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the Bailey Brothers talk with
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First
we quickly summarize last
week's show. Then
...
Nevin reads a recent
news story about
seven giant clams
that were recently
stolen from the
Waikiki Aquarium
then returned about
a week later. Nevin
explains some of
unique biology of
these clams.
Aaron from
Sacramento says he
listened to the Pet
Fish Talk Show about
Jellyfish and wants to know if
there have been
recent advances in
the hobby of keeping
Jellyfish in the
United States? Click
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about Jellyfish.
Click
here for more
about keeping
Jellyfish in
aquariums.
Click
here to listen
to a recent Pet Fish
Talk Segment, which
includes information
about creating rock
work in an Mbuna
Cichlid aquarium.
Rita has a 30-gallon
aquarium and wants
"more aggressive"
fish like Sharks.
Click
here for more
information about
Red Tail Sharks,
here for more
about Rainbow
Sharks,
here for more
about Dwarf Cichlids from
Lake Tanganyika, and
here for more
about Angelfish.
Nathaniel asks how
to determine the
gender of Sharks?
Dan from Dallas
calls and describes
in detail his
successful and very
simple method for
keeping
live plants in an
aquarium using the
mineral called
laterite and a
special 50-50
actinic light bulb,
that's usually used
in saltwater
aquariums.
Jennifer asks about
adding Frogs to her
aquarium and what
type of Frog to add?
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here for more
Aquarium Frogs.
Click
here for more
about Black Worms.
John from Brisbane,
Australia, wants to
get some female
Endler's Livebearers
to go with his males.
John from Melbourne,
Australia, says his
aquarium has some
dust-like particles,
and he wonders how
to get rid of these
particles.
Dax asks if a Dwarf
Puffer Fish would be
compatible with a Angelfish? Click
here for more
about Pufferfish.
Gwen learned about
Pet Fish Talk from a
PETsMART store. She
has a layer of
gravel 1" deep, and
she wants to know if she
can just remove it
with a net. Click
here for more
information about
Gravel Washing.
Diane has a
35-gallon aquarium
with some Neon
Tetras. One of
those Neons has a dark
spot on its nose.
What might this be?
Click
here for
information about
the Signs of Stress
and Disease.
Nevin mentions, that
for the first time,
some fish farmers
are raising lots of
Cardinal Tetras. We
talk about
breeding pet fish.
Nevin remembers
ogling the Auratus
Mbuna Cichlids many
years ago at
Fountains Aquarium
in El Cajon,
California. We talk
about this fish
species, and the way
that they change
coloration as they
mature.
Bill in Florence,
Mississippi, has a
lighting strip with
some small blue
diodes. He wants
to know if he can
leave it on all
night? Click
here for more
aquarium lighting.
Alyssa wants to know
if she can keep her
Betta Fish with her
Goldfish in a cool
water aquarium?
Jennifer has a
Guppy, a few
Mollies, and two
Male Swordtails in
her aquarium. Tom
says each of these
livebearers lives
best in a group with
at least 3 males of
their species plus
about twice as many
females. Click
here for more
information about
keeping Livebearers.
Vince has two large
Kissing Gouramis,
which quarrel with
each other, and
Vince
wants to know if
this is normal.
Click
here for more
about Kissing
Gouramis in
AquariumFish.net.
Josh from Ohio calls
and adds to our
conversation about
Gouramis in general.
We also learn that
two of Josh's
aquariums cracked.
We
continue talking to
Josh from Ohio. Tom
emphasizes not
buying fish from
fish stores that do
not take excellent
care of their fish,
and what to look for
when buying pet
fish.
Kumar has two Clown
Loaches in his
55-gallon aquarium,
but he hasn't seen
them in 10 to 12
days. Could they be
hiding? We talk
about fish hiding.
Carl from
Albuquerque calls,
and we review the
slimy
stuff that he had in
his aquarium. Then
we continue to talk
with Carl about good
advice for less
experienced
hobbyist.
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