huge rocks, (2) the
Haps that live over
the sand between the
piles of rocks, and
(3) the Utaka that
live offshore and in
deeper waters.
We tell Jim a story
about hybrid African
Cichlids. Long ago
the Bailey Brothers
cross-bred many
African Cichlids,
including the fish
that were called
Haplochromis
livingstonii and
polystigma. Paul
Loiselle visited our
basement, carefully
examined our
hybrids, and said,
"This raises a very
serious question,
shall we call these
hybrids Polystonii
or Livingstigma?"
Here is
a picture of a
Lamprologus
calvus near a
pile of rocks
in a big
aquarium.
During this
week's Pet
Fish Talk Show
we talk with
Jim from
Dayton about
Calvus, and
why you don't
usually see
this fish for
sale in
regular pet
stores.
Segment
Two.
We
continue to talk
about Jim's
questions about how
to sell fish like
Calvus.
Josh from Ohio calls
and we continue to
talk about his
aquarium, a
20-gallon, which
turned out to be a
much better deal
that the 30-gallon
hex-aquarium, that
he planned to buy.
Tom asks Josh to
call back someday
and ask to hear the
story about the one
chinchilla that Tom
sold.
David from East
Hampton,
Massachusetts, calls
and says he's
raising German Red
Peacocks from Lake
Malawi in East
Africa. David
estimates there are
80 to 100 species of
Peacocks listed on
the Cichlid Forum
web site.
David says his
aquarium has lots of
tiny air bubbles,
and he wonders if
the air bubbles
could be a problem
for his fish. Tom
and Nevin discuss
their experiences
with tiny air
bubbles.
David asks us about
how to artificially
hatch eggs from
mouth brooding
African Cichlids by
tumbling the eggs?
David also asks us
if we can spawn any
kind of fish? We
quickly admit that
we certainly cannot
spawn every species
of fish.
Segment
Three.
Tom
talks about Richard
Buttner, a wonderful
fish breeder, who
Tom and Nevin met
and knew long ago,
and about learning
how to breed
tropical fish. Tom
says someday he'll
tell the story about
Bob Parle, who
encouraged the
Bailey Brothers to
artificially hatch
mouth brooder eggs a
long time ago.
Nevin remembers
watching Glowlight
Tetras spawn in a
small aquarium in
his bedroom a long
time ago.
Mary from Oxnard
says she is so
excited to find the
fish of her dreams
on AquariumFish.net.
Tom is confused if
she got Swordtails
or Mollies, but he's
glad she loves her
new fish. Click
here to read
Mary's email.
Here is
a picture
taken in an
aquarium at
AquariumFish.net
of a dazzling
Red Eye Long
Fin Male
Swordtail.
Maybe this is
the type that
Mary said she
got.
Jean says she has a
common Plecostomus
and wonders how to
determine its
gender?
Diana says her son
is raising an Albino
Betta in an aquarium
that seems to have
some tiny shrimps
swimming around.
Diana wonders how
they got in his
aquarium? Tom says
they might be
osteocods, which are
a sign that the
aquarium has uneaten
food.
"I recently
purchased a female
Betta. I noticed
that she's laid
eggs. She's never
been in with a male.
Are the eggs dead?
Should I remove the
eggs?" Click
here now to go
to
FantasticBetta.com.
Richard L. says he
has a 55-gallon
aquarium with a
Penguin 330 filter
and two Lemon Yellow
Cichlids which are
swimming up and down
the glass. Is this
normal?
Tina from Nova
Scotia, Canada, has
a 20-gallon aquarium
with water at pH 5.5
to 6 and the water
is soft. Tina wants
to know if she can
keep Black Skirt
Tetras and Congo
Tetras. Click
here to go to
the Search Page in
AquariumFish.net and
search for
information about
these Tetras, or
click
here to go
directly to the page
with lots of
information about
Tetras and a list of
compatible tank
mates.
Bio-Spira is a
commercial product
that contains the
beneficial bacteria
that break down the
waste in your
aquarium. Albert
from Las Vegas
recommends, "Nitro
Max Fresh by
Tropical Science ...
which is less
expensive."
Segment
Four.
Frank P. says he,
"... has a
125-gallon aquarium
with four Emperor
400 filters and 8
large Fancy
Goldfish. How many
large Goldfish can I
keep in this
aquarium?" Tom and
Nevin recommend
testing the water to
determine the
quality of the
water. Click
here for
information about
how to test aquarium
water.
Tom and Nevin talk
about "Hot" and
"Cool or Mild"
foods. Remember
Goldfish need food
labeled for Goldfish
because ...
Fred in Commack, New
York, says he plays
the shows in the
archive to learn as
much as he can about
his fish. He has a
75-gallon aquarium
with green algae.
Can we give him some
hints about how to
get rid of it?
Tim used our advice
to clear up his
cloudy new aquarium.
Click
here for more
about how to clear
up aquarium water.
Click
here for more
about how to start a
new aquarium.
Evan from Colorado
calls and tells us
he got 6 new Ghost
Shrimp and two more
Goldfish that he put
in a 10-gallon
aquarium with six
other Goldfish. Evan
plans to soon
upgrade to a
20-gallon soon. He
also got a new male
Betta Fish that is
not eating. We talk
about what to do
with a fish that
won't eat and how to
avoid buying fish
that won't eat. Evan
also got a female
Betta, and he says
he's noticed lately
that the fish stores
in his area seem to
carry female Bettas.
Tisha from Flin Flon,
Manitoba, Canada
says "I am 29 years
old and have been
successful at
breeding my goldfish
even though I only
have a 20 gallon
tank. I noticed that
my male goldfish has
started vibrating
his fins and bending
his body then swims
really fast
sometimes splashes,
is this a mating
ritual that goldfish
do? It was
increasing over the
last weak and I
noticed that other
fish started doing
it to. I then out in
a breeding
pom-pom and they
didn't lay eggs. Now
as we know the
conditions have to
be perfect for them
to lay eggs so I
don't know if there
is something wrong
with them or if this
is part of their
maturity as
fish. Can you
help???"
Kay from Texas has a
pond with Koi and
wonders if she
should feed them,
when the water is
cold? Click
here for
information about
Winter Care for Fish
Ponds.
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