Aspidoras Egg Watch

These guys are aspirdoras, a but like a corydoars that's been stretched. One of my females was looking a little frisky today, and sure enough--I have some eggs. Not many, but I thought I would try raising them.

Here they are in the handy-dandy egg hatcher. The shot glass keeps them comtained, the air stone keeps them agitated to stop fungus.  The temperature now should be fine for them even without a heater.

Edited to Add: No luck with the egs but I see I have a baby Aspidoras in the tank, so it seems like they do better if I just leave them to it :)

Unscheduled 95% Water Change

At 3am my filter was sounding off so I got up. I turned on the light and found my ten gallon tank had only in inch of water in it and the HOB was churning air.

It turns out the air tube had come of the air pum, then somehow suction had been created and the water had drain out of the tank through the airstone onto the carpet.

WTF? Has this ever happened to anyone else?

Human Health and Aquarium Keeping

Salmonella
Warm aquarium waters is able to incubate a number of potentially harmful bacteria including species of Salmonella (Hay & Seal, 1994). This bacteria can travel internationally in "carriage" water. Such bacteria have the potential to cause stomach disorders, septicemia and meningitis. Water from domestc sources is a relatively low risk but aquarium keepers should wash their hands after being in contact with aquarium water.

References

• Dombrowski, D. (2007). Emergency care of invertebrates. Vet Clin Exot Anim 10, 621-645.
• Hey, J & Seal, D.V. (1994) Tropical aquaria water and diarrhoea. The Journal of Infection 30, 84-5.

Xebo

Xebo on arrival.


Xebo all grown up.

Other betta fish posts of interest:

• Wet The Appetite