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Monday, May 22nd, 2006
This hasn’t got aything todo with Noggin the Nog or Nogbad the Bad, although the later could be compared with the EU Legislation in place! Please read on …
I received an email today from a fellow aquarist who breeds Good Quality Discus in South Yorkshire, asking me where I obtained my secret supply of Hikari Algae Wafers, as he has been having difficulties obtaining them. I quickly checked a few mail order suppliers and was surprised to find they were all Out Of Stock, last October I posted an entry, stating the EU had lifted the temporary restriction on Hikari products.
I’ve spoken to PPI this afternoon, the Sole Distributors for Hikari products in the UK, which stated that some stocks of Hikari products were imported into the UK, in September/October 2005, but the temporary restrictions of Hikari products are still in place. I had assumed after this press release in September 2005, that the temporary restrictions had been lifted.
Inspectors are currently visting the Hikari plants in Japan, and a Press Release is due in the next two-three weeks.
The Algae wafer market seems to have been flooded by King British, Tetra and others to plug this hole that currently exists, in my opinion these are not as good. Sera have a good product. Catfish Crisps, my Whiptails prefer these to Hikari Algae Wafers. But I’ve not been able to purchase these in 1kg bags, have I posted this before? rumours state that Sera once made this product for Hikari, before production was moved to Japan – Allegedly.
Sera now have their own excellent coldwater, tropical and marine range of fish foods.
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Sunday, May 7th, 2006
Some pictures at last, and it’s given me a chance to try out a new 28mm EF EOS lens for the SLR!
Corydoras Loxozonus
Corydoras Loxozonus
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Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
If you collect or keep Tropical Fish there’s an excellent range of books by the publishers Aqualog reference fish of the world.
I’ve purchased a few of the years all Corydoras features all corydoras catfish and Loricariidae all L-numbers, these are excellent reference books for indentifying fish with excellent colour photographs. In my opinion well worth the investment. Others Reference books are available on Cichlids, Livebearers, Freshwater Rays, Killifishes etc
These books can sometimes be difficult to obtain in the United Kingdom, but the following supplier in the UK; Steven Simpson books http://www.stevensimpsonbooks.com can supply them direct.
I’ve just identified some fish sold as Royal Pleco’s L190, as L191 Broken Line Royal Pleco from the Loricariidae all L-numbers reference book!
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Monday, January 30th, 2006
I’ve moved all the Sturisoma Aureum young catfish from the spawning tank to the 48″ growing-on tank this evening.
The catfish are growing well, and I’m surprised how large some of the young catfish are in such a short time, feeding on a low protein diet of vegetable matter.
I’ve been ill since Monday 23 Jan with a nasty cold/flu viral bug, so bad I had to take a day off work sick, and slept in bed for twenty-four hours. So I’ve not been paying much attention to the fish, I missed a feed on Friday! So not much to report in the blog!
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Friday, January 13th, 2006
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!
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Tuesday, January 10th, 2006
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.
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Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006
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!
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Thursday, December 15th, 2005
I 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!
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Tuesday, December 13th, 2005
I’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.
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