Fish in the
News: The show starts
with Nevin summarizing an article from the Environment News
Service that is titled "Brazil, Columbia at Odds Over Silver
Amazon Fish." Click
here to read the entire article including a nice picture
of an adult Silver Arowana.
Nevin went on to talk about the various species of Arowanas,
about the living relatives of Arowanas, and about their
ancestors.
Evan from Colorado calls and we continue from previous shows
to talk about his new marine aquarium. Evan says he's found
out that the best biological filter for his marine aquarium
is "live-rock". Evan explains what a live-rock is. Then we
talk about growing live-rocks.
Here you can see a diver tending a group of "frags" that are growing underwater in the ocean at
Pacific Aqua Farms in Fiji. Click here or on the picture to see a bigger picture.
We
talk with Evan about nitrates in his marine aquarium and
about biological filtration in his marine aquarium. Evan
also says he figured out why he was getting a stray voltage
in his aquarium and fixed it, so the voltage is gone.
Evan says he plans to buy some calibration solution to
adjust the setting on his new pH-meter.
Evan says he's got a couple of new tanks with more fish and
live plants. We give Evan some hints and tips for his new
aquariums to save time. Evan says he's up to 17 aquarium
plus some fish bowls for baby fish. Evan says the fish hobby
is "really fun", and he recommends aquariums, if you have
the right equipment.
Taylor says he'd like know which types of Gouramis he can
keep in his 20-gallon aquarium? Click
here for more information about Honey Gouramis.
Brian asks if it will stress his female Molly to put her
into the contraption called a Net Breeder. Click
here for more information about Net Breeders.
Kathy from Ireland ask about how to ship her Goldfish from
Ireland to the U.S. Tom says these fish need to be
professionally packed before going into an airplane.
Jackie says she moving from California to Texas and wants to
know if she can take her fish with her in her car?
Click
here for information about moving pet fish.
Brian and Kim say they see tiny worms on the glass of their
aquarium, which has baby Angel Fish. Click
here for information about Planaria.
Michael would like to add Ghost Shrimp, Neon Tetras, Albinus
Plecostomus, and Live Plants to his 10-gallon aquarium.
Kenny from Random Lake, Wisconsin, calls and asks about a
female Guppy is swimming with her tail down. Click
here to read about the Recommended Treatment.
Francine, who lives in the U.K., says she has baby Goldfish
in her pond and wants to know what to expect?
Christopher is wondering about adding Rosy Barbs to his
55-gallon aquarium, which now has some Tiger Barbs?
This picture shows a beautiful male Long
Finned Rosy Barb that might be nipped on by Tiger
Barbs, as discussed during this show.
Nevin talks about the Reverse Osmosis System, often called
an R/O System, that he recently installed. Nevin says his
Gold Barbs gained color as he increased the amount of R/O
water in his aquariums.
Tom's
friend, Ashutosh from India, wonders
why his Black Mystery Snails are floating on the surface of
the water
in his aquarium?
Patrick says he has a 10-inch Oscar and a 18-inch Pleco in a
75-gallon, and the Oscar occasionally picks on the Pleco. So
Patrick wonders if adding more fish would divert the Oscar's
attention?
Laura has a 45-gallon aquarium with baby Mollies. But she
also has lots of small annoying snails, and she wonders if a
Yoyo Loach would eat the snails without bothering the baby
Mollies?
James says he just got his son a Betta Fish, that flairs its
gills, and James wonders why?
Kay loves her Guppies, and every time she changes water some
of her Guppies die, even though she adds a water
conditioner, and wonders why?
Salina from San Francisco, California, calls and says one of
her two Koi is sitting on the bottom of here aquarium. Click
here to read about the Signs of Stress and Disease
including "Crashed on the Bottom". Click
here to read about Aquarium Arithmetic, and learn how to
calculate how much water your aquarium can hold.
Click
here to read about the Recommended Treatment for fish
with Signs of Stress and Disease.
Barry has had an aquarium for about five months. He bought
some Neons, then several died, and now the other fish are
dying. Click
here to read about Neon Tetras.
Dennis from Wisconsin calls and tells us about the American
Cichlid Association convention that he attended in
Cincinnati this year, including a 18" long Midas Cichlid
that could swallow your arm. Dennis goes on to describe lots
of interesting things that he saw at the convention.
Tom and Nevin hope Dennis will call again and tell us more
about how he breeds his favorite African Cichlids.
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