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Aquarimax 272: Aquarium Podcast

Aquarimax on Aquariums! Join hosts Rus and Kelly as they discuss comments and questions from :Joe in Husdonville, MI; Josh in South Central Kentucky; Mick in Carnforth,UK; Juliette in Paris, France; and Jeremiah in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Here’s a pic of our second crested gecko, Jake:

Check out Josh’s lovely shrimp tanks, and the unfortunate parasitic invader:

Also, check out Mick’s marvelous herpetological additions, from banded geckos to a sand boa:

Aquarimax Episode 137: Return of the Living Parasites, and Top ~10 Freaky Fish (Halloween Episode)p

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Join Aquarimax hosts Rus and Kelly as they discuss comments and questions from Mick in Carnforth,UK, as well as the Top Ten? Twelve? Whatever Freaky Fish in a list mostly contributed by Mick Tony in New York and Mick in Carnforth, UK.

Check out this picture of a blobfish:

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01565/blobfish_1565953c.jpg

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

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