The K'an fire ready, Daphinia about had it, and Wegmans brag
botia
refire remains)--upon completion, the details of which I will not
disclose here -- is currently awaitng the oven. Meanwhile the plastic
bottle make shift filtration for the wood shrimp (the pair of
adolescent Atyopsis) , is still operating at satisfactory levels. pH
levels high but now stable, sort of.
The Daphinia population has been reduced to a sparse few because of
the snails incursion coupled with biomass reduction. I expect the new
pump, working title "The K'an" (I Ching reference), to usher in a more
suitable environment for Daphinia. Hang in there little fellas. As it
stands the shrimp College and Caver are thriving, as well the
Macrophytes. College still tends to swim off the logs looking for an
exist, but now alot less frequent. Both of the Macrophytes I
misidentified as Submerged Macrophytes when in fact it Emergent
Macrophytes. This error was made obvious, as I watched now both grow
out of the water.
News in the hippie press
http://www.commondreams.org/news2006/0313-07.htm
gets off a significant notice of industry, forced into more
environmentally sound operation of aquaculture.
"BOSTON - March 13 - Wegmans Food Markets, one of the country's most
successful and innovative food retailers, and Bon Appétit Management
Company, a leading food service company known for its ground-breaking
sustainable sourcing practices, announced today at the Boston Seafood
Show that they have adopted new purchasing policies to provide their
customers with farmed king salmon that meets strong health and
environmental criteria. The policies were developed in consultation
with Environmental Defense, a leading environmental advocacy
organization."
But will we get better tasting farm raised, The question. Congrats
ED.
Some decent farm raised salmon (in Los Angeles) seems rare -- and if
anyone hasn't decerned the difference for themselves, let me tell ya --
a big difference.
Present parameters; Tank Two is a 30 gallon tank holding about 16
gallons of fresh water with about two tea spoons of Dr. Wells
freshwater aquarium salt, pH 7.6 and stable. Iodine added 2 drops
every week. Carbonate hardness of 3.5. and stable, water temp 25c.
Daphinia population small unstable and bordering exhaustion. Blood
worms population small and stable. Hydra population small unstable and
bordering exhaustion. Common water Snails small and stable, increased
harvesting in effect. Cyclops population unstable. Java ferns (4)
stable and barely growing. Java moss (four bunches) stable and barely
growing. Amazon swords (2) flora stable and growing. Lotus (1) flora
stable and rapidly growing. UnID "Spout"grass flora, present and
growing slowly. UnID "I" worms population small and stable.