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Vol. 32 September - October 2018 No T 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 AVOL. 32Q SEPTEMBERUATI - OCTOBER 2018 No. 1CA Copperband Butterfly - Chelmon rostratus 1 107 Y EARSOF E DUCATING A QUARISTS AQUATICA VOL. 32 SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2018 NO. 1 C ONTENTS PAGE 2 THE AQUATICA STAFF PAGE 19 X-RAY TETRA. The author explains how he bred his X-ray tetras. PAGE 3 CALENDAR OF EVENTS. JOE GRAFFAGNINO - BAS BAS Events for the year 2018 PAG E 2 1 10 TOP HARDY PAGE 4 A WALK AROUND A FISH BUTTERFLIES FOR YOUR MARINE FARM! If you always wanted to know AQUARIUM. Butterflies do not have what a fish farm is like, read this a reputation as a hardy marine fish, but, description of a fish farm. like every rule, there are exceptions. ANTHONY P. KROEGER - BAS ANTHONY P. KROEGER - BAS PAGE 6 WHAT MAKES YOUR FRESHWATER PAGE 26 AQUARIUM PLANTS. Get to know AQUARIUM TOO ACIDIC AND HOW TO about some of the most common and basic types of CORRECT IT. Everything you need to know to aquarium plants. monitor pH levels and make the proper adjustments. JOEL ANTKOWIAK - ACLC TOBY SANDERS - BAS PAGE 29 THE GLASSFISH. A look at keeping PAGE 10 THE BLACK TETRA. Breeding this popular this fish from India and Thailand. aquarium fish. ANTHONY P. KROEGER - BAS JOE GRAFFAGNINO - BAS PAGE 30 SPECIES PROFILE. Information on the care and breeding of the glassfsh. PAGE 12 CATFISH DREAMS: THE PICTUS CATFISH. JOHN TODARO - BAS An overview of this beautiful catfish. SY ANGELICUS - BAS PAGE 31 BREEDING THE RUBY CLOWN CICHLID. A report on the breeding of this very PAGE 14 SPECIES PROFILE. Information on the attractive cichlid Pictus catfish, Pimelodus pictus. LEE VAN HYFTE - EIAA JOHN TODARO - BAS PAGE 33 SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS. THEY PAGE 15 BLACK FISHBONE PINTO SHRIMP. SUPPORT US. WE MUST SUPPORT THEM. Statistics on this freshwater shrimp.. RYAN CURTIS - BAS PAGE 35 SPONSORS’ ADS. PAGE 16 FRESH OFF THE PLANE. A look at some PAGE 38 THE BENEFITS OF BEING A MEMBER of the new plants entering the hobby. OF THE BAS. ANTHONY P. KROEGER - BAS PAGE 39 MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION. PAGE 18 MICROWORM CULTURE BASICS. Instructions on how to culture one of the simplest live foods for your fish. JOHN TODARO - BAS 2 A QUATICA STAFF Editor: Contributing Writers: Associate Designer: John Todaro Sy Angelicus Anthony P. Kroeger Copy Editor: Ginny Cahill Jole Antkowiak Toby Sanders Freshwater Shrimp Editor:Kay Martin Ryan Curtis John Todaro Marine Editor: Ryan Curtis Joe Graffagnino Lee Van Hyfte Plant Editor: Open Catfish Editor: Open Illustrations: Sy Angelicus JohnTodaro Norman Doughty Chris Giam Julia Noonan All articles in are the opinion and experiences of the author or authors, andAquatica do not necessarily represent the opinions of the Exchange Editor: Shelly Sacks editors or staff of or the Brooklyn Aquarium Society Inc. Bill Amely Aquatica Note: The Editor takes full responsibility for misspellings and punctuation errors. is published on line bi-monthly (except July/August) by BAS. may be reprinted by other non-profit organi- zations,AQUATICA provided proper credit is given to the author and , andOriginal two copies articles are sent to the Exchange Editor. Transcriptions of lectures may not be reprinted without written permission ofAQUATICA both Editor and the Speaker. A notice of where original articles have been published should be sent to the AQUATICA will exchange publicationsBAS with Exchange all interested Editor; societies. P.O. Box If we290610, do not Bklyn, receive NY your 11229-0111 publications for three consecutive months,AQUATICA we will assume you no longer wish to exchange and your club may be removed from our mailing list. • Editor: ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS PUBLICATION SHOULD BE SENT TO: John Todaro, 247 Middletown Road, South Londonderry VT, 05155 - Phone: 802 824-3743 Fax: Same. You can submit articles to the Editor by mail, fax, or E-mail to: [email protected]. The is a non-profit organization 501(c) (3) for people interested in the aquarium hobby and the study of Brooklyn Aquarium Society Inc. aquatic life. The Society meets the 2nd Friday of each month except July and August at the Education Hall of the New York Aquarium at Coney Island, Surf Avenue at West 8th St., at 7:30 PM. Meetings are open to visitors. Refreshments are served. Membership is $25 per year family/$20 individual/$15 for students under 14. Send inquiries or membership checks payable to: Brooklyn Aquarium Society, c/o Membership Chairperson, P.O. Box 290610, Brooklyn, NY 11229-0011. BROOKLYN AQUARIUM SOCIETY BOARD OF DIRECTORS Exchange Editor: OFFICERS BOARD MEMBERS President: Bill Amely Membership Chairperson: Robert Kolsky Steve Matassa Denver Lettmen 1st Vice President: David Manuel Nick Martinez Gennady (Gene) Kogan Sergeant-at-Arms: Leon Perry 2nd Vice President: Lita Goldberg Recording Secretary: Paul Santiago Marie Licciardello Alissa Sinckler Treasurer: Kay Martin Web Master: Wayne Sinckler CorrespondingOpen Secretary: Bob Strazzulla Editor:Bernard Deren Larry Whitfield Dan Smith Ronald Wiesenfield John Todaro 3 B R O O K LY N A Q UA R I U M S OCIETY CALENDAR OF EVENTS ~ 2018 EDUCATING AQUARISTS SINCE 1911 Welcome to an Exciting New Season of Adventures in Fish Keeping! e a ke r s & G r e a t S p c t i o n s G r e a t A u - Followed by an auction of marine fish, Justin Spall, H2OPlants.com Setting Up a Plant Room. ~ SEPTaqua-culturedcorals,freshwaterfish, 14 plants & dry goods. of marine fish, aqua-culturedcorals,freshwaterfish, plants & dry goods.. Giant Fall Auction ~ OCT 12 ~ Followed by an auction of marine fish, aqua-culturedcorals,freshwater Greg Sage - Selective breeding fish,NOV plants 9 & dry goods.. Fish Bingo & Prizes • BAS awards presentations. DEC 14 Holiday Party ~Members, their families & friends• 4 Anthony P. Kroeger - BAS A WALK AROUND A FISH FARM! We often hear the phrase “Captive farm raised ornamental fish.” But really what is a fish farm like and what goes on there? et’s look at and take a pools to use in case of drought. aquariums of all sizes with walk around a typ- Usually once a year pools drain holes drilled in the bot- ical fish farm in are fully harvested, drained and tom, huge fiberglass vats or any Florida. cleaned using a power washer. combination of all of the above. First thing you see at most fish It’s about the same as cleaning All harvested fish are farms are the pools. Rows and your swimming pool, but much placed in these and held indoors rows of them. Pools can vary in dirtier! Oh, and you have only without being fed for 24 to 36 Lsize depending on the species one pool. hours before shipping so as to being raised. Most pools, how- A fish farm may have as “clean out” their digestive tract ever, average 75’L X 25’W X many as 50 to 500 pools! A lot of and lower the amount of ammonia 5’D. Each pool usually contains work indeed. in the bag when they arrive to one species only. Pools are har- Most fish farms have customers. A typical packing vested about 3 to 6 months after very few buildings on them. house will have rows and rows of “seeding” with breeding stock, The major building all fish such holding areas, sometimes usually. Harvesting is done as farms have is the “packhouse.” numbering in the hundreds or needed for orders. This is where the fish are held even greater. On most farms, prior to shipping out. Walking through a full aeration/aerators are used on Inside the packhouse packing house prior to shipment the majority of pools. Almost all may be concrete burial vault is as close to heaven as an aquarist farms have water taps to their vats, large concrete pools, can get! Each tank or vat contains 5 one species only. All holding harlequin rasbora, etc. The being cleaned. receptacles are aerated; no filters resulting fry grow out in vats or Some farms use screen are used. pools. All breeding tanks are used houses to breed new or rare One side of the packing only once, then cleaned and species, such as silver arowana, house contains the “packing line.” reset. You think cleaning your fire eels, Synodontis catfish, This is a series of long tables 55-gallon is a lot of work? Try Tanganyika cichlids. (sometimes metal roller conveyor cleaning 1,000 2-gallon tanks All farm buildings usually belts). Boxes with bags and water every week to breed your fish have disnfectant foot baths for are lined up to put the fish in. in! This brings a new meaning your boots at the entry door The fish are placed in the box, to the concept of work! to avoid cross contamination which is moving down the line Breeding houses are always with diseases. Biosecurity is to air cylinders. Air is added and dimly lit. very important on a fish farm. the bags resealed with rubber Cichlids are a bit different Many fish farms have bands or metal staples/clips. as they require larger, permanently barrier beams around them if The box then moves to the tapping set tanks rather than small, they’re near a waterway to station where the bag is checked temporary tanks as noted above. prevent non-native species for leaks, placed back into the Angels and discus fall from escaping, and of course box then sealed.
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