Join Aquarimax hosts Rus and Kelly as they discuss questions and comments from Andrejka in Oregon and Juliette in Paris, France.

Here are some links on ancient fish that are kept in aquaria:

Alligator gar-apparently unchanged for 50 million years
http://www.fossil-treasures-of-florida.com/garfish.html

Australian lungfish-have been around 100 million years
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Lungfish

Bichirs and related ropefish Senegal bichir-polypterus senegalus -have been around at least since the Cretaceous period
http://listverse.com/2010/05/14/top-10-prehistoric-fish-alive-today/
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/fwsubwebindex/polypterids.htm
Since before separation from Africa
145-65 million years ago

Arowanas-At least one lineage, the silver arowana, appears to be 170 million years old

http://www.brh.co.jp/en/experience/journal/39/research_1.html

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Join Aquarimax hosts Rus and Kelly as they discuss comments and questions from Andrejka in Oregon, David in Santa Clara, CA, and Mick in Carnforth, UK.

Here are the resources David in Santa Clara suggested for finding out more info on the Rift Lakes and the cichlids that inhabit them:

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

Konings, A., TANGANYIKA CICHLIDS in their natural habitat, Cichlid Press, Copyright 1998

http://www.pnas.org/content/102/suppl.1/6581.full

http://www.africamuseum.be/publication_docs/1995_Delvaux_Age-Lake-Malawi.pdf

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/300/5617/325.short

Here’s some information from Mick’s fellow shrimpkeeping friend that helped him cure a parasitic infection of his sakura red shrimp:

he recommended tremazol by sera med for parasites:
http://www.shrimpnow.com/content.php/260-Vorticella-Parasites-on-Shrimps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUv_6ufJC7Q

for pests that don’t actually live in/on the shrimp, he recommended panacur:

http://www.planetinverts.com/killing_planaria_and_hydra.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG1LEfixa9U

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Join Aquarimax hosts Rus and Kelly as they discuss questions and comments from Tony in New York, Juliette in Paris, France, Charlie in North Carolina, Jonas in Sweden, and Mick in Carnforth, UK.

Here’s a short video of the highlights of Rus’ visit to Adventure Aquarium:

Here’s an article that provides a nice intro to Apistogramma cacatuoides, the cockatoo cichlid:

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

Check out Micks’ video of an orange cherry shrimp that faded a bit at berrying time:

See how the frogs in Mick’s pond are feeling the spring (the serenade gets his fire-belly toads singing too!)

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Join hosts Rus and Kelly as they discuss comments and questions from Andrejka in Oregon, Carlos in New York, Jackson in Australia, Ken Jones, the Prince of Ponds, Cliff in Michigan, Sam J in his current location, Tony in New York, Nathan in Salisbury, England, and Mick in Carnforth, UK.

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Join Aquarimax hosts Rus and Kelly as they discuss comments and questions from Anne in Pittsburgh, Ken, the Prince of Ponds, and Mick in Carnforth, Uk.

Also: Check out the newest Aquarimax Quick Guide here  (About Goldfish Breeding Tubercles.)

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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

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Join Aquarimax hosts Rus and Kelly as they discuss comments and questions from Brian in Idaho, Ken Jones, Prince of Ponds, and Charlie and Candice in North Carolina.

Here’s a pic of the Acrylic background Charlie just painted:

This is what he said about it:

So I wanted to share a new idea with y’all.  My girlfriend and I sort of stumbled upon this when I couldn’t find spray paint.  I’m sure this has been done before, but it’s not mentioned very often, if at all.

“Painting your own background with acrylics.  IT’S FUN.  You can paint with acrylics in your living room watching TV.  If your not the artsy type you can go with a solid color or try mixing up a color of your choosing.  The paint is easily scraped off with a credit card when semi-wet (if you mess up like I did).  If you don’t like it after it’s totally dry you could use some vinegar and a bit of scraping to get it off (haven’t experimented with this so I can’t say for sure how easy it is).  Acetone will take it off too but would be risky near the water column, heh.

Couple tips:

1.  If you have a large portable mirror this will help see through the front of the tank while painting.

2.  If you choose to mix colors use A LOT of paint so you won’t run out before you’re finished.  Save the extra paint in an airless container or ziplock for touch-ups and avoid wasting paint.

3.  You don’t have to lay the paint on thick.

4.  Remember that only the first coat of paint will show through.  I know this is obvious just something to keep in mind, it’s easy to forget while painting.

I attached a picture of the BG on the 25 gallon we painted, the tank is very new and the water is still cloudy from the sand, sorry about that.”

Thanks for sharing Charlie, we’re going to have to try this…!

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Join hosts Rus and Kelly as they discuss comments and questions from Mick in Carnforth, UK, Randall in Utah, Andrejka in Oregon, and Nigel.

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Join hosts Rus and Kelly as they discuss questions and comments from Stuart and Mick in the UK, Andrejka in Oregon, Brian in Idaho, and Russ (not to be confused with Rus.)

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Aquarimax hosts Rus and Kelly discuss questions and comments from Juliette in Paris, France, Brian in Idaho, as well as Stuart and Mick in the UK.

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Aquarimax hosts Rus and Kelly discuss comments and questions fromJacksoninAustralia, Juliette inFrance, Mick in theUK, and Nigel. They also talk about some new plants they’ve been trying out.

Here’s the resources page link:

http://aquarimax.com/project-resources/aquarimax-episode-82-podcast-resource-page/

Also check out our new Triops video on Youtube:

http://youtu.be/4F5lpOJIG88?hd=1

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Aquarimax hosts Rus and Kelly discuss how to hatch Daphnia eggs, as well as questions and comments from Brian in Idaho, John I., Andrejka in Oregon, and Juliette in Paris, France.

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Join hosts Rus and Kelly as they talk about UV sterilization ,Chlorine and Chloramine, Rainbowfish, Amano Shrimp, Snail Control, and a special spotlight on newts. Thanks to Stuart, Andrejka, Robert, Anne, and David N., and Mick!

Click here to see pictures of Mick’s newt setup:

http://aquarimax.com/project-resources/aquarimax-episode-68-podcast-resources-page/

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