Live food

Aquarimax Episode 113: Molly Mystery, Pond Problem, and More

Join Aquarimax hosts Rus and Kelly as they discuss comments and questions from

Andejka in Oregon
Nigel in Bridport, UK
Bob in Boston
Carlos in NY
Barbie on FB
Mick in Carnforth, UK
Tony in NY

Here’s a website on some gel foods for Nigel’s cichlids:

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/volume_6/volume_6_2/food.htm

For Bob in Boston, here are some sites that mention Mollies acting strange with regard to their heaters:

Molly heater nibbling mentioned:

http://www.gtaaquaria.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19884

http://www.fishgeeks.com/fishforums/viewtopic.php?f=67&t=4126

http://www.mombu.com/aquarium/aquarium/t-singed-molly-advice-please-molly-night-fish-8395645.html

http://www.tony-delgado.com/2011/11/fish-update-dalmatian-molly.html

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061229084408AAscwBV

http://www.tropicalfishkeeping.com/tropical-fish-diseases/fish-sick-angel-bloated-molly-kissing-38351/

 

Here are Mick in Carnforth, UK’s pics of the pond with the liner leak. He fixed it, and got to interact with some native amphibians along the way! Thanks Mick!

 

 

 

Aquarimax Episode 105: Corydoras trilineatus Fry, Controlling Snails, and Water Conditioners for Cladocerans

Join Aquarimax hosts Rus and Kelly as they discuss comments and questions from Adam in Santa Rosa, CA, and Tony in New York.

Aquarimax Episode 102: From One Tank to Another, 20 Gallon Breeding Possibilities, and More

Join Aquarimax hosts Rus and Kelly as they discuss aquarium comments and questions from Anne in Pittsburgh, Tony in New York, Jackson in Australia, and Robert in Michigan.

 

Here’s a picture of Robert’s goldfish after having swallowed an Otocinclus! Robert was able to save the goldfish. At last update, Mr. Wiggles was convalescing nicely.

 

 

Aquarimax Episode 101: From Copepods and Daphnia to Aquarium Management App and German Blue Rams

Join Aquarimax hosts Rus and Kelly as they discuss questions and comments from Dan in Auburn, WA; Tony In NY; Juliette in Paris, France; Alex in Melbourne, Australia; Andrejka in Oregon; and Anne in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Tony shared this link on raising Daphnia together with plants:

http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/shrimp-other-invertebrates/94835-raising-daphnia-floating-plants.html

as well as this link on aquarium-safe rocks:

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/rock_metals.php

 

Rus would like to add this link about raising Daphnia on some alternative food sources:

http://www.caudata.org/forum/f1173-advanced-newt-salamander-topics/f11-food-live-frozen-freeze-dried-pellets-etc/f12-daphnia-moina-brine-shrimp-etc/77665-results-experimentation-daphnia-cultures-alternate-feeding.html

 

Juliette would like to share two great links on shrimp:

caridea.org (in French)

crustahunter.com  (similar to above but in English and German)

Alex would like to make his web-based aquarium manager application available for free to all aquarists, so here it is:

http://aquarium-manager.herokuapp.com

 

 

Aquarimax Episode 90: Aquatics Live, Mollies, Tiger Shrimp, and more

Join Hosts Rus and Kelly as they discuss questions and comments from Stuart in the UK, Si in the UK, Holger in Denmark, and Mick in the UK.

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http://aquarimax.com/project-resources/aquarimax-episode-90-podcast-resources-page/

 

Aquarimax Episode 80: Fertilizer Tip, Cross-Country and Crossbreeding shrimp, changing pH, and more

Join hosts Rus and Kelly as they discuss questions and comments from Stuart in the UK, Cliff, Juliette in France,  Mick and Paul in the UK, Jackson in Australia, and more.

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Aquarimax Episode 72: pH, brine shrimp collecting, LED lights

Aquarimax hosts Rus and Kelly discuss comments and questions from Andrejka, Adrian, Mike, and Brian.

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Click here to see the YouTube video clip of the brine shrimp we caught in the Great Salt Lake 

Aquarimax Episode 48: Clown Loach Crisis and more

Aquarimax hosts Rus and Kelly discuss their new video of opae’ula, Robert’s Clown Loach Crisis, Grindal worms, hatching brine shrimp with baking soda instead of salt…and a few more things.
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Aquarimax Episode 27: Brine Shrimp

Aquarimax hosts Rus and Kelly discuss the New England Aquarium and brine shrimp, including collecting a few at the Great Salt Lake.

Aquarimax Episode 12-Culturing Flightless Fruit Flies

Aquarimax hosts Rus and Kelly discuss how to culture flightless fruit flies as a live food for aquarium fish and other creatures.

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Aquarimax Episode 11: Daphnia and Moina

Aquarimax Episode 11-Daphnia and Moina

Aquarimax Hosts Rus and Kelly discuss culturing Daphnia and Moina as live fish food.
Here is a quick guide on how to culture Daphnia:

 

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Episode 6: Culturing Amphipods

Aquarimax hosts Rus and Kelly explain how to culture and harvest amphipods (scuds)–an easily cultured live food for a wide range of aquarium fish.

Episode 3: Culturing Grindal Worms

Aquarimax hosts Rus and Kelly provide complete culturing instructions for Grindal worms as live food for aquarium fish.

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Episode 2 : Culturing Vinegar Eels

Aquarimax hosts Rus and Kelly explain how to culture vinegar eels as a live food for aquarium fish fry.

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Episode 1: Culturing Microworms and Walterworms

Aquarimax hosts Rus and Kelly provide complete culturing instructions for microworms and walterworms as live food for aquarium fish.

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