Tag Archives: axolotl

Aquarimax Epsiode 206

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Join Aquarimax hosts Rus and Kelly as they discuss comments and questions from Mick in Carnforth, UK and Eliot in Sacramento, California.

 

If you have access through a library or academic institution, this article discusses how the diet of nematodes such as microworms can change the nutritional makeup of the worms:

C. Schlechtriem, M. Ricci, U. Focken and K. Becker The suitability of the free-living nematode Panagrellus redivivus as live food for first-feeding fish larvae Journal of Applied Ichthyology 20

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1439-0426.2004.00542.x/full

 

Here is Eliot in Sacramento, California’s 3-chambered sump, home to many red cherry shrimp:

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Here, Eliot documents his success with the Dry Start Method in photos:

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Aquarimax 197

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Join Aquarimax hosts Rus and Kelly as they discuss comments and questions from:

Matt In Perth, Western Australia; Tom in Provo, UT; Robert in Georgia; Christina from Aquarimax contacts; Greg in Jamestown, CA.

 

Aquarimax Epsiode 195

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Join Aquarimax hosts Rus and Kelly discuss grindal worm cultures, pygmy cories, as well as comments and questions from Dr. Bob on the North Shore of Boston and Tony in New York.

 

Aquarimmax Episode 194

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Join Aquarimax hosts Rus and Kelly as they discuss comments and questions from:

Matt in Perth, Western Australia; Bob on the South Shore  of Boston, MA; Mick in Carnforth, UK; Mike In Savannah, GA; Chris from Milwaukee, WI; Robert  in Florida; and Tony in NY

 

Here’s a pic of Matt’s pond and really cool filter…the one that’s losing a lot of water per day:

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Here’s Mick’s video of his lovely paradisefish aquarium: http://youtu.be/h7q1i0DhVM0

Tony provided this link to a Pet Fish Talk Episode on guppies and mollies, in which hybridization of the two species is discussed.

http://www.petfishtalk.com/shows_special/guppies_and_mollies/guppies_and_mollies.

Here’s a link to a photo of an alleged cross between a molly and a guppy. It does have some characteristics that one might expect to see in a cross of the two species:
http://www.guppies.com/forums/showthread.php/36781-My-guppy-amp-molly-cross-(Poecilia-reticulata-amp-Poecilia-latipina)

Aquarimax Episode 118: Angelic Tankmates, more on Potassium Permanganate, Considering Carbon, Axolotls, and More

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Join Aquarimax hosts Rus and Kelly as they discuss comments and questions from Eric in Daytona Beach, Florida; Ken Jones, the Prince of Ponds; Tony in New York; and Mick in Carnforth, UK.

Here are some photos of Mick’s young axolotls. Cute little guys!

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Here’s one of his RCS on a marimo ball:

Here’s a link to some basic info on Marimo “moss” balls:

http://www.marimoballs.com/

Here’s one of Mick’s ivory apple snails…a beauty!