June 2007 - Kitchener Waterloo Aquarium Society

fins & tales June 2007
Exchange Editor’s June Report
by Zenin Skomorowski KWAS
zenin@golden.net
The newsletters featured in this column
and others are available to you.
Please let me know by email, or at the
monthly meeting, which ones you
would like to read.
A couple of months ago, Charlie Drew
from the Hamilton & District Aquarium
Society came to talk to KWAS
about plecos. Read his article on
“Spawning the King Tiger Pleco” in
the April issue of The Monthly Bulletin.
This carnivore, also known as L-
066, grows to about 12cm (5 inches)
and is grey with black striped markings.
Rick Wittner writes about Neolamprologus
leleupi in the April issue of
TropiQuarium from the Motor City
Aquarium Society. Sometimes known
as firecrackers, these rock-loving cichlids
from Lake Tanganyika, make a
great addition to your rift lake setup.
Do scientific names of fish give you
grief ? Paul Mansfield writes about
their importance and gives some tips
on pronunciation in the April issue of
Fins & Friends from the Regina
Aquarium Society.
Wayne Cole describes his experience
“Breeding Labidochromis Pearlmutt”
in the April issue of Aqua Antics from
The Sarnia Aquarium Society. This
beautiful Malawi cichlid is quite
peaceful and has a pearly white body
with subtle dark bars and yellow dorsal
and tail. Also in this issue, Wayne
writes about his thoughts on the internet
and Aquariums clubs in “Will The
Internet Spell Death for Aquarium
Clubs ?”.
Part Two of “Working With Yabbies”
by Tom Mason is in the April issue of
Tank Talk from the Durham Region
Aquarium Society. This is a
continuation of his discussion of
crayfish from Australia and their
related cousins in Europe and
North America. Derek P.S. Tustin
talks about “Why I DIY or
There Are Many Ways To Save
A Buck”. Check out some of his
suggestions for alternatives to
supposedly “ aquarium specific”
items.
If you would like to keep an unusual
killifish, then look for
Pachypanchax sakaramyi. It is
originally from northern Madagascar.
Peter Melady relates his
experience keeping this fish in
the May issue of Aqua Antics
from the Sarnia Aquarium Society.
Also in this issue, Wayne
Cole writes about “Breeding
Copadichromis Borleyi”. This
mouth brooder from Lake Malawi
features males with blue
faces and fins, a yellow body
with orangey-red flash on the
sides. The female has more subdued
dark sides with red fins.
Also in this issue, a very versatile
plant is the “Indian Fern AKA
Watersprite”. Marc Frey describes
how this plant can be put
into a clay pot with small gravel,
or secured to glass with a suction
cup, or left floating.
Surf’s up ! Here is this
month’s web sites to explore:
Hans Brost, from Palm Springs
California, decided to build an
outdoor acrylic tank. I guess
here in Canada, we would have
to drain it and blow out the lines
each fall, and refill in the spring,
just like a swimming pool. The
final size of his aquarium is
about 500 gallons. He used his
existing 50 gallon tank as the
biological filter. There is also an
underground thermal mass for
heating and cooling, because
some nights do get cool and daytime
temperatures can be quite
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