Posts Tagged ‘aquablog’
Friday, November 18th, 2005
No this isn’t an article about the cartoon character Hong Kong Phooey, but with a name like Huey Hung you might think so. Taiwan Huey Hung Aquarium Equipment Co was established in 1986, has been devoting all effort in aquaria equipments developing, producing and selling. They have the finest quality, most variety choices, such as fish food, technical filters, medical powder for discus, aquarium nurses medicines. They are not only successful in Taiwan but also in China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia. They have gained many high opinions and approvals from many countries. It is also well know around the world, but little is known of them in the United Kingdom, unless you are in the Discus breeding community, where their sponge filters and medications are well known.
I’ve been considering switching to the Huey Hung Bio Sponge Filters range, they have certain advantages over the more common, less expensive Algarde Bio-Foam Internal 200 Sponge filters.
- Larger surface area.
- Power-heads can be attached.
- No need for airstone.
- No need for suckers.
This is a photograph of a test Huey Hung Bio Sponge Filters in my grow-out tank. This sponge filter is the HH-02 Super leader sponge filter 200L model, I purchased this in an auction for a fiver, which is very cheap, RRP is about 8 GBP. The problems I’ve found with the Algarde sponge filters are
- Airstones need regular replacement.
- Suckers need regular replacement.
This costs time and money, the airstones shouldn’t be a problem, because I’ve got a box of 250, but the suckers keeping wearing out every few months, and I need to keep replacing them at a cost of approx 1 GBP per sucker. It’s getting expensive, replacing suckers.
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Wednesday, November 16th, 2005
I’ve managed to obtain some better pictures after getting my Leica Digilux wet, after dunking the lens in the tank, I hope it’s waterproof.
Sturisoma Aureum fry feeding on courgette.
Male Sturisoma Aureum guarding and fanning the eggs.
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Wednesday, November 16th, 2005
This picture shows the level of damage to one of the female’s eyes, the eye has been removed, the cornea can be seen attached, not a pleasant sight.
I’m still treating the tank with 7ml of MelaFix, but she did not feed this evening, and I’m now concerned that she may be blinded in both eyes because of the attack by the male fish.
I’m consulting with my Vet next week on another animal matter, so I’m may talk to the Vet about the best possible treatment or euthanasia for this fish.
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Tuesday, November 8th, 2005
I kept forgetting to upload these photographs after the Bristlenose catfish Ancistrus sp. had completed their little task.
Most of the catfish I keep and have mentioned before consume algae wholly or as part of their diet. I use various prepared manufactured foods that contain algae that I feed to my catfish, but I do prefer that they have a chance to eat the real mccoy. It’s quite a challenge to grow alage of the correct type and quantity to satisfy the vegetarian catfish.
I’ve found that using a Sunglow & PowerGlo tube in combination stimulates high algal growth on two shelves in my fish house. I harvest the algae produced and use it as a food source in other catfish tanks and on occasion my catfish have an algae holiday.
Before the introduction of two albino Bristlenose catfish Ancistrus sp. into an 18x18x18 cube, heavily covered in algae.
After 72 Hours. You can see one Bristlenose catfish Ancistrus sp. in the picture. There is still algae on the floor on the tank, that they not yet consumed.
I have also found with experimentation, that Bristlenose catfish Ancistrus sp., “Plecos” and other L numbers, become lazy, at eating natural alage in the aquarium, if they are reguarly feed on algae wafers!
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Monday, November 7th, 2005
The Sturisoma aureum fry are not yet free swimming, they will probably be free swimming late tomorrow evening or Wednesday, during this time, the fry will be absorbing the last of their yolk sac, then they will start to feed.
I’ve prepared something special for them, following the ingredients and method previously mentioned. A truly hearty vegetarian meal fit for Royal Catfish.
I’ve poured the mixture into a small ice-cube maker, I hope it sets, I wasn’t too sure on the amount of water to use. I’ll use a razor blade to cut small pieces off, to feed them.
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Monday, November 7th, 2005
Sturisoma Aureum eggs hatch, if you look very carefully at the photograph, on the far right on top of the eggs, you’ll see a newly hatched Sturisoma Aureum.
First picture of a Sturisoma Aureum fry.
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Sunday, November 6th, 2005
Sturisoma Aureum eggs Still not hatched yet, but the eggs are very dark, almost black, so any day now, eggs can take up to eight days to hatch.
With the amount of rain we’ve had, I’m surprised the fish house has not floated away this morning.
Here’s a temperature graph of the fish house temperature and outdoor temperature plotted from Bonfire Night.
You can clearly see from the graph, when I relocated the external temperature probe outside the fish house. Someone left the lights on all night! Hence the fish house temperature is 26 degC, which is very high over night. The graph is produced with Microsoft Excel, but the PCtemp application logs to a *.CSV file for import into Microsoft Excel. In the future, I’ll maybe create an chart of temperature on this site (another project!).
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Thursday, November 3rd, 2005
While I was in the fish house this evening, fussing over the Sturisoma Aureum taking photographs, I noticed the Platinum Angelfish madly chasing the Ancistrus catfish, which I have since removed, remember what happened last time! I quickly grabbed my camera (I’ve changed from the Sony Mavica 2 Megapixel to my Leica Digilux camera, yes I still cannot take pictures in focus, so don’t let the man in the shop tell you that a more expensive camera is better, it’s the person behind the lens!)
here are some pictures:-
Platinum Angelfish Spawning, Female is at the top of the sponge filter uplift.
Male Platinum Angelfish getting very agreesive with me, female in the background.
Male Platinum Angelfish, sparing at the glass!
Sorry for peeps, that don’t have broadband, this site isn’t dial-up friendly! Does any one do dial-up anymore? If you dont got to your local library and take the url with you!
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Thursday, November 3rd, 2005
I never bred Sturisoma Aureum before, so it’s time to prepare some Brine Shrimp for the fry, many years ago after a disaster where a batch of Brine Shrimp didn’t hatch, a friend recommended different grades of ZM Fry Foods to feed to my fry. Since that day, I’ve always used ZM Fry Foods. But some fry, don’t eat dry food because it doesn’t move. Not knowing how well Sturisoma Aureum fry will take to eating dry food, I best prepare my brine shrimp cultures. It’s easy to put a pair of fish together in a tank, and get them to spawn, but rearing the fry is the challenge.
Here’s the Brine Shrimp Hatcher I use
Many fishkeepers, use a traditional milk bottle, and air stone with cotton wool as a bung. I’ve had these years, and they install inside the fish tank, and are okay for small numbers of brine shrimp. I’ll try and move the Sturisoma Aureum fry onto dry food as soon as possible. I didn’t think New Technology Brine Shrimp Hatcher kits were still available, but I’ve just checked, and surprisingly they are!
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Thursday, November 3rd, 2005
The eggs from the pair of Sturisoma Aureum are developing well, the embryos are developing well in the eggs, and you can see the “eyes”. Here is a picture at Day three after lay. There are approximately 100 eggs. If you compare earlier pictures, with this photograph, you will notice a difference, these have become much darker as the embryos grow and develop.
It was lucky I caught the male parent fish, feeding, and away from the eggs chasing the female away. The male fish is usually guarding the eggs and fanning them constantly. Sorry about the quality, I’ll try and get a better in focus shot, But I was more concerend in getting a shot, so I could count the eggs.
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