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.   This video will take some time to load, the faster your internet connection, the less time it takes to load. If you can't see the video, try clicking here.   The video, just above, shows Tom's new African Cichlid aquarium that has about 20 Cichlid Stones, which look like rocks and are hollow. This video was taken about 10-weeks before the pictures, shown below, were taken of the same fish, which grew to be larger and much more colorful during the 10-weeks.     The fish shown, above and below, are all from Tom's 55-gallon African Cichlid aquarium. The fish just above is the same fish that's shown in the two pictures just below. Tom knows that it is a male albino or partial albino, and Tom thinks it may be a Pseudotropheus Maylandia greshakei or perhaps a very similar species called Pseudotropheus Maylandia mbenjii. Pseudotropheus is a genus of Mbunas from Lake Malawi in East Africa. Maylandia is a subgenus, which some experts think should be a genus.         Tom can't quite tell if the fish in the pictures just above and just below are the same fish. He thinks they are both the same species, Pseudotropheus Maylandia estherae, which was originally called the "Red Zebra" and was later named after Esther Grant, the wife of Stuart Grant, who shipped lots of fish from Lake Malawi to Tom and Nevin a long time ago.       The fish, shown just above, is a male Labeotropheus trewavasae, which had these dazzling colors for just 2 or 3 days. This species has an unusual mouth.       The fish shown in the two pictures, just above, is a Pseudotropheus socolofi, which was named after Ross Socolof, a famous Florida fish farmer and collector. A couple of weeks later this fish spawned and is shown below with a mouthful of eggs. You can see the slight bulge just below her mouth. You can see also the yellow egg-spots on her fin. Females can have prominent egg-spots. Tom actually thought this fish was probably a male, until she spawned.       This fish is a so-called "OB morph", which is an abbreviation for "Orange Blotch". It is probably a male Pseudotropheus zebra. But there are OB patterns in other Mbuna species, and so this may not be a Zebra.     The fish, shown above and below, is a colorful male, who's ancestors most likely lived in Lake Victoria, which is about 800 to 1000 kilometers north of Lake Malawi in East Africa. Tom and Nevin do not know the name of this fish. Do you? Call during the show and tell them.         The same male Victorian Cichlid is shown above trying to catch and eat one of the many baby Mbunas that hide among the Cichlid Stones in Tom's aquarium. We received emails saying this fish is probably Pundamilia nyererei, which is a species from Lake Victoria. If you know more about this fish, please call during a show and talk with tom and Nevin about it.       The Catfish, shown in the two pictures just above, also lives in the same 55-gallon aquarium with the African Cichlids, shown farther above. This catfish is one of the many species that aquarists call a Plecostomus or Pleco. The actual species name is unknown to us now. You can see this fish has a so-called omega iris in it's eye. This iris expands and contracts to control the amount of light entering the fish's eye. This fish is very nocturnal and rarely leaves its cave, until the lights in the aquarium are turned off.   We've received several emails stating that this fish is probably a member of the genus Leporacanthicus and may be the species named triactis. Leporacanthicus have long teeth and for that reason are sometimes called Vampire Plecos. It is thought they eat snails and freshwater sponges in their wild habitats.   Tom and Nevin plan to talk about these fish and Tom's aquarium during this show. You are welcome to call and ask questions or make comments.   Fish in the News Each Pet Fish Talk Show starts with some fun and interesting stories about fish in the news. Call 1-877-823-6217 toll free during the live show and share your comments about these stories.   Links to "Fish in the News" from Jourdan in CT. http://www.pr.com/press-release/119145 First complete cycle aquarium filter   http://www.theday.com/ ... ad-6b6bd844952f Mystic aquarium loses Zhivago, a 20 year old fur seal   http://busselton.yourguide.com.au/ ... 1378343.aspx Dugongs could be coming to Sydney aquarium   I have some photographs I would like to share with you, I attached them, please feel free to put them on the show. I want you guys to try and guess what it is, and maybe extend it to the callers.       Special thanks, as usual, to Jourdan in Connecticut for emailing us these links.   Links to "Fish in the News" from Heather in PL. In the travel section of the Times this weekend, there was a pretty wild story about scuba diving with tropical marine fish and sharks being kept in saltwater ponds in Utah!  We plan on visiting whenever we end up near Salt Lake City.   http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/11/28/travel/escapes/28scuba.html   Cheers, Heather   Callers during this Show Evan from Colorado calls and says he got a huge Plecostomus. Rebekah from West Virginia calls and talks about her two new male Betta Fish and their names. Joe in Phoenix, Arizona, calls and talks about successfully breeding Neon and Cardinal Tetras. Joe comments about using RO-water, AquaSoil, Floating Aquarium plants like Hornwort and Wisteria, Bio-Wheel Aquarium Filters, Canister Filters, SeraPeat, and the temperature and pH of the aquarium water. Actually Joe called and asked for advice on breeding Runny Nose Tetras, but Tom and Nevin knew that Rummys are difficult Tetras to reproduce. So they asked Joe if he had bred other Tetras. Joe said he'd bred Neons and Cardinals, so Tom and Nevin asked about the details. Spawning Rummy Noses is similar to spawning Neons and Cardinals, but the Rummy Nose fry are more difficult to raise, because they grow more slowly. The Bailey Brothers 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. 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