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A Small Central Filtration System for Killifish Kribs in My Krib!
Fish Tales Volume 8 Issue 2 Everyone Likes Turtles Kribs in my Krib! Do Some Writing! Handling Aquarium A Small Central Filtration Society History System for Killifish Fish Tales - 1 In this issue: 3 President’s Message Greg Steeves 3 FOTAS CARES Greg Steeves 4 Do Some Writing Greg Steeves Volume 8 Issue 2 The FOTAS Fish Tales is a quarterly publication of the Federation of Texas Aquarium Societies, a non-profit 7 A Small Central Filter System for organization. The views and opinions contained within are Killifish not necessarily those of the editors and/or the officers and Susan Robinson members of the Federation of Texas Aquarium Societies. FOTAS Fish Tales Editor: Gerald Griffin [email protected] 9 Kribs in my Krib! Valaree Baker Fish Tales Submission Guidelines Articles: Please submit all articles in electronic form. We can accept 12 Everyone Likes Turtles! most popular software formats and fonts. Email to herp- Denny Rogers [email protected]. Photos and graphics are encouraged with your articles! Please remember to include the photo/graphic credits. Graphics and photo files may be submitted in any format, however uncompressed TIFF, JPEG or vector for- 16 Handling Aquarium Society His- mat is preferred, at the highest resolution/file size possible. tory If you need help with graphics files or your file is too large to email, please contact me for alternative submission info. Gerald Griffin Art Submission: Graphics and photo files may be submitted in any format. However, uncompressed TIFF, JPEG or vector formats are 17 Aquarium Societies of the Lone preferred. Please submit the highest resolution possible. -
Marine Guide Setting up a Marine Aquarium
Marine Guide Setting up a marine aquarium A guide to make fish-keeping easier for you and more enjoyable for your fish. Marine Guide Index Page Contents 3 Introduction 3 Buying your aquarium 3 Assembly and set up 3 Maturing the filter system 4 Ways to speed up the maturation process. 4 Stocking the marine aquarium 4 Introducing new fish 4 Fish/Invertebrate community system 5 Creating fertile seawater 5 Weekly checks and maintenance 5 Monthly checks and maintenance 5 Recognising & dealing with ill health 6 Fish diseases chart 7 Shopping List All Information contained in this guide is given to the best of our knowledge and abilities. However, we cannot be held responsible for any losses or damage caused by the misinterpretation or misunderstanding of any of the enclosed or caused by misdiagnosis or the misuse of Waterlife products. Copyright © Waterlife Research Industries Ltd. 2008. Waterlife Research Ind. Ltd. Bath Road, Longford, Middlesex UB7 OED Great Britain. ©Copyright Waterlife Research Ind. Ltd. 2011. E&OE Mar 2011 2 Introduction Marine fish are, in our opinion, the most beautiful creatures on this planet. We are fortunate to be able to appreciate this beauty without fear of debilitating the reefs, thanks to an increasingly responsible sustainable marine trade, supplemented by captive-breeding programs. The latter is a subject close to our own hearts, having successfully reared the first Percula clown fishes in captivity in the UK in the 1970's. However, beauty comes at a price, these stunning creatures are more complex to keep in captivity than freshwater fish and so require investment in additional equipment….but we are confident we can help you achieve this with the Waterlife SeAquarium range. -
Back to Nature Natural Reef Aquarium Methodology by Mike Paletta (Aquarium USA 2000 Annual)
Back To Nature Natural Reef Aquarium Methodology by Mike Paletta (Aquarium USA 2000 annual) The reef hobby, that part of the aquarium hobby that has arguably experienced the most change, is ironically also an example of the axiom that the more things change the more they remain the same. During the past 10 years we have seen almost constant change in reefkeeping practices, and, in many instances, complete reversal of opinions as to which techniques or practices are the best. We have gone from not feeding our corals directly to feeding them, from using some type of substrate to none at all and then back again, and, finally, we have run the full gamut from using a lot of technology to little or none. It is this last change, commonly referred to as the "back to nature" or natural approach, that many hobbyists are now choosing to follow. Advocates of natural methodologies have been around since the 1960s, when the first "reefkeeper," Lee Chin Eng, initiated many of the concepts and techniques that are fundamental to successful reefkeeping. Mr. Eng lived near the ocean in Indonesia and used many of the materials that were readily available to him from this source. "Living stones," which have come to be known as live rock, were used in his systems as the main source of biological filtration. He also used natural seawater and changed it on a regular basis. His tanks were situated so they would receive several hours of direct sunlight each day, which kept them well illuminated. The only technology he used was a small air pump, which bubbled slowly into the tank. -
AC Spring 2006
13 American Currents Vol. 32, No. 2 System Design for the Ultimate Native Fish Aquarium Todd D. Crail 2348 Sherwood, Toledo, OH 43614, [email protected] Photos by the author. have a problem. I live in the central-east portion of that subterminal-mouthed species such as greenside darter North America where we share space with part of the (Etheostoma blennioides) and banded darter (E. zonale) are most diverse temperate fish fauna in the world. I know difficult to keep in robust shape in the presence of other fishes. I where they are and I spend most of my free time looking In addition, I was continually servicing their aquariums to at them in the field. I’ve also discovered how easily many of account for the excess nutrients and nitrogen that came from these beautiful animals can be kept in aquaria, where I further the heavier feedings needed to maintain even mediocre enjoy their beauty and learn more about their equally diverse robustness. (Since other fishkeepers told me success with habits, life histories and inter-species interactions. suckers in aquaria could be described as “dismal” at best, I How is this a problem? It’s a problem because I have only overlooked this family despite my fanatical interest in them.) so many aquariums and a finite amount of space to devote to In 1999, I caught the reefkeeping bug and left native these fishes! fishes to explore the ecology of the reef tank promoted by Ron In the following paragraphs, I share my experiences and Shimek, Eric Borneman and Rob Toonen on the reefkeeping the lessons I’ve learned solving this “problem,” explain the e-mail lists and, eventually, in hobbyist books. -
Aquacultue OPEN COURSE: NOTES PART 1
OPEN COURSE AQ5 D01 ORNAMENTAL FISH CULTURE GENERAL INTRODUCTION An aquarium is a marvelous piece of nature in an enclosed space, gathering the attraction of every human being. It is an amazing window to the fascinating underwater world. The term ‘aquarium’is a derivative of two words in Latin, i.e aqua denoting ‘water’ and arium or orium indicating ‘compartment’. Philip Henry Gosse, an English naturalist, was the first person to actually use the word "aquarium", in 1854 in his book The Aquarium: An Unveiling of the Wonders of the Deep Sea. In this book, Gosse primarily discussed saltwater aquaria. Aquarium or ornamental fish keeping has grown from the status of a mere hobby to a global industry capable of generating international exchequer at considerable levels. History shows that Romans have kept aquaria (plural for ‘aquarium’) since 2500 B.C and Chinese in 1278-960 B.C. But they used aquaria primarily for rearing and fattening of food fishes. Chinese developed the art of selective breeding in carp and goldfish, probably the best known animal for an aquarium. Ancient Egyptians were probably the first to keep the fish for ornamental purpose. World’s first public aquarium was established in Regents Park in London in 1853. Earlier only coldwater fishes were kept as pets as there was no practical system of heating which is required for tropical freshwater fish. The invention of electricity opened a vast scope of development in aquarium keeping. The ease of quick transportation and facilities for carting in temperature controlled packaging has broadened the horizon for this hobby. -
A Critical Comparison of ATS, Berlin, and Jaubert Methods of Aquarium
All images and data are copyrighted to Eric Borneman or used by permission from contributors. No information can be reproduced without express written permission Is there an ideal method? Eric Borneman University of Houston Department of Biology and Biochemistry The Real Thing – What is a Coral Reef? Characteristics: 1. Highly oligotrophic waters 2. High irradiance 3. Warm temperature 4. Very high species diversity 5. Habitat specialization/commensal and symbiotic relations 6. Adjacent community interaction 7. High rates of productivity 8. High rates of calcification 9. Dominated by turf and crustose algae, highly grazed 10. Variable percentage of coral coverage Coral Reefs = Deserts + Rainforests Organisms are specifically adapted to take advantage of low nutrient availability and high competition Individually, they would all take more food Together, if all had more food, the system would shift or collapse Environmental Averages and Extremes for Reef Sites (after Kleypas et al. 1999) Variable Minimum Maximum Average SD Temperature (oC) Average 21.0 29.5 27.6 1.1 Minimum 16.0 28.2 24.8 1.8 Maximum 24.7 34.4 30.2 0.6 Salinity (PSU) Minimum 23.3 40.0 34.3 1.2 Maximum 31.2 41.8 35.3 0.9 Nutrients (µmol L-1) NO3 0.00 3.34 0.25 0.28 PO4 0.00 0.54 0.13 0.08 Physico-chemical Environmental and Potentially Limiting Variables (after Kleypas, et al., 1999) Variable Reef Limits Time scale Temperature (oC) 18 annual minima Salinity (PSU) 25-42 continuous Light (µE m-2 s-1) 30-40% SSI (300-500PAR) limits reefs 10% SSI (100-180PAR) limits corals Nutrients (µmol l-1) NO3 0.5-3.0 PO4 0.1 - 2.0 Mangrove development While mangroves are often associated with coral reefs, they are extensive terrestrial and coastal elements most often influencing terrestrial runoff to reefs. -
Housing, Husbandry and Welfare of a “Classic” Fish Model, the Paradise Fish (Macropodus Opercularis)
animals Article Housing, Husbandry and Welfare of a “Classic” Fish Model, the Paradise Fish (Macropodus opercularis) Anita Rácz 1,* ,Gábor Adorján 2, Erika Fodor 1, Boglárka Sellyei 3, Mohammed Tolba 4, Ádám Miklósi 5 and Máté Varga 1,* 1 Department of Genetics, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter stny. 1C, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; [email protected] 2 Budapest Zoo, Állatkerti krt. 6-12, H-1146 Budapest, Hungary; [email protected] 3 Fish Pathology and Parasitology Team, Institute for Veterinary Medical Research, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungária krt. 21, 1143 Budapest, Hungary; [email protected] 4 Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Helwan 11795, Egypt; [email protected] 5 Department of Ethology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter stny. 1C, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected] (A.R.); [email protected] (M.V.) Simple Summary: Paradise fish (Macropodus opercularis) has been a favored subject of behavioral research during the last decades of the 20th century. Lately, however, with a massively expanding genetic toolkit and a well annotated, fully sequenced genome, zebrafish (Danio rerio) became a central model of recent behavioral research. But, as the zebrafish behavioral repertoire is less complex than that of the paradise fish, the focus on zebrafish is a compromise. With the advent of novel methodologies, we think it is time to bring back paradise fish and develop it into a modern model of Citation: Rácz, A.; Adorján, G.; behavioral and evolutionary developmental biology (evo-devo) studies. The first step is to define the Fodor, E.; Sellyei, B.; Tolba, M.; housing and husbandry conditions that can make a paradise fish a relevant and trustworthy model. -
Text Transformation K Text Statistics K Parsing Documents K Information Extraction K Link Analysis
Chapter IR:III III. Text Transformation q Text Statistics q Parsing Documents q Information Extraction q Link Analysis IR:III-25 Text Transformation © HAGEN/POTTHAST/STEIN 2018 Parsing Documents Retrieval Unit The atomic unit of retrieval of a search engine is typically a document. Relation between documents and files: q One file, one document. Examples: web page, PDF, Word file. q One file, many documents. Examples: archive files, email threads and attachments, Sammelbände. q Many files, one document. Examples: web-based slide decks, paginated web pages, e.g., forum threads. Dependent on the search domain, a retrieval unit may be defined different from what is commonly considered a document: q One document, many units. Examples: comments, reviews, discussion posts, arguments, chapters, sentences, words, etc. IR:III-26 Text Transformation © HAGEN/POTTHAST/STEIN 2018 Parsing Documents Index Term Documents and queries are preprocessed into sets of normalized index terms. Lemma- tization Stop word Index Plain text Tokenization extraction removal terms Stemming The primary goal of preprocessing is to unify the vocabularies of documents and queries. Each preprocessing step is a heuristic to increase the likelihood of semantic matches while minimizing spurious matches. A secondary goal of preprocessing is to create supplemental index terms to improve retrieval performance, e.g., for documents that do not posses many of their own. IR:III-27 Text Transformation © HAGEN/POTTHAST/STEIN 2018 Parsing Documents Document Structure and Markup The most common document format for web search engines is HTML. Non-HTML documents are converted to HTML documents for a unified processing pipeline. Index terms are obtained from URLs and HTML markup. -
Poisoned Waters
POISONED WATERS How Cyanide Fishing and the Aquarium Trade Are Devastating Coral Reefs and Tropical Fish Center for Biological Diversity For the Fishes June 2016 Royal blue tang fish / H. Krisp Executive Summary mollusks, and other invertebrates are killed in the vicinity of the cyanide that’s squirted on the reefs to he release of Disney/Pixar’s Finding Dory stun fish so they can be captured for the pet trade. An is likely to fuel a rapid increase in sales of estimated square meter of corals dies for each fish Ttropical reef fish, including royal blue tangs, captured using cyanide.” the stars of this widely promoted new film. It is also Reef poisoning and destruction are expected to likely to drive a destructive increase in the illegal use become more severe and widespread following of cyanide to catch aquarium fish. Finding Dory. Previous movies such as Finding Nemo The problem is already widespread: A new Center and 101 Dalmatians triggered a demonstrable increase for Biological Diversity analysis finds that, on in consumer purchases of animals featured in those average, 6 million tropical marine fish imported films (orange clownfish and Dalmatians respectively). into the United States each year have been exposed In this report we detail the status of cyanide fishing to cyanide poisoning in places like the Philippines for the saltwater aquarium industry and its existing and Indonesia. An additional 14 million fish likely impacts on fish, coral and other reef inhabitants. We died after being poisoned in order to bring those also provide a series of recommendations, including 6 million fish to market, and even the survivors reiterating a call to the National Marine Fisheries are likely to die early because of their exposure to Service, U.S. -
P1000 Trickle Filter
P1000 TRICKLE FILTER The P1000 is the perfect filter for systems up to 100 gallons. With all the same features of our larger units, the P1000 filter’s better performance and higher quality place it at the top of its class. The filter is designed for use with submersible pumps such as the Danner Mag Drive Series. The unique pre-filter over the drip plate is suspended above the drain holes to prevent clogging. The drip plate has a safety overflow port and is deep enough for chemical media, in addition to the proprietary pre-filter pads supplied. The white Sintra® lid over the drip plate helps silence the unit. Clear acrylic lids are optional. The AquaLifeBio media with its higher void space and sweep- ing surfaces far outperform other media. The unit’s secondary sponge filter can be placed beneath the media for conserving sump space, in the sump area using the partition wall, or in the sump with carbon above it for draining a protein skimmer, like the Model 22V. For heavily loaded systems or for just increasing the filtration capacity of the filter, a second sponge can be added giving the unit an unmatched dual sponge post filter configuration. With easy hook up and installation, this Aquarium Life Support Systems filter is unrivaled quality and superior performance at an economical price from a company you can count on. Like all of our filters, the P1000 is constructed from the 1/4” cast acrylic with the superior design, workmanship and features our customers have come to expect, and are backed up with a Lifetime Warranty. -
Happy New Year 2015
QUATICAQU AT H E O N - L I N E J O U R N A L O F T H E B R O O K L Y N A Q U A R I U M S O C I E T Y VOL. 28 JANUARY ~ FEBRUARY 2015 N o. 3 Metynnis argenteus Silver Dollar HA PPY NEW YEAR 1 104 Y EARS OF E DUCATING A QUARISTS AQUATICA VOL. 28 JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2015 NO. 3 C ONTENT S PAGE 2 THE AQUATICA STAFF. PAGE 23 NOTABLE NATIVES. All about some of the beautiful North PAGE 3 CALENDAR OF EVENTS. American aquarium fish, seldom seen BAS Events for the years 2015 - 2016 and almost never available commercially. ANTHONY P. KROEGER, BAS PAGE 4 MOLLIES LOVE CRACKERS! Collecting wild Sailfin Mollies in Florida. PAGE 25 SPECIES PROFILE. ANTHONY P. KROEGER, BAS Etheostoma caeruieum , Rainbow Darter. JOHN TODARO, BAS PAGE 6 SPECIES PROFILE. The Sailfin PAGE 26 HOBBY HAPPENINGS. Mollie, Poecili latipinna . JOHN TODARO, BAS The further aquatic adventures of Larry Jinks. PAGE 7 TERRORS OF THE LARRY JINKS, BAS, RAS, NJAS PLANTED AQUARIUM. Keeping Silver dollar fish; you must keep in PAGE 28 CATFISH CONNECTIONS. Sy introduces us to Australia’s yellow mind they’re in the same family as the tandanus. Piranha and are voracious plant eaters. fin JOHN TODARO, BAS SY ANGELICUS, BAS PAGE 10 SPECIES PROFILE. The Silver Dollar, PAGE 29 BLUE VELVET SHRIMP. Another article Metynnis ar genteus . on keeping freshwater shrimp, with information on JOHN TODARO, BAS keeping them healthy. BRAD KEMP, BAS, THE SHRIMP FARM.COM PAGE 11 SAND LOACHES - THEY BREED BY THEMSELVES . -
REEF PRO Brochure
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