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Fish in
the
News.
Each
week the
Bailey
Brothers
start
the Pet
Fish
Talk
Show
with
some fun
and
interesting
stories
about
fish in
the
news.
In San Francisco,
California,
Natural Aquariums
Let Fish Live
in Style.
That beautiful
image you see
above isn't
a painting or
a Photoshop.
No, it's an
actual fish
tank. Created
by George and
Steven Lo of
Aqua Forest
Aquarium in
San Francisco,
these "Nature
Aquariums" are
built using
real plants
to create beautiful,
natural dioramas
for fish to
live in. Sure,
putting one
of these things
together take
a lot of time,
money, and effort,
but your fish
deserve the
best, don't
they? And there's
nothing fish
like more than
swimming around
in weird, fake
versions of
places they
naturally are
unable to go.
Hit the jump
for another
awesome aquarium
shot. Click
here to
read more.
In the
Antarctic
Scientists
Capture
Giant Sea
Creatures.
Scientists
studying
Antarctic
waters have
filmed and
captured
giant sea
creatures,
like sea
spiders the
size of
dinner
plates and
jelly fish
with six
metre (18
feet)
tentacles. A
fleet of
three
Antarctic
marine
research
ships
returned to
Australia
this week
ending a
summer
expedition
to the
Southern
Ocean where
they carried
out a census
of life in
the icy
ocean and on
its floor,
more than
1,000 metres
(yards)
below the
surface.
"Gigantism
is very
common in
Antarctic
waters -- we
have
collected
huge worms,
giant
crustaceans
and sea
spiders the
size of
dinner
plates,"
Australian
scientist
Martin
Riddle,
voyage
leader on
the research
ship Aurora
Australis,
said on
Tuesday.
"Many live
in the dark
and have
pretty large
eyes. They
are strange
looking
fish,"
Riddle told
local radio.
"Some of the
video
footage we
have
collected is
really
stunning --
it's amazing
to be able
to navigate
undersea
mountains
and valleys
and actually
see what the
animals look
like in
their
undisturbed
state,"
Riddle said. Click
here to read more.
In
Madagascar
off Eastern
Africa,
Scientists
find Huge
Devil Toad
Fossil.
A frog the
size of a
bowling
ball, with
heavy armor
and teeth,
lived among
dinosaurs
millions of
years ago —
intimidating
enough that
scientists
who
unearthed
its fossils
dubbed the
beast
Beelzebufo,
or Devil
Toad. But
its size —
10 pounds
and 16
inches long
— isn't the
only
curiosity.
Researchers
discovered
the
creature's
bones in
Madagascar.
Yet it seems
to be a
close
relative of
normal-sized
frogs who
today live
half a world
away in
South
America,
challenging
assumptions
about
ancient
geography. Click
here to read more.
In New York
For Two
Lucky Guys,
it's Summer
all Year
Long.
Snorkeling
in a
tropical
reef is a
vacation
activity for
the lucky
sun-seeker.
But for
Scott Jones,
it's a job,
and his reef
spans the
island of
Manhattan,
with
segments
from
Columbus
Circle to
Madison
Square Park.
Jones holds
the title of
marine
technician
with the
10-year-old
boutique
company City
Aquarium.
He's one of
the lucky
New Yorkers
who, even in
the coldest
part of
winter, live
on an island
of
equatorial
bliss. Any
given day,
he is up to
his elbows -
or in over
his head -
tending to
tropical
fish, some
the pets of
the rich and
famous. Click
here to read more.
In China
Giant
Salamander
can Grow to
be 6-Feet
Long.
The Chinese
giant
salamander
can grow up
to 1.8m in
length and
evolved
independently
from all
other
amphibians
over one
hundred
million
years before
Tyrannosaurus
rex. Click
here to read more.
In Hawaii
Limit on
Collecting
Aquarium
Fish
Considered.
Right now,
aquarium
fishing is a
free for
all. Any
diver with a
permit can
catch as
many as they
want. Now,
for the
first time
in Hawaii,
lawmakers
are
considering
a limit on
those
catches. No
more than 20
ornamental
fish per day
per
collector,
with no more
than 5
yellow tangs
in the mix.
"The 20 fish
per day per
permitted
license
collector is
an amount we
felt was
reasonable
for anyone
who wants to
maintain a
home
aquarium or
catch
sustenance
fishing,"
said Robert
Wintner,
owner of
Snorkel
Bobs, a
chain of
dive shops. Click
here to read more.
Bonnie from Iowa calls
and talks about her new R/O unit.
Michael from Waco, Texas, calls and
talks about his 2.5-gallon aquarium that may have toxic
heavy metals in the water that is poisoning his fish,
snails, and ghost shrimp. Later after the show Michael sent
Tom and Nevin an email ...
Hello again Tom and Nevin, I just
had to email you after the show
today because I was very excited to
be on. Today was the first day
that I actually got a chance to
listen to a live show, so that was a
good experience. I found your
site two or three weeks ago after I
decided to own a Betta because I
really enjoyed taking care of my
girlfriend's 6.5 gallon freshwater
aquarium.
I have literally been on your site
every day since then learning and
listening to the archive shows.
In fact when I called I was in the
middle of writing a speech for a
class using all of the information I
learned from your site. So I
was shocked when I got through and
you already knew who I was! I
appreciate the information that you
gave today, and I plan to follow up
and call back like you said.
Below this I wanted to include
information on the supplies and
aquarium setup I had; it is not
important for you to read, but I
thought I would include it in case
you guys were interested.
My 2.5 gallon tank - (2) 7.5 watt
heaters that kept at 82F I have
started running only one making the
water 78F, frozen brine shrimp,
freeze dried blood worms, color
flakes, and Hikari pellets. 1
peacock fern.I use a gravel vac for
changing waterI use an eye dropper
and sometimes a baster to feed my
Betta. Is it okay to keep my snail
my himself? in a separate bowl which
has:
My .5 gallon bowl, 1/4 in. gravel
plant bulbs (that have not grown
yet) a lid which has two Lucky
bamboo plants growing out of the top
whose roots are in the tank water.
Can I send pictures? Will you guys
be able to see them?
Michael from Waco, Texas
Robert from New Jersey talks
about PetsMart and about good fish for new aquarists.
George from Colorado
calls and asks Tom about his plans for a new big aquarium,
and about what fish Tom would like to keep.
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