Paddlefish!

[iNow]

So, are the paddlefish still swimming stong?

 

 

I saw this story and thought of you. You may have seen it already.

 

"World's Smallest Aquarium Holds Just Two Teaspoons of Water"

 

 

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8778514/Worlds-smallest-aquarium-holds-just-two-teaspoons-of-water.html

 

The miniature wonder, which is made of glass and measures just 30 mm wide by 24 mm high and 14mm deep, can be held in the palm of your hand.

 

And it is so small there is only room for these tiny zebra fish.

 

Despite the miniscule proportions, it does comes with miniature plants as well as stones.

 

When it came to filling up the tank, the 10ml of water had to be applied with a syringe to ensure the arrangement was not disturbed.

And the fish had to be added with a specially made miniature fish net.

 

The extraordinary creation is the latest by Anatoly Konenko, from Omsk, in Russia.

[Moontanman]

So, are the paddlefish still swimming stong?

 

 

I saw this story and thought of you. You may have seen it already.

 

"World's Smallest Aquarium Holds Just Two Teaspoons of Water"

 

 

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8778514/Worlds-smallest-aquarium-holds-just-two-teaspoons-of-water.html

 

 

Yes, the last paddlefish is doing well, he eats enthusiastically, and will eat smaller fish despite the common knowledge they only eat microscopic creatures.

 

I wonder about the small aquarium, how stable it could be, anyone could put tiny fish in a tiny container for a few hours or days but how does it do long term? I breed fish called mosquito fish, they are less than one inch long as adults and have live young. I have kept them for short periods of times in containers that only held a fluid ounce or so of water. Still it was nice that he had plants in it as well.

[iNow]

So, you're down to one? That's too bad. Sounds like a lot of work to keep those little fellas alive.

[Moontanman]

So, you're down to one? That's too bad. Sounds like a lot of work to keep those little fellas alive.

 

 

Actually it's not that difficult but I lost several to bird predators and a couple to equipment failure. Moving took out a couple more, it's difficult to move fish sometimes and the water quality in the new house was horrific. The learning curve on new fish is sometimes quite steep, I had never attempted to keep these fish before and the current wisdom about them proved to be mostly wrong which didn't help much.

[iNow]

I wouldn't have thought that the water in your new house would contribute to their death, but it makes sense. It would be like putting us into a completely different type of air and expecting it to have no impact. Thanks for sharing.

[Moontanman]

I wouldn't have thought that the water in your new house would contribute to their death, but it makes sense. It would be like putting us into a completely different type of air and expecting it to have no impact. Thanks for sharing.

 

 

The water in the new house was full of hydrogen sulfide and devoid of oxygen not to mention containing sulfur dioxide, I was in a hurry to move and simply didn't test the water parameters.

 

They are great fish, but the need a tank with 3' wide by 8' to 12' long foot print, height should be around 2' or more.

 

Shovelnose sturgeon are next on my agenda. If I can find a few fingerlings...

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shovelnose_sturgeon

 

[Moontanman]

Sad news to report, I am moving yet again and during the move the paddlefish died. I was so very careful moving him, I set up a 360 gallon vat with a large filter and he did well for a couple of weeks but he and all the fish in the vat with him died, I found him buried in the leaves at the bottom of the vat. I'm not sure but I suspect the leaves were poison somehow. It is an odd tree, plum or peach, might not have had anything to do with it. I am devastated, I had him for over two and a half years, he was a beautiful fish and had come to recognize me as a source of food coming to the top to get his pellets. I learned a lot from him, awesome fish RIP....