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In Japan
Electric
Eel Lights Christmas
Tree.
Two aluminum
panels inside
an Electric
Eel’s tank act
as electrodes,
capturing the
power needed
to light the
tree. Kazuhiko
Minawa, who
thought up the
idea, spent
two months devising
a system that
would capture
the animal’s
electric power.
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here to
read more. Click
here to
see a video.
From
Nigeria in
West
Africa
Breakthrough
needed in Catfish
Production.
Managing Director/
Chief Executive
of Aquaticulture
Projects Limited,
Israel Adediran,
told BusinessDay
in an interview
that Nigeria
should take
a cue from Singapore
which has significantly
grown its capacity
in fish farming
as a result
of its application
of modern aquaculture
practice. "The
catfish business
has presently
gotten to a
revolutionary
stage with over
55 innovations
that have taken
place. For instance,
when we were
in the University,
we were taught
that catfish
would grow to
200grammes in
9 months if
you stock at
2 fish per square
metres. But
today, people
stock 300 fish
per square metres
and still grow
their catfish
to 1.5kg on
the average
in 5 months.
That is why
so many people
are now showing
interest in
catfish. Take
for instance,
Singapore is
a like a dot
on our map.
It is about
the size of
Bayelsa State
in Nigeria with
a population
of about 3.5million
people. Yet,
they are responsible
for 30 per cent
of the world's
tropical fish.
This makes their
airport the
second largest
cargo airport
in the world;
and tropical
fish is the
singular largest
airfreight item
in Singapore".
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here to
read more.
From Stanford
University in
California
Same Gene
Determines Color
in Fish and
Humans.
When humans
began to migrate
out of Africa
about 100,000
years ago, their
skin color gradually
changed to adapt
to their new
environments.
And when the
last Ice Age
ended about
10,000 years
ago, marine
ancestors of
ocean-dwelling
stickleback
fish experienced
dramatic changes
in skin coloring
as they colonized
newly formed
lakes and streams.
New research
shows that despite
the vast evolutionary
gulf between
humans and the
three-spined
stickleback
fish, the two
species have
adopted a common
genetic strategy
to acquire the
skin pigmentation
that would help
each species
thrive in their
new environments.
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here to
read more.
In Scandinavia
Ancient Fish
Bones reveal
Global Warming.
Scientists
studying
ancient fish
bones in
Scandinavia
have
discovered
that
warm-water
species like
anchovies
and black
sea bream
that once
thrived in
Danish
waters
during a
prehistoric
warm period
are now
returning.
Some
cold-water
species,
such as cod,
were also
abundant
during this
period,
having
benefited
from a lower
fishing
effort.
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here to
read more.
In Japan
Goldfish
Breeders Fish
for Riches.
Japan is famous
for its beautiful
ponds stocked
with colorful
"Koi" carp -
a close relative
of the common
goldfish. Some
breeders are
now moving beyond
Koi to create
even more unusual
types of goldfish
including
scaleless,
pearlescent
varieties! First
introduced to
Japan from China
in the year
1502, the "common"
goldfish was
originally quite
rare. As a red
mutation of
a type of Chinese
carp, these
early goldfish
were extremely
expensive and
were owned only
by those with
wealth and nobility.
Centuries of
breeding have
now given us
a staggering
variety of goldfish,
from small orange
fishbowl dwellers
to beautifully
ornate specimens
nearly a foot
long! Click
here to
read more.
In Alresford,
Hampshire, England,
I'm a Fish
... get me Trout
of here.
The intrepid
fish leap 3ft
from a breeding
pond into a
pipe bringing
fresh water
from a nearby
stream Great
escape ... trout
route to freedom.
Then they swim
the length of
the 8in diameter
pipe AGAINST
the flow to
reach freedom
30ft away. It
is thought the
farmed fish
are following
a natural urge
to head up fast-flowing
streams to spawn.
Photographer
Dennis Bright,
59, captured
the amazing
sight at Alresford,
Hants. He said:
“It’s remarkable.
But swimming
against the
current is instinctive
for a trout.”
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here to
read more.
Kampung
Ulu Sungai,
Malaysia,
Hope for
Kelah as History
is Made.
History was
made at the
RM3.7 million
hatchery, shown
above, at Kampung
Ulu Sungai here
when the first
batch of 250
Malayan Masheer
hatchlings (Tor
tambriodes)
or ikan kelah
was bred in
captivity. At
60 days old,
the fry are
reported to
be in good health
and growing
under a controlled
environment.
The result came
from the research
and work by
aquaculturist
Ng Chee Kiat,
who published
a book on the
freshwater species
titled King
of the Rivers
three years
ago. The 46-year-old
said his project
was self-funded
and took shape
last December.
To enable captive
breeding of
the Malayan
Masheer, Ng
had sourced
for a large
quantity of
brood stock
across Peninsular
Malaysia. "I
built a hatchery
complex to house
mature fish
stock aged one
and above because
these are fish
that have reached
maturity and
are the right
age for their
reproduction
cycle. I acquired
more than 200
specimens."
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here to
read more.
Coronado Islands,
near San Diego,
Giant Oarfish
Caught off the
Coast of California!
Here is a picture
of Giant Oarfish
caught at the
US Navy SEAL
training center
on Coronado
Island, just
off the coast
of San Diego,
California.
The photo was
taken in 1996!
Giant Oarfish
are one of the
strangest looking
fish that you
will ever see.
It is believed
that Giant Oarfish
which get up
to 50 feet long,
have been the
source of many
sea monster
reports. Take
a look at the
photo and I
think you will
understand why!
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here to
read more.
From Joshua from Okemos, Michigan
Hello Everyone, here is the fishy news from the midwest and beyond. Sorry about not getting it out last week but life here has been pretty hectic. Have a great holiday season...:)
Jourdan from Connecticut
calls and talks about his homemade aquarium filter in a
drinking water bottle and about his trip to Zambia in
Africa.
Evan from Colorado says he found
another aquarist in his school, and they are trading
aquarium stuff.
Joshua from Okemos calls and talks
about environmental issues in mid-Michigan, about Preuss
Pets in Lansing Michigan, where he works, and about his six
aquariums. Click
here
to visit the Preuss Pets' web site.
Karen in Idaho called earlier and left
a message on the answering machine, asking if Quick Cure was
OK to use in an aquarium with live plants? Click
here to read more about Quick Cure on the manufacturer's
web site, where it states that Quick Cure will not harm most
aquatic plants. After the show Joshua from Okemos, who keeps
lots of aquatic plants, wrote us an email saying, "Hey guys
I use Quick Cure in all my tanks and have not had a problem
most of my plants. I have had an issue with my Lace Plant.
However, other aponogetons seem to be fine with quick cure."
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