Back in the spring at our annual club swap meet, I picked up some very cool little Ricefish from another club member, Mark Miller. I hadn’t really done much with these guys other than to marvel at how their eyes glow a very bright blue. They are so bright that they catch your attention from across the room.
I have the species Oryzias woworae. These fish come from the island of Sulawesi which is home to 17 Oryzias species described to date. Continue reading Spawning Ricefish
The aquatics industry has done a wonderful job of supplying the hobbyist with a wide array of equipment and food. With these in hand, the success rate of new hobbyists must be at an all-time high.
When you begin to spawn your fish and raise fry, the industry supplied choices of foods for larval fish become few and far between. This is especially true when raising fish that produce tiny fry not capable of eating newly hatched baby brine shrimp. The good news is, there is a multitude of foods you can culture yourself when faced with the prospect of feeding tiny fry. Continue reading Feeding Tiny Fry
WOW Things have really been hopping around here the last several days. Last Friday we had our October meeting of C.A.F.E. One of our own, Kevin Bauman, gave a talk on aquarium photography. Kevin has the reputation of taking beautiful photos of his African cichlids and shared some of his secrets with the rest of us. Excellent presentation. You can see Kevin’s work over at his website, http://www.african-cichlid.com. Continue reading Devario assamensis – A Gift
I ran across this great article about freshwater aquarium bio-filtration the other day. It would seem as though, once again, what we took for conventional wisdom in the area of filtering our aquariums was incorrect. I’m starting to believe that the longer I keep fish, the less I really know about it! Continue reading Aquarium Nitrification Revisited
When I started constructing my current fish room I tried to compartmentalize each rack into a stand alone system. Thinking along those same lines, I constructed a rack specific to green water and other cultures. It’s nothing fancy and fits in well in my “working” fish room. Continue reading Green Water Rack