Fighting fish and how to care

Continued from the last entry, whichever is the nature of the game fish. Breeds there are many types of game fish in fact, such variety halfmoon, crown tail, short tail, double tail and fighting fish and other wild game species.

Why fighting fish received? 

Fighting fish well received due to the beauty and uniqueness of the color and pattern etched on the wings and the higher price if both these factors to the surface. Flipper game is also approaching a half moon shape is like a beautiful fan at the age of two and a half months until four months of the most beautiful and awaited by fans.

Price of a fighting fish? 

The highest price ever recorded so far, a fighting fish at RM250 which is the best grade while fighting fish in the middle price is up to RM100 to RM200.

Commercially care rather complicated. 

In fact, fighting fish care is rather complicated and fussy, especially in terms of water treatment and food are two important aspects in ensuring the percent of living children a high game fish. Water, eg need to be replaced every other day, while the food is to be given twice daily.

In addition to ensuring that the water content that is not too much, they also need to chlorine-free either technology or on anti-chlorine filters available in the market. If using regular tap water, it should be left in advance for at least 2 to 3 days before it can be used.

Food was given in the morning and evening either red worms or larvae. Red worms can also be found in any of the ornamental fish shop in tablet form and should be witted before given to fighting fish. However, do not need fighting fish fed pallet as it affects water quality.

Male fighting fish, more beautiful and larger than females and usually occurs after mating game fish reaches the age of about three months. For the purpose of mating, male and female fighting fish will be placed in the same container for about two to three days and mating is assured when a female fighting fish fighting fish away from the male.

Currently, female fighting fish fighting fish will be separated and the male will be allowed to keep fish eggs in the foam until the hatch is about a few days later. Once hatched the fry, which amounted to hundreds of birds will be isolated to prevent the fish meal by adult males and placed in larger containers.

How to care in the breeding process:
These fish grow and how to lay their eggs attached to the substrate such as plant roots, leaves or fibers rapia.

Measures need to know: 

1. Choose a good parent and a beautiful and aggressive male. 
2. Split between male parent and female parent and be fed for 4 sd 5 days. 
3. Enter the male parent and female parent spawning site depth (toples, aquarium, bucket, sink), which was given water plants (eceng mumps or fiber rapia with ± 25 cm water depth). 
4. After 2-3 days you'll see the eggs on its leaves or rapia.
5. Move the female and adequate feed. 
6. For 2-3 days the fish are not fed because there is egg in her preparation. 
7. For 2-3 days and the fry should be fed infosuria for 3 days then fed filtered water fleas for 10 days and after that you can be without filtered water bug.

Master of fish fed well enough, after 2-3 weeks can be moved back. Sons of game fish can be sold after the age of 2 months.

Warning: 

1. Do not put anything - any rock in the tank mate. 
2. Plants are very important. 
3. After mating, males will chase the female fish from the nest - the nest. At present, it is best if the female fish taken out of the tank.
4. After the fry are free swimming, remove the males from the tank. Fry will grow up in the tank mate.

Regardless of all the more need substantial capital to make this fight fish farming. Aspects to be considered are food, shelter, water, and the right temperature. Anyway, if there are sufficient knowledge, a complete analysis and collaboration with several parties. Keep only your efforts.

Bumblebee Fish or Bumblebee Goby

Bumblebee Gobies.  Everyone loves the little bumblebee gobies, but not everyone wants to go to the trouble to take care of them.  Unfortunately, bumblebees usually fall into the hands of small tank owners -- not a good mix.  Bumblebees can live in small tanks, but most small tank owners lack the experience to keep these cute little dudes alive and kicking.. 

Species.  Several types of bumblebees pop up from time to time -- much depends on where they came from.  Some sport different bar patterns.  Different species?  Masts niches.  You keep them all the same way.  We like the four-barred ones.  The different species have different numbers of rays in their various fins.  As the famous ichthyologist, Elizabeth Barrett Browning said, “How do I i.d. thee, let me count the rays.”

Feeding Time.  Your new bumblebee gobies probably will ignore flake foods at first.  They prefer live foods  (like black worms) or at least frozen shrimp (thawed, of course). Lots of other frozen bug-size foods trip their triggers -- especially when other bees compete with them.  If you keep a few large female guppies with them, your bees will find some live food on their own.  Too large a fish will intimidate them.  They have a big mouth for their size, so we plan to experiment with glass worms.  California black worms go down very smooth. 

Mixers.  Bumblebee gobies move slow, so leave out the speedy zebras and other zippers.  Good candidates include other brackish fishes such as glass fish (Indian), flounders, and dragon gobies.  Mollies like the same water but get to the food too fast and stuff their guts while the bees just haven’t quite got the buzz yet.

Scavengers.  Since snails hate salt and catfish don’t like it much either (except bull sharks), we’d recommend ghost shrimp as scavengers.  If you feed flakes, these semi-invisible arthropods will make excellent cleaners.

Fierce Little Beasts.  From the front, bees look to be all mouth especially when yawning, eating, or arguing during spawning.  Bumblebee gobies can nip long-finned fishes.

Plant Decor.  Salt in their water puts the kibosh on most plants.  Plastic plants always work.  Some of the best live plants to keep with bumblebee gobies include Java moss, the slow-growing Java lance fern, and the fast-growing water sprite. 

Comfort Decor.  PVC pipe pieces and resin caves on the bottom serve as security and breeding sites.  More natural choices include empty snail shells (not little shells, tho).  Look into those shells available for hermit crabs.   Axelrod’s Atlas of Freshwater Fishes has some great bumblebee gobs shots with the little twits defending their snail shell homes and hearths.  They look like fierce wee beauties with their huge (comparatively) mouths ready to bite whatever approaches -- mostly other male bees. 

Helping Fish Get Rid of the "Ich"

ARS researcher David Straus has shown that copper sulfate is an effective and less expensive treatment for fish infected by the fungus Ichthyophthirius multifiliis, also known as "Ich," (shown here as white spots on catfish). Click the image for more information about it.

Copper sulfate has emerged as an effective treatment for Ichthyophthirius multifiliis, also known as "Ich," a protozoan parasite that appears as white spots on infected fish, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist. 

Aquatic toxicologist David Straus with USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) investigated copper sulfate as a method to control both Ich in catfish and a fungus—Saprolegnia—on catfish eggs. Straus works at the ARS Harry K. Dupree Stuttgart National Aquaculture Research Center in Stuttgart, Ark. ARS is the chief intramural scientific research agency of USDA, and this research supports the USDA priority of promoting international food security. 

Ich is considered the most prevalent parasite worldwide in ornamental fish, baitfish and food fish, according to Straus. Ich is less common in U.S. aquaculture because of management techniques, but when it occurs, it can kill all the fish in a pond or raceway. It is calculated that Ich was directly responsible for $1.2 million in losses to the catfish industry in 2003. 

The freshwater fungus Saprolegnia is another major pathogen in fish culture, killing eggs and invading wounds and lesions on juvenile and adult fish. 

Straus found copper sulfate is an effective treatment for Ich on fish and fungus on eggs. According to Straus, copper sulfate is the only practical treatment to control Ich in catfish ponds that average about 10 acres in area. It is easy to use, effective and inexpensive, and is safe for the user to handle. 

Current approved treatments for fungus on eggs, such as formalin and hydrogen peroxide, are much more expensive. Also, both compounds are hazardous, and there are human safety concerns as well as required storage precautions.

Copper sulfate is not currently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for therapeutic use in aquaculture, but regulatory action has been deferred pending the outcome of Straus' ongoing research. The chemical is approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as an algicide and molluscicide. Fish farmers use copper sulfate to control cyanobacteria that cause off-flavor in fish, and to control snails that transmit parasitic flatworms to fish.

Ornamental Fish: Management of Ornamental Fish Aquarium

Maintaining ornamental fish not only requires us to keep the food and fish health but also to manage their own fish aquarium. This is because of good aquarium will make it a beautiful, exciting and safe (not toxic) and are suitable for fish to live comfortably.

There are some things that should be considered in managing the container / tank. The matters are as follows:

1. Aquarium Aeration System

To ensure good air circulation, air pump is needed to increase the oxygen content in water. Adequate oxygen is essential, especially to the fish that are less resistant species such as goldfish, arowana (Kelisa), guppy and other. As for the fish as the fish hold kalui, puyu and tilapia, they do not really need to be adequately ventilated if you only install a water filter that can serve as an air pump.

2. Water Filter System

Sample Air Filter (Top)

There are many water filter systems are used. Usually keeping ornamental fish will be used for tank-type filter because it is cheaper and easy to find in the shops of ornamental fish. Filter systems are better and more effective is the kind of "under gravel filter" slow as the water becomes dirty. However, it is quite costly. The best filter is a type of biological system because it not only to filter out impurities, but to censor art of living that can lead to fish disease.

3. Water Treatment

Water is used mainly water from the tap water in our country should be treated prior to use for breeding of ornamental fish. Treatment is often in practice is treated with anti-chlorine and put a little salt (NaCl) to kill bacteria. Salt and liquid anti chlorine can be purchased at the store decorations. Common salt can also be used.

4. Aquarium Accessories

Normally keeping with iakan will add decorative lighting, ship-shaped building, windmills and many others. If we choose the accessories that make sure the accessories are important because they are not toxic
can be harmful to ornamental fish. Besides just make sure also that the accessories can make your aquarium is attractive and not stringy or scattered.

5. Placing rocks Aquarium Association

The selection of stones must also be taken into account because at present there are many stones that are sold in markets in color to look more beautiful. Make sure the paint color or the stone will not fade and harmful to your fish. If you can find only the stones from the river because it is of course completely non-toxic and free.

6. Other decorations in the aquarium

 

The design of the decorations in the aquarium depending on the interests and tastes of a person. Notwithstanding the ornamental design sure to be prepared to give enough room for the fish to swim and did not become a nuisance to him.

 

Malaysia, Indonesia To Expand Cooperation In Fisheries Industries

By Ahmad Fuad Yahya

JAKARTA, Jan 15 (Bernama) -- Malaysia and Indonesia are to widen cooperation in the marine and fisheries industries, particularly in the high-impact seaweed production and ornamental fish sectors, Malaysian Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Datuk Seri Noh Omar said here Friday.

"We see great potential for cooperation in research and processing in these two sectors," he said.

Both countries would also cooperate in the field of bio-security to ensure that the fish landed could be exported to and accepted in the European markets, he told reporters after discussions with Indonesian Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Fadel Muhammad.



Noh said both countries also agreed to ensure the welfare of their fishermen caught for poaching in each other's territorial waters.

Meanwhile, Fadel said it was strategic for Malaysia and Indonesia to step up cooperation in fisheries because both countries, as members of the D-8 group of Islamic developing countries, had agreed on marine and fisheries industries as the basis for enhancing food security.

"Stepped up cooperation in fisheries is also in line with the Asean-China Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and the Asean-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership (AJCEP) Agreement," he said.

He said the volume of Indonesian exports to Malaysia in the fisheries sector in 2008 was 57,159 tonnes valued at US$62.7 million (RM209.7 million).

Noh is leading a delegation of senior government officers and heads of government-linked companies (GLCs) on a week-long visit to Indonesia as a follow-up to the visit of Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to Sulawesi at the end of last year to discuss potential cooperation and investment in agriculture.

-- BERNAMA

Maui council member wants to wipe out callous aquarium industry practises

A bill introduced by Maui County Council Member Mike Molina may tighten up the rules for how aquarium fish is treated after being caught in Maui waters. Existing animal welfare laws only stipulate that ornamental fish collectors must maintain facilities that can keep the fish alive and “in reasonable health”.

“The reality is that the inhumane treatment is inherent in the trade,” said environmentalist and dive operator Renee Umberger. “They don’t consider them to really be animals. That’s why it’s important to change the (legal) definition of what the state considers pets.”

The new bill would piggyback on superseding state laws and is intended to make sure that ornamental fish is treated well. Molina also hopes that the bill will raise awareness about overfishing and the fragility of Hawaii’s reefs. Over the past two decades, Hawaii’s aquarium reef fish population has declined by nearly 60 percent.

According to statistics from the state Department of Land and Natural Resources, Maui fishermen caught aquarium fish valued at $32,478 last year. In the entire state, the value of all caught aquarium fish was roughly $2 million in the same period.

Robert Wintner, owner of Snorkel Bob’s, now questions why Hawaii is endangering its reef fish population for a mere $2 million a year when hundreds of local jobs in the multimillion scuba and tour sector depends on the wellbeing of the reefs.

Examples of what the Molina bill is suggesting

• Prohibition of several industry practises, such deflating the swim bladder, exposing the fish to air, and temperature changes of more than 2 degrees.
• Mortality rates and dead fish disposal methods must be documented.
• Causing the death of an ornamental fish will be considered an inhumane treatment of aquatic life.
• Violation of the law would be a misdemeanour. The fine would range between $500 and $2,000 and up to a year in jail.

Before the bill goes before the full County Council, it needs to be assigned to a committee for further discussion.