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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 . A report on how David bred this PAGE 29 PRISON BREAK-THE CONVICT interesting loach, or how they did it themselves. WORM GOBY. Notes on keeping this beautiful DAVID BANKS, TFCB and hardy marine fish ANTHONY P. KROEGER, BAS PAGE 13 SPECIES PROFILE. The Sand Loach better known as the Banded Mountain Loach, PAGE 31 SPECIES PROFILE. Pholidichthys Acanthocobitis urophthalmus. eucotaenia, Convict Goby or Engineer Goby. JOHN TODARO, BAS JOHN TODARO, BAS PAGE 14 THE PRACTICAL PLANT. Propagating PAGE 32 HOW TO QUARANTINE FRESH & Pogostemon stellata , a native Asian stem plant that SALTWATER FISH & INVERTEBRATES. Detailed requires high light. When grown in sufficient light, it information on quarantining your newly purchased fish or will turn a fabulous red color. A real attention getter. invertebrates that can save you from endangering the IZZY ZWERIN, BAS animals already in your tank. FRANK M. GRECO, FRANK’SAQUARIUM.COM PAGE 15 CANADIAN BEEF HEART & LIVER ‘ DINNER. A hearty recipe from our friends north PAGE 36 EXCHANGE EDITOR’S REPORT Stu of the border for those fish that crave high protein recommends articles from a few of our sister foods. Paprika is added to enhance fish color. societies. JOHN TODARO, BAS STU HERSHKOWITZ, BAS PAGE 16 COOL CATS. PAGE 37 OUR SPONSORS: THEY SUPPORT Information on the care and breeding of Corydoras US. WE MUST SUPPORT THEM. catfish from the master of catfish breeding, Ian Fuller. IAN FULLER, BAS PAGE 37 SPONSORS ADS. PAGE 18 THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT. PAGE 39 MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION. Jason writes in detail about the basic principles of keeping a reef aquarium, in 3 parts. JASON KIM 2 A QUATICA STAF F Editor: John Todaro Contributing Writers: Larry Jinks Associate Designer: Ginny Cahill Sy Angelious Brad Kemp Copy Editor: Kay Martin David Banks Jason Kim Freshwater Shrimp Editor: Brad Kemp Marc Elieson Anthony P. Kroeger Marine Editor: Anthony P. Kroeger Ian Fuller John Todaro Plant Editor: Izzy Zwerin Joe Graffagnino Izzy Zwerin Catfish Editor: Sy Angelicus Frank Greco Exchange Editor: Stu Hershkowitz Illustrations: JohnTodaro All articles in Aquatica are the opinion and experiences of Norman Doughty, the author or authors, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the editors or staff of Aquatica or the Chris Giam, Brooklyn Aquarium Society Inc. Julia Noonan, Shelly Sacks Note: The Editor takes full responsibility for misspellings and punctuation errors . AQUATICA is published on line bi-monthly (except July/August) by BAS. Original articles may be reprinted by other non-profit organi- zations, provided proper credit is given to the author and AQUATICA , and two copies are sent to the Exchange Editor. Transcriptions of lectures may not be reprinted without written permission of both Editor and the Speaker. A notice of where original AQUATICA articles have been published should be sent to the BAS Exchange Editor; Stu Hershkowitz, P.O. Box 290610, Bklyn, NY 11229-0111 AQUATICA will exchange publications with all interested societies. If we do not receive your publications for three consecutive months, we will assume you no longer wish to exchange and your club may be removed from the mailing list. ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS PUBLICATION SHOULD BE SENT TO : • Editor: John Todaro, 247 Middletown Road, South Londonderry, VT 05155 - Phone: 802 824-3743 Fax: Same number. You can submit articles to the Editor by mail, fax, or E-mail to: [email protected]. The Brooklyn Aquarium Society Inc. is a non-profit organization 501(c) (3) for people interested in the aquarium hobby and the study of 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 OFFICERS Exchange Editor: BOARD MEMBERS President: Stuart Hershkowitz Bill Amely Joseph Graffagnino Membership Chairperson: John Fox 1st Vice President: Christina Cingari Marty Karfinkel Steve Matassa Sergeant-at-Arms: Gennady (Gene) Kogan 2nd Vice President: Lita Goldberg Tomas Lis Marie Licciardello Recording Secretary: David Manuel Treasurer: Kay Martin Dr. Robert M. Price Denise Hershkowitz Web Master: Alfred Turrisi Corresponding Secretary: Bernard Deren Dan Smith Editor: John Todaro 3 B R O O K LY N A Q UA R I U M S O C I E TY CALENDAR OF EVENTS ~ 2015 HAPPY NEW YEAR 2015 JAN 9 Mark Soberman ~ Keeping & Breeding Corydoras, Aspidoras & Brochis Catfish ~ Marine fish, aqua-cultured corals,freshwater fish, plants & dry goods auction. FEB 13 Joe Yaiullo - Reef Water Flow - How Much is Too Much? ~ Marine fish, aqua-cultured corals, freshwater fish, plants & dry goods auction. MAR 13 Discus Hans - Raising Discus - Marine fish,aqua-cultured corals,freshwaterfish, plants & dry goods auction. APR 10 Todd C. LaJeunesse - The Intriguing Evolution of Palau Corals ~ Marine fish, aqua-cultured corals, freshwater fish, plants & dry goods auction. MAY 8 Giant Spring Auction ~ Freshwater fish, plants, marine fish, aqua-cultured corals & dry goods including a 55 gal. tank & stand. JUN 12 Lou Ekus (Tropic Marin USA) ~ Basics of Reef Chemistry ~ Marine fish, aqua-cultured corals, freshwater fish, plants & dry goods auction. JULY/AUGUST - NO MEETINGS SEPT 11 TBA ~ Marine fish, aqua-cultured corals, freshwater fish, plants & dry goods auction. OCT 9 Giant Fall Auction ~ Freshwater fish, plants, marine fish, aqua-cultured corals & dry goods, including a 55 gallon tank & stand. NOV 13 Bob Fenner ~ Reef Stocking ~ Marine fish, aqua-cultured corals, freshwater fish, plants & dry goods auction. DEC 11 Holiday Party ~ Members, their families and friends, all you can eat sit-down dinner • Fish Bingo & Prizes • BAS awards presentations. 4 Anthony P. Kroeger - BAS MOLLIES LOVE CRACKERS! Collecting Sailfin Mollies in Florida veryone loves heated by the sun. The vacations. water temperature here The sunshine can easily hit 85˚F. E Rarely does one find state of Florida mollies in shade, cooler is an awesome place environments and never in to vacation, especially for aquarists. water devoid of plant life or algae. So many beautiful and interesting So how do you collect mollies in Florida? fish live there. Undoubtedly one of It’s pretty easy actually and what’s a better the most beautiful is the native way to remember your vacation than by looking green sailfin molly, Poecillia latipinna. at a tank of fish you collected while on it! A male in full display is Basic equipment is all that’s needed: dip incredibly gorgeous with shimmering nets, buckets, bait, 5 gallon buckets and a general blues, reds and greens, with the bait aerator. You can easily find these items at sunlight playing off him. No aquarist Wal-Mart, your local fishing supply store and would ever forget the beauty of maybe even your pet shop. The cost of these this fish. items is minimal. You do need a State of Florida Sailfin mollies are a relatively common fishing license. All bait shops and sporting goods fish in Florida. They inhabit most creeks, canals, stores in Florida sell them. The cost is about $25. pools, lakes and drainage ditches which are My favorite place to go “mollie” fishing is exposed to sunshine. This exposure to sunlight in orange groves. Why orange groves you ask? promotes both the growth of plants and algae, Well, orange groves are surrounded by drainage both of which mollies need to thrive. ditches. These ditches are easily accessible, tree-free, In addition, these environments are warm, sandy bottomed and shallow (no gators). Plus they are everywhere. Along roads, they’re consid- 5 ered public domain, so you can catching ditch fish that they collect them with just a license. Note to plant couldn’t take it anymore. These open exposed Pedro is from Mexico. He ditches usually contain exten- afficionados - picks Valencia oranges for a sive growth of plants and al- DO NOT living.
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    www.nature.com/scientificreports OPEN Species composition and invasion risks of alien ornamental freshwater fshes from pet stores in Klang Valley, Malaysia Abdulwakil Olawale Saba1,2, Ahmad Ismail1, Syaizwan Zahmir Zulkifi1, Muhammad Rasul Abdullah Halim3, Noor Azrizal Abdul Wahid4 & Mohammad Noor Azmai Amal1* The ornamental fsh trade has been considered as one of the most important routes of invasive alien fsh introduction into native freshwater ecosystems. Therefore, the species composition and invasion risks of fsh species from 60 freshwater fsh pet stores in Klang Valley, Malaysia were studied. A checklist of taxa belonging to 18 orders, 53 families, and 251 species of alien fshes was documented. Fish Invasiveness Screening Test (FIST) showed that seven (30.43%), eight (34.78%) and eight (34.78%) species were considered to be high, medium and low invasion risks, respectively. After the calibration of the Fish Invasiveness Screening Kit (FISK) v2 using the Receiver Operating Characteristics, a threshold value of 17 for distinguishing between invasive and non-invasive fshes was identifed. As a result, nine species (39.13%) were of high invasion risk. In this study, we found that non-native fshes dominated (85.66%) the freshwater ornamental trade in Klang Valley, while FISK is a more robust tool in assessing the risk of invasion, and for the most part, its outcome was commensurate with FIST. This study, for the frst time, revealed the number of high-risk ornamental fsh species that give an awareness of possible future invasion if unmonitored in Klang Valley, Malaysia. As a global hobby, fshkeeping is cherished by both young and old people.