Selection of Fish Tanks

Choose Safe Fish Only Tanks

Fish tank is also known as aquarium fish tank for keeping ornamental fishes. Fish tanks were once all made of glass but now Acrylic tanks are also becoming more commonplace. Fish tanks are the glass or strong Plexiglas boxes or rectangles that you use to create your aquarium habitat for fish. Fish tanks are loved by all, and the thought of growing and maintaining a system of living, breathing beings is more than a hobby, it is a life. Many people say that Fish tanks are expressions of their owner’s personal style or of the style of the room or home in which they reside.  Fish tanks are a wonderful place to observe a habitat on a smaller scale. Maintaining a is not a difficult task, but it requires time and consistency. Fish tank setup is well known as an interesting hobby if you know how to care for the aquarium.

Saltwater aquarium known as well as marine aquarium, this type of tank is more expensive and more demanding then a freshwater aquarium but with a little help and with the right guide you can setup Your Own saltwater tank, I believe that if you have the suitable equipment it will help you to avoid future problems.

A reef aquarium or reef tank is an aquarium containing live corals and other animals associated with coral reefs. Unlike the marine aquarium, the main purpose of which is to house various types of fish, the true stars of the reef tank are the coral and other invertebrates. Reef tanks are usually kept at a temperature between 25 and 27 °C (75-80 ºF). Reef tanks can be beautiful and exotic and for some a piece of nature. The primary filtration for reef aquariums usually comes from the use of large amounts of live rocks which come from various rubble zones around existing reefs. Researchers are finding that saltwater fish aquariums have therapeutic health benefits. The tanks are usually constructed from either glass or acrylic. With advances in modern aquariums it’s recently became possible to have a piece of coral reef at home and enjoy it in the privacy of your living room.

Freshwater fish tank or tropical Fish tank is an aquarium containing fish, plants, deco, rocks, and woods depending on what you want to keep in your tank. The most common freshwater fish tanks are plant tanks, cliched tanks and community tanks. The tanks are usually constructed from either glass or acrylic. In order to keep a healthy tank it should be maintain on a weekly basis.

Out of the Snow into the Sun

Sammy and I are in SLC waiting for our flight to Baja. Things are lookin good! It's likely I won't have internet most of the week but I will do reports day by day when I can even if its when I get home!


We Made it

January 30, 2011 PM

It’s bedtime so this report will be short and sweet. We're in Lapaz at a hotel. That’s about three hours south of where we wanted to be tonight. Grant Hartman picked Sammy and me up at the San Jose Los Cabos Airport promptly at 3 PM and we hopped in his truck and headed straight north. Our intentions were to drive 5 hours up to Ciudad Constitucion. Well, let’s just say we didn’t make it.

Nothing bad happened, no flat tires or engine breakdown. However, it looks like I’ve hit another election day (Remember the Election Day in Zanzibar back in November?). I’m not sure who Leonel is or what he’s running for but we got caught in stop and go traffic of cheering, honking, banner holding citizens that were voting for Leonel. Even with Grants Nascar racer like passing maneuvers we lost at least two hours. At sunset (which is at 6) we were driving through La Paz and decided to call it. All three of us were exhausted and driving in Baja at night is a big no no. So instead of completing the drive to CC we got a hotel and Sammy took us to a great restaurant called Buffalos Bar-B-Q where we devoured fresh souchie and huge steaks. Now I’m so tired I probably won’t be able to sleep but I’m ready to try. We’ll be up early in the AM and hoping to fish by noon. Life is so damn good!

Jeff Currier Global Fly Fishing Website

Glad to be Home

After rolling in late Tuesday night from an intense three week show circuit I was glad to put my feet up in my own house, drink some pressed coffee and watch my hungry birds (these are Evening Grosbeaks) indulge after a period of empty feeders. When I left on January 5th it got light out at 7:30 AM but now it gets light at 7. The best thing about a busy January is that it flies by and the cold dark days are gone before you know it.

I dragged on my bird watching for about two hours then the relaxation ended and I was back at it. I don’t mean traveling already, but rather unpacking, answering emails and calls, paying bills, shoveling the driveway (thank goodness for Granny!) and the list goes on and on. You know how it is when you are away from home.

Today, I’m nearly caught up and I’m packing for Baja. Yes at the and of every tunnel there is light and on Sunday morning I’ll be catching the early one for Salt Lake City where I’ll meet Sam Vigneri. Then we’ll fly to Cabo and by 3 PM we’ll be headed up the coast of Mexico with Grant Hartman to fish for a week.

Huge surf and cooler than normal water temps have thrown a twist in our trip. What was planned to be a hunt for giant Pacific Snook has turned into a hunt for fishable water and take anything you can get. But that’s fishing and ok with us. I’ve been working like a dog and Sammy always does, so a break from work and getting out of the cold is all we really need. My kind of blogs coming soon!

Jeff Currier Global Fly Fishing Website

Somerset NJ Fly Fishing Show

This past weekend was the Somerset, New Jersey Fly Fishing Show. Somerset is the largest fly fishing show in the world. Hundreds of exhibitors including fly fishing product manufacturers, travel companies, lodges, guide services and even fly shops were there. Worth mentioning were Simms, Rio and Yellow Dog Fly Fishing Adventures, all companies of which I’m lucky to be affiliated with. There were demonstrations and seminars given by big time fly fishing celebrities such as Gary Borger, Steve Rajeff and even Lefty Kreh. Amongst these legends of the sport were another 20 or so well known anglers and fly tiers.

This year marked the 19th anniversary of the three day show that always begins on Friday and ends on Sunday. I was there to speak about warmwater and saltwater fly fishing, a couple of my favorite topics. My talks are done as PowerPoint presentations and using photos I explain the equipment and tactics I use for various fish species followed by pictures of big fish that you can catch when everything goes right. I have an assortment of pictures of not only big fish that most fly fishers are familiar with but also several unusual ones that many in my audience don’t even know exist until I put them on the big screen. In my saltwater show a huge roosterfish always stirs the crowd while in my warmwater presentation I show the giant tigerfish of Tanzania and I get to laugh as everyone in the audience nearly faints!

Between my programs I sat with the local fly tiers and while they tied gorgeous flies I painted fish. I finished up a greenback cutthroat watercolor I started two weeks ago while at the Denver Fly Fishing Show. Painting attracts the shows wandering visitors to my table to watch and then I hand out my business cards and hope to generate future art business and speaking engagements.

Show highlights always involve running into old friends. Dan Swift and Evan Schwanfelder, two former fly shop employees of mine, spent hours at the show. Dan even hung around for dinner with Granny and me. Also, one of my college pals, Danny Zilker stopped by for a visit.

As fun as the shows have been, I’m ready for a break. Granny and I are presently between Detroit and Salt Lake City on our way back to Victor. We fly into Jackson Hole around 10 PM and we’ll get home late tonight. I suspect I’ll be shoveling before I can get the car in the driveway. I’m not looking forward to that.

I have a lot of work to do in the next few days from artwork to final organization of the Brazil trip I’m hosting in March. The good news though is that Sunday I’ll be headed to Baja for a week of fishing with my pal Sam Vigneri. Stay tuned as I promise I’ll be blogging about fishing instead of working here soon!

Jeff Currier Global Fly Fishing Website

Going Old School with Old World Craftmanship

 This post is a post completely different from any post I have done.  For this one I have gone old school with a work of functional art and although there is a drawing of a fly - you need to look closely at the rod case to see it - my drawings or paintings are not the highlight of this post.  No, for this post I am mearly wetting your appetite for a taste of the old world way of doing things and for an additional feature of this blog.

I have always loved and felt a connection to the past.  Back to an time when if you needed something you made it yourself or found a chap that had the skills to make it for you.  Occasionally you might see some new products in the outhouse as you search for suitable toilet paper in the Sears catalogue but for the most part it was a small business driven society where people relied on themselves and their neighbors for the things they needed.
A while ago - while struggling to pop the top on my pvc rod tube - I decided that it was time to invest in some 'real' protection for my rods.  The only problem was that just didn't like the look of the cases I saw in the stores.  Most were metal or plastic tubes that offered ample protection but lacked the style I was looking for.  What I really wanted was something classic.
Then it hit me as I was fiddling in my garage with some woodworking project.  Why not make one out of wood?  I toyed with a few drawings of square boxes and hinged cases but found the style to restrictive and cumbersome.  Once again the tube came to mind and drawing on my long forgotten knowledge of geometry I sketched out a hexagon style rod case.  As with any good idea, I soon found that this hexagon style case was not new to the industry.  In fact there are a number of wood shops on the web that offer this style of case to us fly fisherman.  The only problem was that what they wanted for the case was not what I was willing to spend.

So, falling back on my love of the past and those men of ingenuity, I set to work constructing my very own case.  My first attempt was a pathetic attempt at the concept of a hexagon case but I consoled myself with the idea that it was a prototype and returned to the workbench hell bent on improving the design. 
Well after numerous attempts and a lengthy process of trial and error I final got a design I felt reflected my vision of what an old school fly rod case should look like.  My first customer was a friend of mine that had built two rods for me for virtually nothing.  As a thank you to him I gave him the above pictured case, complete with hand rubbed oil finish, leather handle, real wood inlay, and a magnetically fasten cap that fully seals the case.  Of course what case of mine would be complete without the addition of a wood burned fly decoration.

In the end, what I have come up with is a beautifully crafted piece of art that could easily be displayed in ones den.  Unlike the cold metal or cheap plastic tubes readily available at any mainstream manufacture, I believe these cases could comfortably sit alongside any old world decor and be a showpiece unto themselves.  Sturdy hard wood and solid construction should protect a rod for decades to come.  If that is enough to wet your appetite then great. 
I have gotten so much enjoyment out of making these cases that I have been looking at making and selling them in limited quantities at prices appropriate to the time used to construct them and below the rate seen on the Internet.  In the future you will more than likely see more posts on the subject.  As these cases become available I will post photos of the details and prices on these original hand crafted works of functional art.

Four Sketches Of Flies & The Sea Dog

 Spending a little time on the road doesn't really lend itself to bringing much of anything with you except the almighty pen.  I would love to be able to bring my paper and paints, my fishing gear, and fly tying equipment but that just isn't going to happen, so instead I settle for sketching on the road.  Besides, this week I spent some time in Maine and short of ice fishing - the trout season isn't going to be open till spring.

 These flies are just a few of some of the sketches I worked on the other day.  In their present inked form they may resemble many different types of flies but they actually are rendered from an English tying book and so the names might not be that familiar to you.    From top down they are: Greenwells Glory - a nice little winged wet fly short shanked hook, The Green Peter - another winged fly fished dry or wet that is very heavily hackled,

 The Moc's Cert - streamer fly with dark hair back and jungle cock 'eyes', and the frequently used and beloved Iron Blue Wingless - a type of wet fly that has been in nearly every tying book I have ever seen and simply a great, effective fly.

While on the road I also managed to stop by my favorite brew pub in the Northeast - The Sea Dog.  For those that have not heard of them you might have heard of their sister Brewery - Shipyard.  Great seafood - a selection of fine brews - and an atmosphere only a snowy Maine winter can provide.  If every you find yourself in Bangor Maine - or Portland I guess - I encourage you to stop by and have a pint.  I look forward to every visit I have there.  I recommend the East India stout or Windjammer Pale.  They also have a Blue Berry brew that has a select following but is not really to my liking but you might find it tasty.

Monthly Featured Fly (January 2011)

The Damsel Nymph

The Damselfly larva (nymph) is an important part of the trouts diet, hatching from the eggs, larva spend typically one to three years in ponds, rivers and lakes and are carnivorous, feeding on Daphnia, Midge larva and various other small organisms and are generally more active during the spring time.

The nymphs of the damselflies are like the adults, very slim. They are adept at camouflage and take on the colour of their main habitat, so they are likely to be seen in colours ranging from pale brown to deep green. They live in weed, moss or silt on the bottom.While they are found in rivers, they are largely ignored by river fly-fishers. However they are important in stillwater and patterns to imitate them carry out great execution.

When the nymphs are ready to transform into adults they swim towards the shore just beneath the surface with a distinctive wriggling motion, making tempting targets for trout which often take them savagely. This shore-ward migration usually occurs in the morning. Many good imitative patterns have been devised.

However there is no arguing that these large representations can be absolutely deadly, possibly because when tied with a goldhead or dumbell eyes at the front and marabou tail at the back, fished with a figure of eight retrieve it would give the same erratic swimming motion as the natural or it could be that the fish are used to seeing plenty of bright lures and success can be found by fishing a more sombre fly like a large olive damsel.

This is an ideal point fly when fishing a team of nymphs or buzzers on the droppers or fished as a single fly, some days the fish seem to like the slowest possible figure of eight retrieve and sometimes it can be the opposite with a fast, jerky figure of eight being more effective, it pays to experiment.

At this time of year any active Damsel Larva will be on the lake bed where they stalk their prey, so thats the place to fish your damsel nymph. Around the spring time is when the larva become far more active and make their way up in the water to climb up the bankside vegetation and transform into adults.

Marlborough, MA Fly Fishing Show

The long anticipated show season is screaming past fast. My schedule always appears grueling on paper but I enjoy the shows and they always go by like lightning. In just a few more days the biggest fly fishing show of the year, Somerset, New Jersey, will be behind me and I’ll be in Idaho packing for Baja.

The Marlborough, Massachusetts Fly Fishing Show was excellent. It wasn’t enormous crowds that made it so good but rather the quality of the visitors. I had excellent attendance at my seminars, sold a few books and handed out a bunch of business cards. Granny helped and had fun meeting folks and even picked up a few distance casting tips from my friend Michael Mauri of Germany.

Granny and I are presently enjoying the snow of New Hampshire with my family on the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee. I just wish I had my ice fishing equipment! As I mentioned last time, there’s not much to mention in the way of fishing right now, but in less than two weeks I’ll be chasing snook off the beaches of Baja. Be ready to some exciting reports!

Jeff Currier Global Fly Fishing Website

Poaching To Supplement My Lack Of Stream Time

Bigerrfish Winter Trout

 I haven't been fishing lately mostly due to the fact that my Jeep has been out of commission but that hasn't kept me from thinking of fishing.  In order to fill that need for fish I have been turning to the bloggers to see how they have been fairing so far this year.  One of these is none other than the Bigerrfish - not a typo - It is spelled with two rr's.  Most all my followers are also his so you more than likely already know that he seems to out fish most others.  Its not the first time I've poached his blog in order to fill my creel and it more than likely wont be the last.

 Anyway - I was jonesin for some stories and fishing adventure and caught this pic of a beat up trout on the snow and his Ross Reel that hooked it. A not so long story short - I liked the look of it and took a few lazy hours on the weekend to whip out a quick painting of it. As time was running short I only had my cellphone camera to take some pics of not very good quality but I did manage to take a few progressive painting photos.  I am not happy with the colors that the cellphone camera pics up and i hope that in the next week I might be able to get a better representation of what the painting actually looks like.  For now Its all I got and as such, Its all you get.  My apologies.

 Some of you might also remember that Josh and I teamed up this past summer for a few joint posts of the flies we fish.  I have never met the guy on the river but I am hoping that sometime this year I might take him up on his offer to guide me around his rivers.  If you haven't had the opportunity to view his blog, check it out.

A quick note on my trout chasing Jeep - I am told that It will soon be finished and back on the road.  I CAN'T WAIT!!!!  I Need To Go Fishing.  Granted that the nasty weather in the south recently would have curbed my fishing anyway but it not having transportation or the option to hit the stream when the mood hits me has been hard to take.  So I am hoping to have a few good posts on fishing - with actual fish and not paintings - by the end of the month.

Severum

Cichlosoma Severum Severum Fish is one type of freshwater fish which originated from the United States in the North (S. Arhazone).
He was short, fat and flat basic body color varies with the fawn, black or brown. This fish species have high economic value. Severum Fish can be maintained inside the tank or tub of water quality cement required for the maintenance of fish severum namely: PH. : 5.5 - 7, the water temperature of 21-25 ° C.
Severum fish had to be cultivated after + year-old with a size of 12-15 cm. Male from the female parent can be distinguished from the color and size of the male parent is more brightly colored with a stem larger than females.
Foods that can be given fish species include: the water flea, choke, etc. Silk worms.

Psedatropheus auratus Auratus Bonlenger

Psedatropheus auratus Auratus Bonlenger or English name. In DKI Jakarta better known by the name of this fish species Niasa elongated body has a little flat, primary colors bright golden yellow or black. Niasa very aggressive fish movement should be careful if you will be mixed with other fish species.
Quality of water needed to grow and live fish Niasa is pH = 7, temperature 24 - 27 ° C. Maintenance can be done in cement tanks or aquariums. The height of water needed for spawning around 30-35 cm.
Niasa to the breeding of fish already in the ages of 7 months with the length of the body: to 7 cm. Male and female can be distinguished from her anus fin yellow spots. Fish usually have a male-spot in the spot, while the female does not. Food provided by, among others: Cuk, water fleas.

Piranha

This fish is known to be very vicious - aggressive and carnivorous. There are many bars along the Amazon River.
Most flows in the stem of the river along the Brazilian and Venezuelan. Many kinds. The most aggressive is yangberukuran medium. The average weight of between 600 to 700 grams. There is also a one kilogram - but rarely. There's even a large and weighed up to 5 kg. But the most famous vicious and aggressive is the entity being - between 600 to 700 grams of it.
Piranha fish, other than fish of other species - have pointy teeth and sharp - there are similarities with the shark teeth - swordfish. Agency bottom - along the belly - and there are red-eyed red type.
This piranha fish which include the type of aggressive and ferocious is usually bergerombolan - a lot - and when they are getting their prey - the more together - looks like a lump of sardine or anchovy fish - blackened.
What struck by lightning and diterkamnya. In the 1930's there are some who deliberately menyelidki expedition behavior of this piranha fish.
In the experiment - they dropped a goat who intentionally injured a little smelly for fishing for piranha and the color of blood. And soon hundreds of piranhas pounce and shred the meat goat.
Less than an hour - the only live goat bones skeleton alone! There is another group of cattle that crossed the river - that is not how many times the width - and there is a cow who injured his leg. And the cow blood smells very targeted fishing by piranhas. And a very ferocious piranha is like a wave that is very noisy - splashed - flesh ripping jump-jumping cow.
And within a few tens of minutes - a cow that was soon to be big skeletons whose flesh has lost all!
Conversely Indian population residing along the stem of the river both in the Brazilian Amazon and that in Venezuela - often catch piranha - or deliberately fishing or spear and hunt piranhas.
If there is exposed to piranha fish or seine nets or hook - soon it diketok piranha-hit over the head to die soon. Because piranhas are very dangerous. While other fish diperlalukan not so. Only special for a vicious piranha fish and savage it.
Usually the sovereign, when there is a group or gang which menyemut many piranhas - fishermen along the river Amazon was avoiding. Better not to "make contact" with the pengganas and pirates-meat.
Fish famous piranha fish tasty meat. A bony fish, including piranha this - is to include a tasty and delicious meat.
Indian cuisine is the way people are comfortable and appropriate for the types of fish - is fried with a mixture of butter and white wine - so he says.
This is for masarakat who have entered the restaurant menu. For ordinary folk still pretty ordinary baked saja.Beberapa countries prohibit import and incorporate these fish, - including Indonesia. Because of this piranha fish, including fish-eating fish and other destroyers - fierce and savage.
Forms - piranha posture is not as good as other ornamental fish. But the graceful shape piranha - stout - strong. A bit like a fish, pomfret, or fish or fish dorade round. Not any old teeth that look - spiky and keen - just awful if we knew that that was the fierce and ferocious piranha that, -

Rainbow

Fish Rainbow is an ornamental fish species which attracted many people because these fish species also is a commodity exports. There are 2 types are quite famous rainbow rainbow Guinea (Melano Tacnia maccaulochi and Rainbow Anlanesi ogilby TELMATHERINA LADIGESI Irian Rainbow ahl basic color silver metallic with dark colors while the rainbow colors Sulawesi basically olive yellow, the color of the bottom of the yellow species, including fish lay eggs with glue eggs on water plants. quality of water needed for the life of this fish species is the water temperature 23-26 ° C. Ph. the water should be above 7. dapt these fishes live and breed in a tank or tub of cement. Fish had to marry after age + 7 months in the size of 5-7 cm. Food is usually provided in the maintenance of this fish is the water fleas, worms zambut or choke. In order for fish to grow well during maintenance of spawning, water should be fit to meet the requirements and do the replacement water + 1 week 1 time

Louhan

Nature: Haiwan
Phylum: Kordata
Subfilum: Vertebrat
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: cichlid
Genus: Amphilophus
Species: A. trimaculatus
Fish Lou han (English: Flowerhorn) is said to come from China. Luo han first appeared in Malaysia around the year 1996-1997. At that time he believed rather than descent Amphilophus trimaculatus.

After several generations, these fish form change than the parent of origin. After that first fish penternak mengacuk with the Blood Parrot fish which is a hybrid of C. citrinellum X C. synspilum. From the results of this cross kacukan born immortal Luo han recognizable today.

Initially, the hybrid is not accepted widely, but after the "perfection" then proceeds shape and color shades are preferred. Then the fish is given the name "Flowerhorn" or "Luohan". The process of selecting and kacukan continues to produce various types of Luo Han with many colors and patterns.

Clown Knifefish (Notopterus chitala)

WHEN space had been empty and the lights extinguished, a pair Belida out from behind the "stage" and start "dancing". Their bodies are flexible meandering among water plants.

In the dark, their eyes like a cat's eye staring at its prey and the candidates ... hap ... small fish were ambushed.
They kept dancing. In the myth of the Chinese Overseas (Hoa Kiau), the dancers dance the night and splashing water that they generate radiate magical power to resist the plague.

But somehow, the people of Muara Enim, South Sumatra (South Sumatra), named the fish Belida. It means being good at diplomacy (some = have, lida = tongue, clever bersilat tongue). Some old people are surnamed Muara Enim Belida believe, their descendants Belida fish was magical and authoritative.
EVEN equally belong to ancient fish estimated Belida slightly younger ages than the more popular arowana in the ornamental fish market.

"Age can be estimated through the age of myths about them. The age old myth, the older the possibility that fish age.

discuss

Ornamental fish, discus (Symhysodonodiscus) is one type of freshwater fish which originated from the Amazon river (Brazil).
Types of fish have a good economic value and very unpopular in many countries. In Indonesia, discus fish can be cultivated and the very last to be developed because, in addition to market can be marketed locally, can also be an export commodity.
Characteristic of the fish's body weight bintang discus is flat, round fish like pomfret with basic color sorrel. Discus fish can be cultivated in the Aquarium for a pair of discs can be placed in a tank measuring about 75 x 35 x 35 cm of the quality required to live and thrive in the discus fish in clear water, the temperature around 28 - 30 ° C pH (acidity) 5 - 6 except that the content must be high enough terlarutnya Oxygen is + greater than 3 ppm (pxrt per million).
Discus fish to bred after the age between 15-20 months. As for common foods by eating the water flea, choke, worms (artificial food) in the market.

Catfish part2

Catfish is one type of fish that live in freshwater fish, we can easily recognize this one fish, fish that are included in the genera Clarias can we identify with the sleek elongated body shape and that there are murmurings didibagian mouth, and do not have scales on her body. Catfish have a hard head catfish have the ability to move inside the dark water is because the catfish has 4 tentacles that can function as a touch, as this mejadikan catfish, catfish also have additional breathing apparatus with which we are familiar with the shaft spines bone located on the fin chest.

Classification catfish are as follows:
Kingdom : Animalia
Sub-kingdom : Metazoa
Phyllum : Chordata
Sub-phyllum : Vertebrata
Klas : Pisces
Sub-klas : Teleostei
Ordo : Ostariophysi
Sub-ordo : Siluroidea
Familia : Clariidae
Genus : Clarias

Foreign nations called catfish as catfish, siluroid, walking catfish and mudfish. There are many different types of catfish are scattered in the world, in Indonesia itself to include the following:

Clarias batrachus, known as the catfish (Java), fish prop (West Sumatra), fish death (North Sumatra), and fish pintet (South Kalimantan).
Clarias teysmani, called catfish Flower (West Java), white Kalang (Padang).
Clarias melanoderma, known as fish spines (South Sumatra), wais (Central Java), pleat (West Java).
Clarias nieuhofi, called leachate fish (Java), limbat (West Sumatra), kaleh (South Kalimantan).
Clarias loiacanthus, who is known as the fish keli (West Sumatra), fish Penang (East Kalimantan).
Clarias gariepinus, catfish known as Dumbo (Lele Lamb), King paints fish,
originated from Africa.
Catfish habitat is the river where the water moves slowly, marshes, ponds and rice fields are flooded, excess catfish for fish habitat are able to survive and thrive polluted places such as sewers or gutters, this animal is included in Nocturnal animals ie catfish during the day spent more time in silence and take refuge in places dark and only active at night looking for food.
Catfish is popular among farmers in fish farming because the demand is quite a lot of these fish, a request was supported because catfish has its benefits:
As a food ingredient
Catfish the ornamental fish or ornamental fish.
Catfish reared in the rice could be helpful to eradicate insect pests of rice water, because it is one makananalami catfish.
Catfish can also be mixed with various other ingredients to treat asthma, menstruation (menstruation) irregular, nose bleeding, blood urine and others.
Nutritional value of catfish, including high and good for health because it pertained food with relatively low fat content and minerals that are relatively high.
In addition to nutrient-rich, catfish also help growth of the fetus in the womb and is very good for the heart because of low fat.
With the benefits that have made the fish catfish that has a fairly attractive selling points, but in general culture is to the fulfillment of catfish as a food ingredient, so that such a freshwater fish that has become popular among farmers for cultivation....

Nile tilapia

Nile tilapia is a freshwater species of fish consumption, fish is not native to Indonesia, but came from Africa which is estimated to come in and was introduced around 1969. The scientific name of fish is tilapia Oreochromis nilocitus, from tilapia fish body shape have a larger body compared with tilapia has a line of vertical white lines on its tail fin and back. Tilapia fish that can live in waters warm water and a fish-eating all or omnivores, because these fish are plankton eaters and plant eaters.
Tilapia fish, including a easy to develop this culture to make a profit so the time for farmers to harvest for tilapia can be shorter when compared to other freshwater fish.
Some advantages of maintenance of freshwater fish tilapia, among others:
Able to produce seeds in large quantities by quality
high.
Rapid growth in fish.
Easy feeding.
Resistant to pests, parasites and diseases.
Can survive in the aquatic environment is not good.
The size of the parent for about 4-5 months old breeded.
Source of nutrients to be consumed and the taste of tilapia meat is delicious.
Nile tilapia is the fish that have the potential sale value, this fish mejadikan ogled by many fish farmers due to high sale value of tilapia in terms of marketing was fairly easy almost every market we encountered on both traditional and modern supermarkets are dikarenkan request will fish tilapia by great demand.

Catfish

Catfish is a type of freshwater fish for consumption, fish that have the latin name Pangasius Sutchi is extremely popular fish to be cultivated by fish farmers.

Catfish has a body rather long and silvery white body with dark back, this fish has a relatively small head compared with the big body, and the mouth visible characteristics of groups of fish where the mouth of catfish is located tip the head slightly down, and on the mouth there are two short whiskers which has the function as a probe, which allows the catfish moves in the dark.

 Catfish enough to react with an additional means of feeding catfish can be easier in terms of feeding, in terms pemelihaaan catfish can reach sizes 35-40 within the maintenance period for approximately 6 months.

Excess catfish so so much in demand by the market is because the catfish has a relatively cheap price, have the resources that humans need protein, and can also be used as ornamental fish in the aquarium.

Freshwater crayfish

are freshwater Decapoda which can grow to be great. Number of freshwater crayfish reached more than 500 species spread throughout the world as the original specimens, such as southern Europe, northern Japan, Northeast China, East Russia, Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Uruguay, South Brazil, Chile and southern Madagascar. In Indonesia, especially in the waters of Jaya Wijaya there are several species, including Cherax monticola, C. Lorenzi, C. communis, C. papuana and C. waselli.

At first freshwater crayfish known as ornamental fish commodities. Color and shape are the main attraction to be used as a display at the aquarium. Various types of freshwater crayfish have been brought in (imported) to meet the ornamental fish market in Indonesia. In addition, the ornamental lobster hunting hobbyists local species species native to Indonesia.

In Indonesia commodity freshwater lobster has become a popular decoration since 1991. The success of freshwater crayfish farming techniques make fast growing and can reach a large size, so that since 2003 the farmers developed a type of freshwater shrimp as a commodity is not only decorative but also to commodity consumption. Supplies of freshwater lobster consumption increased, but production is still very low so the price is very high.

In 1994, the United States (U.S.) export crayfish more than 4000 tons. The more years of declining production, so imports are increasing. In 2000, the U.S. has little or no export the fresh water crayfish. In 2004 U.S. imports of freshwater crayfish to reach 7 000 tonnes, while production in 2002 reaching 30 000 tonnes.

Development of freshwater crayfish as a commodity valued more potential consumption. This is based on several reasons, among others, market demand is still unmet, both domestic and export. One of them was also backed by the instability of sea water lobster catches. Another reason is that if the freshwater crayfish as a commodity that is consumed, the availability of freshwater crayfish stock will always be needed. Not only export markets, market domestikpun until now still not fulfilled stably.

In Indonesia, freshwater lobster meal is still limited to restaurants in major cities and hotels at very high. These conditions make commodity crayfish would be potential business opportunities. In addition, increasing population and demand people's income level does the effort to explore alternatives to increase production as supporting the availability of food. Natural resource conditions in Indonesia in general are also very suitable for the development of freshwater crayfish aquaculture.

Cultivation Techniques Gouramy

I. PARENT SELECTION
Fish carp can be cultivated on the age of 3 years and 10 years of production pads
the eggs will begin to decline.
A. Sex
a.1. Criteria for game fish female
- The color of the light body
- Belly rounded
- The relatively long
b.2. Criteria male carp fish
- Color dark body and a bit pale
- Movement agile
- Stomach near the anus
B. Parent Differences Males and Females Males
- On the forehead there is a knob / horn
- The base of pectoral fin part in the
- yellow chin
- When placed on the floor of the base of the tail would lift
Female
- On the forehead there is no bulge / horn
- Base of pectoral fin inner black
- Chin whitish colored or slightly brown
- When placed on the floor there was no reaction
C. The characteristics of the parent is ripe gonads
- Stomach dilated towards the rear
- Anus will appear reddish white
- If the abdomen is touched it will feel flabby

II. POOL CONSTRUCTION
- Area of pool 200-300 sq. m
- The depth of the pool from 1 to 1.5 m
- Depth of water 0.7 to 1.0 m
- On revenue channels mounted plastic mesh strainer
- At the door of expenditure made monik
III. BREEDING POOL PREPARATION
- Draining the pond
- Cleaning and repair of embankment
- pond filled with water
- Installation of the nest (sosog) and provide a nest-making material
IV. BREEDING PROCESS
- Importation of the parent who has passed the selection
- Comparison of male and female is 1:3
- After a week the male parent will make a nest
- On the day of the 15th parent to be prolific
The characteristics of nests containing eggs
- Nest or sosog already fully covered by injuk
- Nest to be attended by the female parent
V. HANDLING EGGS
Egg retrieval, Tool:
- Bucket containing water
- Scope net
How:
- Nest containing an egg retrieved and stored in buckets containing water
- If there are scattered in the pool eggs taken using net scope
- Bring the eggs to hatch space
- Remove the eggs from the nest a bit by bit. Eggs are taken apart and
enter into a bucket of water that has been provided previously
- If there were egg attached, kibas-flick with the injuk
careful so the egg will be released
- Then the eggs are washed with clean water 3 times
- When washing Mb or Mg added to prevent pest attack
disease.
- Eggs that have been washed and put into tanks that have been installed hatching
harmonious and hitter
IV. MAINTENANCE and hatching
- The water in the tub is clean hatchery water depth of 20 cm
- Eggs are not fertilize or do not have to be removed
- Egg will hatch after 2-3 days with temperatures 27 -28 0C
- Larvae are in the bathtub during a 10-day incubation
- After it was moved into the nursery first bath
VII. PREPARATION BAK nursery I
Bak nursery with a size of 2.5 mx 4.5 m 2000 larval tail content, and nursery tanks
prepared 2-3 days before planting larvae.
a. Stages of preparation I like nursery
- Bak dibersihan, and dried
- Fertilizing with manure
- Calcification
- Inclusion of the water and was deposited for 1 day
- Planting the seeds dapnia
- Installation aerator
b. Planting seeds or larvae
- Planting seeds after the preparation is finished.
- During the backs of nursery seedlings were given only natural food in the form dapnia
- The seed is in the bale separating up to 14 days from planting
VIII MAINTENANCE OF SEEDS
In the maintenance of seed there are a few things to note:
- Observing the state of water
- Addition of manure
IX. HARVESTING BEN [H ON BAK nursery I
Harvesting is done between the hours of the morning pads 07 - 09:00 by using the tools
as follows:
- Containers filled with water and beraerasi
- Scope net
How:
- Water is released little by little
- Arrest of seeds carried by the net scope
- Store seed in a container which catches beraerasi, pads do not water harvesting
until turbid and outlet filter installed, and after bath
cleaned and prepared for the next nursery.

Arowana super red

 

Super red arowana
Best Pride Indonesia Ornamental Fish

The popularity of super red arowana is really rising in recent years. Indonesian native exotic wildlife water was raised among the ornamental fish keroyokan foreign-made kind of koi, goldfish, and louhan. Arguably far only arowana is the only local product that can compete with popular ornamental fish developed outside the country to be the Best Ornamental Fish. Very reasonable if the arowana was ordained a Pride of Indonesia - the national pride of ornamental fish.

Unlike most other popular ornamental fish which is the result of overseas development, super red arowana is the original inhabitants of the Kapuas River in West Borneo. Best of berkelir red arowana is the best variant as well as most expensive of the arowana family scattered all across the world. Siluk red, so it is called in Borneo, including in protected species and listed in CITES (Convention of International Trade on Endanger Species of Flora & Fauna) because of its availability in nature is very limited.

But with special permission, super red arowana has bred a long time in Pontianak and could be traded legally. Condition the fish and dragon should be accompanied by a certificate microchip embedded in his body, as a marker of fish tangkaran results. Keeping arowana even then could have double meanings. Appreciate the role of domestic products at the same time help the conservation of rare fish. Obviously with maintaining arowana that has certificates and bermicrochip.

Latin name Scleropages formosus owner is actually never abandoned the ornamental fish enthusiasts. Since the first boom in the eighties, super red arowana actually always been a top favorite animal in the country. But the flood of imported fish kind of koi, goldfish and the last louhan indeed make arowana not so prominent at that time. But the recent rapid appreciation of the increasing trend and become a kind of new hobby.

Red siluk did have a myriad of advantages to become a popular pet fish. Problem appearance can not be doubted, as Wildlife Enchantment title Nusantara a benchmark. Just look at the exotic-looking, scaly width resemble snake scales neatly arranged in a legendary tale. Arowana was then dubbed as the dragon fish. Coupled with a ring of red scales - golden light makes it look more fancy. This red color also adds strength and symbolic power for the owner.

Movement gallant bathing well add elegant charm. Lead to peace of mind when seen swimming in the aquarium. Characteristics of pet animals that are needed in today's filled with a very high pressure job. In addition, the king of all ornamental fish can also be very close and interact with the owner.

Conditions to be another popular fish, namely ease of maintenance are also filled with arowana. The price is quite expensive still dianggak fish often difficult to treat. Yet their needs actually relatively similar to other ornamental fish. Aro not demanding environmental conditions that are too specific. As the fish native to Indonesia and used to live in the river, known as fish arowana-lasting. Many are calling the fish do not host hockey easily die from the disease.

Another plus the price is the most stable among other popular ornamental fish species. Even shows an upward trend compared with the inflation. As illustrated when the dollar is worth a thousand dollars in year 80? An, price arowana 100 thousand dollars. When the dollar rose 10-fold, arowana higher prices reach 50-fold to 5 million. The price also tends to standardized, except for the arowana that has additional features and unique. Bandrolnya will always be getting higher in line with the age and size.

Advantages that make the number of super red arowana fans the last few years has increased very significantly. Now the dragon fish is not only inhabited house just ornamental fish enthusiasts. Communities that were previously not interested in ornamental fish are also starting rollicking maintain. Rising trends can be characterized by the emergence of community arowana lovers in various big cities like Jakarta, Bandung, Semarang, Surabaya, Medan and Makassar.

Also popping up mailing lists and websites that specifically discuss the hobby of maintaining the dragon fish. Members of the community and mailing list arowana were not confined to men alone, women are also quite a lot. Also different generations from the elderly to young children. Communities are also actively held activities, especially the more exciting contests that hobby. Activities dragon fish lovers group pioneered many of approximately of 2006 and the longer-added mushroomed.

Rising trends of fish hobby that became a symbol of reliability is also apparent from the more diverse way of maintenance of the pecintanya. First arowana just kept solitary alias alone in an aquarium. Now, many of which maintain it along with other fish (tank maté), also in groups over a 5 tail in an aquarium (community tanks). Model container maintain arowana underwent development, kind of an aquarium wall until paludarium, a kind of large aquariums with concrete frame that is also a new trend .  

treatment after pitted

FINISH Combat: (REN REVIEW)

- Put the fish that had been in fights selsai in container sizes 1500ml bottle of mineral water that has been cut and given a new sediment water, then went right half leaves ketapan or filtered water that has been in net ketapan it into a bottle of mineral water .

- The food:

A. One Day only once on each evening.
B. Replace new water or water plus a new leaf ketapan 3 days.
C. Starting in the news feed on the second day after the combat (pitted).

- The process of recovery of at least: 1 to 2 weeks


- Type of choke:

A. We recommend that medium & fine choke secukup give his
B. Except on day 5 & 6 of feeding in adding a bit more of his portion.


* As an alternative medicine:

- If you do not have ketapan racik & anti-biotic from Betta clinics, can also use it Betadine wound MEDICINE (ANTI septic) as much as 3 drops each turn of the new water & CAN ALSO IN MODIFICATION leaves or water only with filtered ketapan only.

- During the re Ren (wound treatment) do not fish on the stern - galaki at least 1 week.

- After that the fish can be at his wound check whether there are defects? especially if there is a defective part lip so the fish are already having to physical weakness, the fish can not be for at fighting back.


- If the circumstances lips (ring) is still smooth, then the fish may still be in care back to the use as male breeders, or to compete again in her special for a blue fish and green for a bit of his mental strength is far more appeal in the silver color for former fighter fish category (2nd).

SYMPTOMS edema

 

SYMPTOMS edema

SYMPTOMS edema: the hickey complaints & ornamental.

- Can be in because of unclean food, one feeding because of too much food that is given when new fish finished in ADU, also the result of a blow out by former opponent blows toward the stomach so that when we give it too much feed the fish stomach will experience stomach upset which will lead to edema disease.

- Among non-feeding larva of the type of choke that both long-term.

- too often provide frozen food such as frozen water fleas, frozen red choke, which often is called by (BLOOD WORM).

- provision of silk worms that are not sterile continuously, even though sterile if not in the mix with the feed choke it will be also another cause of his illness.

- a pattern that is not a balanced feed terlau much, too little, even rarely eat it too, sometimes once a day, even 2 days.

- The food is life in excess of water fleas that are not sterile at the time the fish is still in its ren (quarantine).
 

Edema TREATMENT

Edema TREATMENT: SHORT TAIL & DECORATIVE.

* (SHORT TAIL)

- GIVE laxatives SE END FEEDING SPOON PLASTIC BOTTLE into containers (REN) IN MINERAL WATER THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN CUT & DEPOSITION OF CLEAN WATER.

* GIVING laxative:

AFTERNOON AT-DO HIS 30 MINUTES AFTER EATING OR CAN ALSO ON HIS NIGHT NIGHT AROUND 20:00 HOURS LOCAL TIME.

* Substitution of water:

- IF EVERY DAY & Drying chance.

* STATUS OF WATER:

- WHITE WATER DEPOSITION plain KETAPANG AND WITHOUT ADDITIONAL
DRUGS - OTHER DRUG HER, OTHER THAN laxative.

* PROCESS:

- MOST MOST QUICKLY SUNDAY SLOW 1 3 / 4 DAYS IN MAY edema healed.

- How GOOD WHEN HER QUICKLY CAN DETECTED, SO THERE IS STILL HOPE FOR NORMAL DIGESTION FOR HIS RETURN.

* (HIAS)

- MEDIA IS IN USE SHOULD Aquarium 15X15X15 ALTITUDE MINIMUM SIZE OF WATER AROUND 8.10 CM.

- DO suction WATER ON EACH AFTERNOON AND THEN ADDED TO THE ORDINARY IN NEW WATER USE (MINERAL WATER, WATER DEPOSITION). His best mix with filtered KETAPANG LEAVES OR WATER THAT GOOD manifold in because IF FISH IS EXPERIENCE edema (Drops) FISH WILL NOT HAVE TO instability mucus mucus THEN COMFORT TO HELP IN FISH IN ADD KETAPANG MANDATORY IF NOT GIVING BUT NEED LAH too thick (THICK .)


- IF THERE ARE NO FISH TERSELAMAT KAN WITH THIS METHOD OF TREATMENT RESISTANT POWER IS THE POWER OF HIS FISH ARE TOO WEAK. ON THIS MY EXPERIENCE as a resource HEALING HAS BEEN DOING ALMOST 90% IN GOOD & CAN DECLARE NORMAL LIFE BACK.

* PATTERN OF FOOD:

- FOR FISH Drops (edema) JUST GIVE THAT LITTLE BLACK choke manifold DESERVE BETTA FOOD FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 TAIL JENTI Cuk HAVE JUST BECAUSE NATURE NATURE CAN QUICKLY FOR DIGESTION decomposed BETTA FISH DO NOT GIVE HIM ANOTHER SEVERE FOOD FOOD. SILK WORMS, pellets, Cuk SUSPENDED OR OTHER RED HIS LIFE AND THAT JUST MAKES MEAT SHRIMP FEED difficult to digest WITH EITHER (FAST).

- After recovering LET FOR 1 WEEK AHEAD WITH FOOD WITH BLACK Cuk DECENT IN THE MORNING & AFTERNOON IF MORE TAIL got pinched AROUND 20 TO DIGESTION CAN REALLY - REALLY stable BACK THEN AFTER THAT FISH CAN GIVE BACK IN FOOD ACCORDING TO HIS SPECIAL NEEDS HIS BACK BETTA FOR DECORATIVE namely:

SILK-WORMS, Cuk RED, & MEAT SHRIMP. NET WHICH HAS BEEN IN FOOD DO KAN & EXCESSIVE BACK UP LAH.


LUCKY & HAPPY MAY TRY.

Laxatives Sprinkle

Laxatives Sprinkle INTO THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE BOTTLE.

- GRANT OF DRUGS FOR CHRONIC edema ENOUGH TO DO EVERY DAY AFTER CHANGING THE WATER / suction ADDED A NEW WATER, AND GIVE IN FOOD.

- FOR A SYMPTOMS edema, CAN DO IT IN TWO DAYS ONCE GIVING laxatives, OR ON THE FIRST DAY & TO THREE and so HIS MOST FOR 7 DAYS OLD.

- BUT IF FISH IS REALLY HIS STOMACH Kempes BEFORE 7 DAYS, THE FISH ARE IN THE STATE IS IMPROVING IN to heal & DO NOT GIVE HER ANYMORE laxatives.

* Note:

- Giving her best drug in the afternoon / evening of his days.

Trout Lakes and Loughs In Ireland

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Tight Lines for 2011.

ANALYSIS OF CASTING

 

casting betta fighter

ANALYSIS OF CASTING:

1. fish when we see from the above if at the top of his head around the nose until the connection gills is dominated by a very plain black scales, the fish is still quite young when his fish scales base color black.

2. but if in the domination of fish scales of the head with scales such as the barking head (toto-spot) These fish are also still quite young.

3. head scales spotted her barking has begun to stretch a bit kepinggir more to the part around the eyes and gills of the fish connection is enough air around age 5 / 6 months nan.

4. scales of fish heads have started a bit slippery scales of his barking has started less then the fish can go around the age of 7 months nan.

5. head scales really - really slick little to abu2 an old (dark gray) bark scales smooth without spot - spot the fish was already about 8 months old upwards.

6. if the fish in the input into the cup noodle container and fins of fish / flag, waving - waving folds - fold open with a quick movement of fish is also still categorized still quite young.

7. if the fins of fish / flag, moving a bit relaxed then the fish is already a bit old.

8. if the fins of fish / flag, more dominant rather lazy to move bud enough so the fish was old age.

9. if colored lip ring is younger than the color scales on the fish's head was then used to fish the basic memliliki reinforcement ring a very loud mouth, his color to gray - gray slippery and if the ring lip dark brown slippery, fish includes pretty hard not too sharp (hard).

10. if the form is only curved teeth like a line alone, his type of short teeth.

11. if his teeth like any needles - needles ketch meetings - meeting the long tooth type.

12. if the gear tooth fish is quite tenuous and boxed - a box like dice or round - round meeting and tenuous (no comment)

13. ideal of the head s / d with the same base (average) & body base must at least had the contents of thick & thin no