Purchased two tubs of Sera Catfish Chips this morning, as the catfish seem to prefer these now to Hikari Algae wafers, and I was told that Sera use to produce fish food for Hikari in Germany, before production was shited to Japan!
Visited Tropica near Harrogate, and Petland in York, excellent L numbers on display, and Twig catfish, but resisted the temptation, today!
I have noticed that one of my very old large Marble Angel fish may have developed Pop-Eye. Not to be confused with the Sailor!
I do not breed from this angel fish any more, this female is too old, and lives in my display tank in the house.
Pop-eye is caused by: bacterial infection, parasite infestation, metabolic disorders, and poor water quality.
Symptoms: one or both eyes swell and project from the head. In severe cases, the eye can burst from the socket.
Treatment/Control: affected fish can be treated with MelaFix.
The water quality in the aquarium checks out okay, I’ll maintain a close “eye” on her condition. Excuse the pun!
Why do the fluorescent tube plastic clips break every time a change a fluorescent tube, these must be designed for one use only.
I had forgotten that this tube was a 40 watt Triton 1.5 inch, so I’ve replaced it with a 40 watt Aquaglow 1 inch from my dwindling stock of fluorescent tubes. Many years ago, a friend thought it was a good idea to purchase a batch of aquatic fluorescent tubes from a pet shop closing down sale, they would come in handy, I’ve been moving these tubes around with me for the last 10 years, and I’ve now only got one left. So Andrew, I’ve finally used them all!
Replacement tube on top of 6ftx2ftx2ft tank.
Close up of the occupants.
Snails and Endlers are breeding out of control, I need to replace a few items, the fluorescent tube above my 6x2x2 tanks has started to fail, and I need to purchase some replacement combined heater thermostats or heaters for my tank in the house, a slim-line Algarde heater failed before I went away for the new year, so a temporay fix is currently in place, using Armitage heaters.
Sturisoma Aureum Fifth Spawning Attempt
I’ve been analysing all the electricity used in the fish house, with the use of my Power Meters, and I can reveal I use an Average of 70kWh a day!
Hence I’ve recently switched suppliers in November 2005, and gain to make a saving of over 800 pound per annum.
Almost five days and no posts, not a good start to 2006!
Sorry for no posts in the last couple of days, I’m trying to repair my Father’s TiVo!
It’s taking longer that I thought!
Endlers are breeding out of control, there are hundreds of fry in the tank at present.
Sturisoma Aureum catfish are enjoying the free algae that’s growing in the growing-on tank.
or Sugar Snap Peas, what have these got to do with Andysworld you may ask?
I use to grow Mange-Tout aka Sugar Snap Peas in sections of drain pipe for easy relocation to the vegetable plot, I’ve now re-used them in the garage outside of the “fish house” to catch the condensation falling from the internal garage roof, I had more water on the floor, than in the fish tanks a few weeks ago. I don’t think a dehumidifier would work because the temperature is too low, and I’ve got a approx 2,500l of of heated water in the fish house which evaporates!
So I’ve rigged up a some guttering to catch the water, and drips by gravity into a bucket, it’s certainly much drier in the garage!
Happy New Year 2006
One pair of angelfish have spawned, and I’ve discovered another pair with 1-2 day old wrigglers! Missed that pair, I blame that on too much wine on Christmas Day!
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