AQUATICA
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 VOL. 32 MARCH - APRIL 2019 No. 4
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Photo: John Todaro 1 108 YEARS OF E DUCATING A QUARISTS AQUATICA VOL. 32 MARCH - APRIL 2019 NO. 3 C ONTENTS PAGE 2 THE AQUATICA STAFF PAGE 22 WECOME TO THE WORLD, LITTLE FISH. IN 14 DAYS YOU’LL PAGE 3 CALENDAR OF EVENTS. START MAKING BABIES. How BAS Events for 2019. N. furzeri has learned to survive in the most difficult situations. PAGE 4 IS MY FISH SICK #4, FISH BILAL CHOUDHRY - NEW YORK TIMES DISEASE TIPS: COMMERCIAL REMEDIES. A look at what various PAGE 24 PULSING OR XENIA drugs are available at your local pet CORAL. THE CORAL THAT store and online.. WAVES AT YOU! Keeping and caring ANTHONY P. KROEGER - BAS for this very interesting family of corals. ANTHONY P. KROEGER -BAS PAGE 6 NANNACARA ANOMALA: PAGE 26 CATFISH DREAMS: BEORE & AFTER. Reading a 1951 issue THE PICTUS CATFISH. An overview of of Aquarium magazine and what Joe this beautiful catfish. learned from an article by Fritz Mayer about this fish. JOE GRAFFAGNINO -BAS SY ANGELICUS - BAS
PAGE 8 GREEN JADE SHRIMP. Information on PAGE 28 SPECIES PROFILE. An overview of this freshwater shrimp. Pimelodus pictus, the Pictus Cat. JOHN TODARO RYAN CURTIS -BAS -BAS PAGE 29 CANISTER FILTER TROUBLESHOOTING. PAGE 9 BREEDING DWARF SHRIMP. Tips on the How to troubleshoot and preempt canister filter breeding and care of dwarf shrimp. problems. RYAN CURTIS - BAS MARINEAND REEF.COM - NEWSLETTER
PAGE 12 HOW LONG SHOULD AQUARIUM PAGE 31 BLACKWATER JEWELS. Licorice gouramis, LIGHTS BE ON? Questions about lighting and advice Parosphromenus Spp. are a family of small blackwater on schedules for lighting. loving gourami species, beautiful, sensitive, challenging MAINEAND REEF.COM - Newsletter to keep and breed. Licorice gouramis are for experienced aquarist. This is not a beginner’s fish. PAGE 14 RASPBERRIES ARE GOOD FOR ANTHONY P. KROEGER -BAS YOU. RASPBERRY CORALS IN YOUR AQUARIUM. Keeping Pocillopora damicornis, PAGE 34 TIPS FOR A SUCCESSFUL PLANTED the raspberrie coral. AQUARIUM. A primer on setting up and caring ANTHONY P. KROEGER -BAS for a planted aquarium. DRS. FOSTER & SMITH - EDUCATIONAL STAFF PAGE 16 MARINE ANGELFISH #3 - BIG! BOLD! BEAUTIFUL! The blue face angel, PAGE 36 GET TO KNOW OUR SPONSORS. Euxiphipops xanthometopon. ANTHONY P. KROEGER -BAS PAGE 38 SPONSORS ADS. PAGE 19 RECIPE: ZUCCHINI STRIPS & CHIPS PAGE 41 THE BENEFITS OF BEING A MEMBER MUNCHIES FOR PLECOS. Zucchini is one of their OF THE BROOKLYN AQUARIUM SOCIETY favorite foods. How to prepare and serve zucchini. JOHN TODARO - BAS PAGE 42 MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION.
PAGE 20 OSCAR MAYHEM! Oscars can be a problem especially when they breed and you are not prepared. ANTHONY P. KROEGER -BAS 2 A QUATICA STAFF
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Kroeger - BAS IS MY FISH SICK - FISH DISEASE TIPS Part 1 can be read in Aquatica, Sept/Oct 2017 Part 2 can be read in Aquatica, May/Jun 2018 Part 3 can be read in Aquatica, Jan/Feb 2019 IS MY FISH SICK PART 4 Fish Disease Tips Commercial Remedies This time we will look at WHICH ONES SHOULD what various ?LURUPVTPWXVUP@X ;XIUJTOFXSIXMRLHQ2X UPUKFPAX1RFVNRSJFKTPEX>NWQW #2 Methylene Blue MRLHQXDSR@XDWOOXSPXJSQVXCUKVWRTUOXMTQWUQWQEX4TQN RWKWPVOFXMTQKSBWRWMXUXKSGFXSI >NWXURVTKOWXDUQXDRTVVWPXCFXFritz Mayer UPM The Aquarium MagazineAXMUVWMX;GRTO DUQXUKKSJGUPTWMXCFXUXCWULVTILOXNUPMXMRUDTPHXSI 8,8XGLCOTQNWMXCFX>NWX VSXCWXUPXWUQTOFX@WGVXQGWKTWQXDTVNXVNWXJUOW IRFXUPMXVNWXJUOWXHLURMQXVNWXSLVQTMWXURWUEX3UFWR HRSDTPHXVSX6XXTPKNWQXUPMXVNWXIWJUOWXUPXTPKN JWPVTSPQXVNUVXTVXTQXCWQVXVSXRWJSBWXVNWXJUOWXUVXVNTQ QJUOOWRE GSTPVXCWKULQWXVNWXIWJUOWXDTOOXKNUQWXUPMXNURUQQ >NWXJSMWRPXOTVWRUVLRWXVNUVX TheShrimpFarm.com is the place to go for freshwater shrimp. The new owner is Ryan Curtis, with a new mailing address: The Shrimp Farm USA, 2401 East Washington St, STE 200 A2, Bloomimgton, Il 61704 and has set up an Aquarium Shrimp Forum http://theshrimpfarm.com/forum/index.php. You can go to this forum and ask questions, talk to other shrimp nuts and discuss anything and everything related to Freshwater Aquarium Shrimp. GreenGreen JadeJade ShrimpShrimp :KTWPVTITKX$UJW2 Neocaridina davidi. *SJJSPX$UJW2XRWWPX:NRTJGE VNWRX*SJJSPX$UJW2XRWWPXUMWX:NRTJGE RTHTP2X G%X UPHW2X"E-X=X-E7E BREEDING DWARF SHRIMP When keeping Dwarf Shrimp in the home aquarium, one of the most exciting aspects is their ability to multiply rapidly. Most Dwarf Shrimp can double their population in three to six months, and this trait is making them more and more popular in that home aquarium trade. 4SRXVNWXGLRGSQWQXSIXVNTQXURVTKOWAX5DURIX:NRTJG 4SRX5DURIX:NRTJGXVSXCRWWMAXVNWRWXURWX! 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YOU WILL NEED: Cool the zucchini and serve. Pot to par-boil zucchini Par-boil only what you will serve. PREPARATION: It will not do well refrigerated. Cut zucchini into either chips (rounds) or strips (lengthwise) 20 Anthony P. Kroeger - BAS OSCAR MAYHEM! Oscars are awesome! But admittedly they Those six dined on earthworms, crayfish and crickets. Needless to can cause problems too! Especially say it was great conditioning! when they breed and you are not One day while I was walking prepared for the results! past the tanks, I noticed the Let me tell you about my 8” to 10” inch oscars. They are forgotten oscars. first spawning of oscars. usually a bit beat up being caught There were two badly I import/export and distribute on hook and line. But with good beaten/shredded oscars hanging at live aquarium fish. In Florida, care and food, they heal quickly. the surface that caught my eye. wholesalers can buy boxes of wild Wild oscars are green and brown Hmm! Oops! The other four had caught oscars (caught right out of with a red ringed ocellus. These are now become two pairs, one at each the Florida waterways). not red or albino oscars. end of the 55-gallon tank they had A box usually contains six Somehow a box got forgotten. been put in. 21 Both pairs were guarding well over 1,000 eggs each. I quickly removed the two beaten oscars. This was very easy, I put a black floating bucket into the tank and they swam right into it. I decided to leave the two pairs alone for fear if I tried to remove them, I would lose at least one spawn if not both. The two pairs were good as gold, fanning the eggs and removing any fungused ones. Soon the eggs hatched into wigglers. That night I used a clear plastic siphon hose to remove the wigglers into my grow-out vats. Breathing a sign of relief, I went home. The next morning I returned to find that mayhem had broken out in the tank. All four were now beaten and ripped up, evidently blaming each other for the disappear- ance of their respective fry. I separated both pair again feeding and conditioning them well. They spawned for many years for me. Mayhem managed, I call it Oscars are awesome! Just be ready for some mayhem! Happy fishkeeping. Tony 22 Bilal Choudhry - August, 2018 New York Times Welcome to the World, Little Fish. In 14 Days You’ll Start Making Babies. An adult male killifish, which goes from egg to sexually mature adult in just two weeks, can also have a flexible lifespan, researchers found. Photo: R. Blaek The African annual fish can reach sexual maturity in about two weeks, scientists found, the fastest known among vertebrates. Killifish are a family of freshwater fish that have evolved to survive in the most difficult of situations. 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Kroeger - BAS PulsingPulsing oror XeniaXenia CoraCorall TheThe CoralCoral ThatThat WavesWaves atat You!You! “I really like Xenia coral! It’s fascinating to watch as it pulses. It’s like it’s waving at you. 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Diet: WRFXWUQFXVSXIWWMEX Canister Filter Troubleshooting How to Troubleshoot and Preempt Canister Filter Problems Help! My Filter Is Leaking where leaks can occur. Some Canister filters are more common places with o-rings in- prone to leaking than any other clude the quick disconnect valves type of filter. If your filter is leaking, and the priming button. If you can you need to first find out where the identify where a leak is coming filter is leaking from. Occasionally from, swapping out the o-ring a leak occurs because a filter should fix the problem. It’s also a body, motorhead (top section with good practice to replace your o-ring pump) or hose connector is cracked. as preventative maintenance. But by far the most common location Spending a few dollars today on a for a leak is the main filter o-ring. new o-ring is a lot cheaper than We carry a wide variety of having your carpet cleaned or replacement canister filter o-rings hardwood floors re-finished because in our Aquarium Filter Replacement of a filter leak. O-rings should be Parts section. Even if your filter is replaced every year or at least not leaking, having an extra main every other year. New o-rings o-ring on hand is a good idea. should be lubricated with silicone Having to shut down your filter lubricant before installing. You can while you wait for an o-ring to ar- also extend the life of your o-rings rive can be costly. The main o-ring goes by many by applying Lifegard Aquatics Silicone O-Ring different names. AquaTop calls it the Barrel Head Lubricant every time you open up your filter for O-Ring. Fluval calls it the Motor Seal Ring and maintenance. Hydor calls it the Motorhead O-Ring. We carry Help! My Filter Isn’t parts for AquaTop, Fluval, Hydor (Profes- Pumping Any Water sional), JBJ (EFU Reaction), Lifegard, If your filter isn’t pumping water the first Marineland, Nu-Clear and Penn-Plax Canister thing to check is whether or not the impeller in Filters. See: Aquarium Filter Replacement Parts. the motor (pump) is moving. After turning off the Canister filters also have other o-rings filter, closing any valves, and disconnecting the 30 hoses (using the quick disconnect if there is one), Filter Pads open up the filter and locate the filter impeller. If your filter pads and media are clogged, This is usually in the top of the filter motor head. there will be less water flow. The more detritus in Once you have located the impeller, remove it the filter, the harder the pump must work to push and inspect it. If the impeller is broken, worn or water through the media and less water is swollen, then replace the impeller. Make sure to returned to the tank. also check the impeller shaft and impeller cover. How often a filter pad should be cleaned If either of these is broken then they should be and replaced is a function of your particular filter, replaced. the size of your aquarium and your bio-load. You Once you have confirmed that the impeller definitely want to clean your filter pads at least is intact, very briefly turn the filter on with the motor monthly. Information on how often you change head removed. If you can see that the impeller your filter pads and other media will be in your starts to turn then you know the motor is working. canister filter manual. We carry replacement If the motor still does not turn, then your main motor media in the Aquarium Filter Replacement Media head is bad and needs to be replaced. We carry section. replacement motors, impellers, impeller covers and Impeller Problems impeller shafts (also called motorheads or pumps) Impeller problems are not always obvious. in the Aquarium Filter Replacement Parts section. If the shaft or glue joint is broken, then the impeller Once you know the filter motor works, will not turn and there will be zero water movement. reassemble the filter but leave the filter hoses If there is some water flow, the problem could be disconnected. The next step is to check to make a build-up of material on the impeller. Clean it sure that the filter hoses are primed. Put a bucket and see if that helps. Other problems could be below the aquarium and place the filter hoses in some of the impeller blades have broken off or the bucket. Open the quick disconnect valves that the impeller or impeller magnet has swelled from the hoses. Water should freely flow through (this can happen if the pump runs dry). If there the hoses and into the bucket. If water does not are broken blades or a swelled magnet you’ll flow through the hoses, the hoses either are still need to replace the impeller. obstructed or need to be primed. Filter Hose Problems If you’re certain the hoses line are clear, If the impeller appears to be clean and but the water is not flowing, you’ll need to prime intact, the problem is likely an obstruction in the (to prime is to fill the hose lines with water) the fil- hoses. Start by removing the filter hoses and ter. Many filters have a built in priming button. If cleaning or replacing them. You can clean the hoses the filter does have a prime button, reconnect the using an Aquatop Cleaning Brush, 24” or a Two hoses and use the prime feature. If not, open the Little Fishies MagFox Magnetic Hose Cleaning valve on the hose and suck on the valve to start a Brush. The Mag Fox is excellent for extra long siphon (better dirty aquarium water than gasoline!). clear hoses. Because tubing is relatively cheap it Let the water pour into the bucket to confirm that may be easier to simply replace the hoses. We the siphon is complete. Once both lines are carry replacement hose in the Aquarium Filter primed, close the valves, re-connect them to the Replacement Parts section. filter, open the valves and plug in the filter. Help! My Filter is Pumping • Marineandreef.com, 1536 W. Todd, Very Slowly Suite A102, Tempe, AZ 85283 • Toll Free: 877.878.9349. 8-11:30 AM & 12:30-4 PM If your filter is pumping water slowly, then Mountain Time on Monday through Friday there is either a problem with the impeller, an • Email: [email protected]* obstruction in the filter hoses or dirty filter pads. 31 Anthony P. Kroeger - BAS BBllaacckkwwaatteerr JJeewweellss The Licorice Gouramis Parosphromenus spp. Licorice gouramis are a family of small blackwater loving gourami species. Beautiful, sensitive, challenging to keep and breed, Licorice gouramis are for experienced aquarists. 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Foster & Smith - Educational Staff Reprinted from drsfostersmith.com Featuring live plants in your aquarium not only makes it more attractive, but is much healthier for your aquarium’s inhabitants. Live plants provide your fish a natural food source with the ability to replenish. By far the biggest benefit that live plants provide for your aquarium is that they produce Planted Aquarium When first adding live plants in your aquarium, oxygen (O2) and absorb the carbon dioxide (CO2) it is wise to choose hardy plants such as Sagittaria, and ammonia (NH3) that your fish generate. Adding live plants in your aquarium helps recreate Sword Plants, or Moneywort. As you gain more a natural ecosystem in miniature, and may be confidence and experience, you can start including one of the most beneficial ways to keep your fish the more sensitive plant species. healthy. Plants provide shelter and security for the fish. Because they compete with algae for nutrients, Plant Selection & Placement Tips: they can help to reduce algae growth. Live plants • To create a natural-looking garden aquarium, enhance the appearance and provide a much add diverse variety of plant species. The visual more natural environment for the fish. By improving effect is lush and beautiful. water quality and reducing stress, live plants are • While foreground and background plants help a great way to improve your fishes' health. define your composition, don't nece