I’ve moved twenty young Sturisoma Aureum catfish from the breeding tank to their new growing-on tank this evening.
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Twenty young Sturisoma Aureum catfish
Wednesday, December 21st, 2005L190 and Altum Angelfish
Tuesday, December 20th, 2005I visited Maidenhead Aquatics today in York, in my lunchtime, I needed to purchase an aquarium thermometer and some bogwood for the new growing-on tank for the young Sturisoma Aureum.
At the time of visiting they had four Altum Angelfish at 25 GBP each, a good size and quality, they also had many L190 at a few inches at 15 GBP.
Algae starts to grow
Monday, December 19th, 2005Algae has started to grow on the new growing-on tank for the Sturisoma Aureum catfish, so the Power-Glo tube is working correctly this should help their feeding requirements.
Snails are also getting out of control in one of the aquariums, I knew it was a mistake to leave that single snail!
Christmas Shopping
Sunday, December 18th, 2005Sorry for the lack of posts, I’ve been busy Christmas Shopping and arranging Christmas things.
Five young Sturisoma Aureum catfish
Saturday, December 17th, 2005I’ve moved five young Sturisoma Aureum catfish to the larger growing-on tank this evening, and provided the Zebra Danios don’t eat them, they should have a lot more space to grow.
Recycling Armitage Combined Heater Thermostats
Friday, December 16th, 2005I don’t use or trust combined heater/thermostats that use conventional bi-metallic strips. I believe that some modern combined heater /thermostats use electronic thermostats today, and do not rely on bi-metallic strips anymore, but the majority of the cheaper modern combined heater/thermostats still use the troublesome, unreliable bi-metallic strip, which have the habit of “sticking-on” and over-heating the aquarium with disastrous consequences.
I use either Eheim Thermofilters (I’ve had of these fail, and over-heat an aquarium!), Hydor External heaters or dedicated external thermostats connected to a heater to control the temperature in the aquariums in the fish house.
I found a box of Armitage Combined Heater/Thermostats in the attic from the 1980-1990s, I don’t think Armitages, Nottingham manufactuer any electrical hardware for the Aquatic industry today. I’ve spent some time removing all the bi-metallic strips, and hardwiring the heaters so they are permanently on, so they can be controlled by my dedicated external thermostats. I was going to throw this box of heaters on the local tip, so they now have a new life.
Frozen Food
Thursday, December 15th, 2005I’ve finally managed to track down a local supplier that can supply Frozen Ruto fish food by mail at a good price. So 6Kg of Frozen Bloodworm arrived on Thursday to my Office! With the help of a local Sandwich/Coffee Shop, I was able to store the frozen bloodworm in their empty freezer – thanks to Nikki.
So my freezer in the garage is well stocked for Christmas.
Purple Spotted Gudgeon Mogurnda Asdpersa Spawn
Thursday, December 15th, 2005I thought one of my cats had sneezed on the bottom display tank in the “sun room”, only to discover that the smaller Purple Spotted Gudgeon Mogurnda Asdpersa, have turned out to be a pair, and have spawned in the community tank. These two fish were moved into this tank in September, after purchasing at the beginning of the very same month. I originally purchased six fish, of which two died.
This pair are much smaller, than the two larger fish I have in the fish house. The two fish in the fish house have turned into 5 inch monsters. These fish have fanastic colouration when spawning.
I’ve also got two young pairs of Angelfish in the 6x2x2 aquarium in the fish house, spawning in opposite corners!
Singleton Zebra Danios
Tuesday, December 13th, 2005I’ve moved four rouge “singleton” Zebra Danios into Aquarium No.9 to cycle the tank. These zebra danios have been fish that I’ve never been able to catch in tanks that they have “cycled”. I always keep spare Zebra Danios, they are very hardy fish, and excellent for “cycling” new aquariums.
Because I’ve used “mature” water and a mature filter from another established tank (I always keep spare mature filters on standby) it’s probably not necessary to “cycle” the tank, as it’s mature. But I always like to setup new aquariums in this way. I can also keep a watch on the water quality over the next two weeks. I always test the water, and do not subject the fish to any stress.
Here are the results before transferring any fish into Aquarium No.9
Zero to Low Nirite (blue) and Zero to Low Ammommnia results.
Electrics labelled
Tuesday, December 13th, 2005I’m pulling the late shift at the office again, this week. So not got much time after work, so I’ve spent some time this evening doing the boring jobs, and labelling the electrics in the fish house, it needed doing. I’ve also finally completed all the electrics for Aquarium No.9. I’ve just found out that nPower are increasing their electricity and gas prices from the 1 January 2006, so I’m glad I switched!
I’ve been feeding an empty fish tank to help it mature. So I didn’t think a picture of an empty fish tank would be exciting enough to post in the blog.
Tomorrow evening time permitting, and poviding the water quality is okay, I’ll move some hardy Zebra Danios and Guppies into the tank to help cycle the it.
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