Posts Tagged ‘fish’
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.
Tags: andysworld, aquablog, bblog, blog, catfish, fish
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Monday, November 7th, 2005
As I type the Sturisoma Aureum eggs are hatching into perfectly formed mini versions of their parents. I’ve been trying to take pictures, but I need to have a macro function on my camera, and it is proving difficult trying to take pictures of something approx 6mm in length. So, I’ve not had much time to play with computer things.
I’ve also been installing a new 20ft USB cable to a USB Hub that I can connect all USB cameras, this will make it easier to locate all the cameras nearer interesting aquariums. Ths fish house is tuning into a computer room.
Because I’ve removed the temperature probes, and re-connected them to a different USB port, on the computer, they’ll need recalibrating. (again!). Hence, the external temperature is not 4 degC!
Tags: aquarium, computer, fish, fish house, house
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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!).
Tags: andysworld, aquablog, bblog, blog, fish, fish house, house, microsoft
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Saturday, November 5th, 2005
The PC Thermometer has been re-calibrated and the temperature probes have been installed in their final positions, one inside the fish house, and one external to the fish house.
I want to record the following values:-
- Internal Temperature versus Electricity consumed
- External Temperature versus Electricity consumed
I’m trying to establish where the rising costs are in my fish house, in Electricity consumuption, is it caused by heating aquariums or poor insulation.
Tags: aquarium, electricity, fish, fish house, house
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Saturday, November 5th, 2005
Not one for liking fireworks, I’ve been in the fish house most of the evening spring cleaning and tidying it up for the winter.
I wish the neighbours would stop launching fireworks, I thought my fish house was under seige!
I’ve purchased some powdered Spirulina which is filamentous blue-green algae from ZM Systems to feed the newly hatched Sturisoma aureum fry, after reading an article by Adrian R. Tappin he made a food source based on Spirulina and agar to feed to the fry.
I’ve been told that UK Catfish Enthusiast/Expert/God David Sands has written an article in Practical Fiskeeping about feeding and rearing Sturisoma aureum, if anyone has the article, I would like to read it. Please contact me.
Tags: catfish, feeding, fish, fish house, house, practical
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Saturday, November 5th, 2005
Either the eggs were not fertilised or the pH of the water was wrong, all the eggs after 24 hours turned white, indicating they were not fertilised, this is unusual, I’ve not had problems with this before.
Sturisoma Aureum eggs are developing well. I’ve also now started culturing brine shrimp.
The webcams are becoming difficult to locate because of the PCs new postion in the fish house, and I also need to re-calibrate the temperature probes, because the temperatures are a little incorrect!
Tags: fish, fish house, house, web
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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!
Tags: Ancistrus, andysworld, aquablog, bblog, blog, catfish, fish, fish house, house
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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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Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005
This is a photograph of my First Aquarium recently rescued from my parents house, I don’t believe it was purchased for me, I think a friend of my fathers gave it to me, but my father insisted until I read about the subject of keeping tropical fish, I was not allowed to keep them, I had always kept Goldfish as a child, but was always fascinated by the Jacques-Yves Cousteau diving programs on the television in the 70s.
I think it could be a collectors item today, as it’s an angle-iron type frame but with chrome finish, the glass is sealed with putty, later silicon sealer has been added. Capacity of the tank is approx 25l, I originally breed Guppies, Platies, Swordtails, Bettas until it was the home of a small piebald catfish – A Walking Catish, Clarias sp. The keen spotters will notice a Practical Fishkeeping Magazine freebie LCD thermoeter, given away free with the magazine in the 80s!
I don’t have the heart to part with it, because this is where it all started!
Tags: andysworld, aquablog, aquarium, bblog, blog, catfish, fish, fishkeeping, house, practical, practical fishkeeping, television, Tropical Fish
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