Fish in
the News.
The picture
above show
a so-called
"Human Face
Fish", which
is one of
two 19-year-old
fish with
human-like
facial features
in Chongju,
a city about
90 miles
south of
Seoul, South
Korea. The
two fish
are female
hybrids
of carp
and leather
carp, and
both fish
now measure
about 32
inches long
and 20 inches
in circumference.
Their heads
have begun
to look
more and
more human
over the
last couple
of years.
Click
here
to see a
short video
of these
fish.
More
Fish in
the News.
An out-of-state
angler,
fishing
for bass
in Lake
Hortonia,
Rutland
County,
Vermont,
caught more
than he
bargained
for in late
August 2005,
when he
reeled in
a 9-inch
Oscar. Click
here
to read
the entire
story.
Tom and
Nevin remind
everyone
not to take
anything,
such a fish,
aquatic
plant, shrimp,
clam, snail,
out of an
aquarium
or pond
and put
it in a
local stream,
pond, or
lake.
Breeding
Jaguar Cichlids.
Jay from
Houston,
Texas, calls
and says
his Jaguar
Cichlids
have spawned.
Nevin mentions
the scientific
name is
Parachromis
managuensis.
Click
here
for more
about this
species.
Jay describes
the fish,
their behavior,
the aquarium
they spawned
in, what
he fed them,
the water
temperature,
and a lot
more. If
you are
interested
in breeding
Cichlids,
don't miss
Jay's comments!
We continue
talking
with Jay
from Houston
about breeding
Jaguar Cichlids.
Ram Dwarf
Cichlids.
Josh from
Ohio calls
and talks
about his
Rams, which
have the
scientific
name
Microgeophagus
ramirezi.
Josh also
mentions
that he
has a very
sick Honey
Gourami,
and we talk
about how
to treat
it.
Honey
Gouramis.
bMike has
two Honey
Gouramis,
and the
smaller
one turned
dark.
Tom read
the web
page from
AquariumFish.net
about Honey
Gouramis.
Click
here
to read
that page
now, where
it says,
"Honey
Gouramis,
like most
types of
Gouramis,
live best
in a group
with at
least 3
males, and
about twice
as many
females.
So you might
decide to
order 3
males and
5 females.
One male
and one
female,
or two males,
is not a
good combination."
Breeding
Angels.
Kenny from
Random Lakes,
Wisconsin,
calls and
says the
sick Black
Molly with
lots of
Signs of
Stress and
Disease
has now
recovered.
Kenny is
interested
in Breeding
Freshwater
Angelfish.
Click
here
for lots
of information
about breeding
Angels.
Heater
without
a Thermostat.
Amanda from
Granite
Falls, Washington,
says she
bought the
small
heater without
a thermostat,
and it seems
to work
OK in her
fish bowl.
She also
saw some
Ocelot Danios
in a store
that sells
pet fish.
Reverse
Osmosis
Water.
Tom and
Nevin talk
about Nevin's
new R/O
Water Filter,
which produces
Reverse
Osmosis
water from
tap water.
R/O water
can be mixed
with tap
water to
produce
aquarium
water with
less minerals.
Some species
of tropical
fish, like
Nevin's
Rummy Nose
Tetras,
prefer water
with less
minerals,
than most
tap water
in the U.S.
contains.
Water
for Tetras.
Click
here
to see a
picture
of a Tetra
species
from the
Juaru River
in the Amazon.
The caption
for the
picture
says the
fish was
taken from
water with
a pH of
4.2 and
dGH of less
than 1,
which means
that water
contains
almost no
dissolved
minerals.
New Book
about the
History
of Aquariums.
Manual from
Tulsa, Oklahoma,
calls and
says he
doing a
research
paper on
the history
of saltwater
and freshwater
aquariums
from antiquity
to modern
times. Tom
says he's
got a very
nice new
book about
the history
of the aquarium,
shown in
the picture
below.
The Ocean At Home: An Illustrated History of the Aquarium by Bernd Brunner.
The mysterious world beneath the ocean's surface has captivated man for centuries—the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and ancient Chinese all kept fish in their homes for purposes other than the culinary. But it was not until the nineteenth-century invention of the aquarium that the deep was truly domesticated, offering the curiously inclined a chance to invent their very own exotic sea world within their own walls. Click here to go to Amazon.com, where there is more about this book.
How to
Get Rid
of Annoying
Snails.
"i got a
snail to
keep my
guppy tank
clean. It
was supposed
to be an
apple snail,
but it turned
out to be
a Ramshorn
snail and
they have
taken over
my tank.
I had had
apple snails
before,
and had
no problems.
the one
Ramshorn
snail quickly
became 50+.
I did later
get 1 true
apple snail.
the Ramshorn
snails are
about an
inch accross
the shell
or smaller.
the apple
snail is
about 2in
across the
shell.
I've been
looking
into loaches,
and would
like to
get yo yo
loaches
to clean
the tank
up. the
thing is
i do want
to keep
my apple
snail. How
big of a
snail will
the loaches
kill? The
tank has
guppies
in it, and
is 30 gallons.
i was thinking
of getting
3-4 yoyos
and adding
lots of
hiding places.
so in summary
how big
of a snail
are yoyo's
likely to
bother,
and are
they compatable
with my
guppies
which i'm
trying to
breed, so
far successfully."
thanks tanis
h. How to
Buy Angels.
Ronnie from
Missouri,
the Betta
Fish guy,
who has
a web site
at FantasticBetta.com,
calls and
says he
bought seven
German Blue
Angel Fish,
and he describes
how he set
up an aquarium
for his
new Angels.
More
about the
New Book.
Tom talks
for a couple
of minutes
about the
book "The
Ocean At
Home: An
Illustrated
History
of the Aquarium",
by Bernd
Brunner,
which we
recommended
to Manuel
earlier
in this
show, and
Tom says,
"Is chock-full
of interesting
stuff."
Click
here
for the
meaning
of chock-full.
MP3 Downloads.
Bonnie from
Iowa calls
and says
she'd like
to have
the Pet
Fish Talk
Shows available
as MP3-downloads,
so she can
load the
file into
an mp3-player
then listen
to it outside
beside her
pond and
listen to
Pet Fish
Talk. Click
here
to see some
small, inexpensive,
MP3 CD Players,
which could
play a CD
containing
an MP3 file.
We also
talk with
Bonnie about
her pond
and what
to do to
prepare
for winter.
Click
here
for more
information
about winter
care for
pond fish.
A Big
Sincere
Thank-you
to Jay,
Josh, Kenny,
Manuel,
Ronnie,
and Bonnie
for calling
the show.
Tom and
Nevin encourage
YOU to call
Pet Fish
Talk during
the show
and talk
about your
pet fish.
Download of this Entire Show. Here's how: Right-Click here, then click on "Save Target (or Link) As ...". Navigate to the folder you prefer, and click on the button labeled "Save". Later you can copy the MP3-file to your iPod or other MP3-player.
Click
hereto buy an MP3-enabled CD-Player, or click
here to buy an MP3-Player, or click
here
to buy
an
Apple iPod,
which can all play Pet Fish Talk Shows.
There's Lots More Pet Fish Talk.
Click
here
now to go to the Archive, where there are links to more than
200 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.
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 numbers,
fax, and email addresses.
