Category Archives: MISC

Aquarimax Episode 112: No-tech Fish Possibilities, Cycling Delays, Reluctant Bristlenoses, and More

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Join Aquarimax hosts Rus and Kelly as they discuss questions and comments from Andrejka in Oregon, Tony in New York, and Matthew in ?

To learn more about breeding Bristlenose Plecos (Ancistrus spp.)  listen to this episode:

http://aquarimax.com/2009/04/11/episode-8-breeding-bristlenoses-ancistrus/

or watch the YouTube Quick Guide here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ4hwr7uU9s

 

Aquarimax Episode Eleventy-One: Bristly Babies, Java Ferns, and Small Schoolers

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Join Aquarimax hosts Rus and Kelly as they discuss questions and comments from Carlos and Tony in New York and Juliette in Paris, France.

 

Here is the link to a site that discusses contenders for the most ancient extant species of animal:

http://www.urzeit-krebse.com/en/triops/triops-cancriformis

 

Aquarimax Episode 110: Ancient Aquarium Fish, Plant Anchoring, and More

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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

 

Aquarimax Episode 109: When Fish are Irregular, Better Rift Lake Info, and Shrimp Solutions

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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

 

Aquarimax Episode 108: Shrimp Parasites-Scutariella japonica? And More on Apistogramma cacatuoides

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Join Aquarimax hosts Rus and Kelly as they discuss questions and comments from Juliette in Paris, Tony in New York, and Mick in Carnforth, UK.

Here is a lovely pic of Charlie’s Apistogramma cacatuoides:

 

Here is the video Juliette found that provides evidence for a wormy parasite that attacks sakura shrimp:

Here’s a link to another video with a shrimp that seems to have a similar affliction:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSJLozOuGGo

This site: http://www.shrimpnow.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-4797.html
identifies these worms as Scutariella japonica