GARY BARDEN

(OWNER OF PARAQUATICS)

AQUARIUM:  6' - 30'' - 2'

SUMP   36" - 15" - 15" 

FULL TUNZE FILTRATION

INC:- BIOLOGICAL , MECHANICAL , CHEMICAL FILTERS , CALCIUM REACTOR , PROTEIN SKIMMER , OSMOLATOR , IKS AQUASTAR COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEM, UV STERILIZER, OZONIZER ,MULTI-CONTROLLER & 4 X 4000 LH PUMPS + 3 X 4000 LH PUMPS CIRCULATING & 1 X 3000 LH PUMP TO RUN FILTER, DELTEC KALKWASSER STIRRER , SYSTEM 2000 CHILLER

18-11-02      ADDED 2 X  TUNZE STREAM PUMPS 12,000 LPH EACH

TREBLE ARCADIA 250W METAL HALIDES AND ACTINIC LIGHTING

CIRCULATION = 55,000 L/H   =  TURNOVER 67 TIMES PER HOUR

ADDITIVES : - KENT CORAL ACCEL, KENT STRONTIUM & MOLYBDENUM  ,KENT IODINE, KENT PHYTOPLEX  ALL ADDED DAILY .

	TUNZE STREAM PUMP 12,000 lph

ALONG WITH THE CORALS THERE ARE 10 FISH

1 PAIR CLARKII CLOWNS

2 YELLOW TAILED BLUE DAMSELS

1 PURPLE YELLOW TAILED TANG'S

 1 RED HEAD GOBIES

1 SULPHA GOBY

1 ORCHID DOTTY BACKS

1 PAIR AUSTRALIAN CLOWNS

MY NEW AQUARIUM

NEW !!!!

BREEDING SUCCESS AT PARAQUATICS

EMPEROR   CARDINALS

IT JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT YOU HAVE TO KEEP A WATCH IN YOUR AQUARIUM EVEN WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE OUT, AS I DISCOVERED BACK IN 2000. 

FOR NO APPARENT REASON , ABOUT ONE HOUR AFTER THE LIGHTS OF THE TANK HAD GONE OUT , I HAD TO VISIT THE ROOM IN WHICH MY TANK WAS IN . I HAPPENED TO GLANCE INTO THE TANK . SEEING SOME SMALL MOVEMENTS I HUNTED FOR A TORCH AND LOOKED CLOSER IN THE TANK. LUCKILY THE WATER MOVEMENT IS REDUCED AT NIGHT AND UP NEAR THE SURFACE THERE WAS A SHOAL OF BLOOD SHRIMP FRY THIS I FOUND INTERESTING ENOUGH BUT THEN OUT OF THE CORNER OF MY EYE I SAW A SMALL FISH.

I IMMEDIATELY SWITCHED THE ACTINIC TUBES ON AND TO MY SURPRISE THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 10 EMPEROR CARDINAL FRY SWIMMING AROUND THE BLOOD SHRIMP FRY . UNFORTUNATELY AS SOON AS THE LIGHT WENT ON THEY STARTED TO DISAPPEAR . I GRABBED A NET AND CAUGHT OUT THE ONES I COULD CATCH  . HAVING CAUGHT ABOUT SIX I MOVED THEM TO THE SAFETY OF A SMALL TANK IN THE SHOP ON THERE OWN . 

THE FACT THAT THE EMPEROR CARDINALS ARE MOUTH BROODERS MAKES REARING THE YOUNG FRY FAIRLY EASY. THEY IMMEDIATELY  TOOK NEWLY HATCHED BRINE SHRIMP A VERY CONVENIENT FOOD, I HAVE A CUSTOMER TRYING TO REAR CLOWN FISH AT THE MOMENT WITH MORE DIFFICULTY BECAUSE HE HAS TO HAVE CULTURES OF ROTIFERS AND GREEN WATER  ON THE GO ALL THE TIME . LUCKILY HE HAS AN UNDERSTANDING WIFE AND A ROOM LIKE A SCIENCE LAB BUBBLING AWAY.

THE CARDINALS FED WELL FOR ABOUT A MONTH ON THESE AND THEN THEY STARTED TAKING FROZEN PLANKTON AND A FEW WEEKS AFTER THAT FROZEN BRINE SHRIMP , AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PICS THEY ARE ABOUT 32 mm AT 3 MONTHS.

I NOW WAIT WITH ANTICIPATION THE NEXT CLUTCH , I KNOW THAT WITH THE THREE PAIRS OF ADULTS I HAVE THAT THEY PRODUCE BABIES ABOUT EVERY 2 -3 WEEKS BUT ITS JUST CATCHING THE BABIES SWIMMING AROUND AS THEY ONLY RELEASE THE YOUNG AT NIGHT AND BY MORNING THEY HAVE BEEN LOST PRESUMED EATEN BY THE OTHER RESIDENTS.

10 - 08 - 00 EMPEROR CARDINALS DISCOVERED	6 BABY'S RESCUED FROM THE AQUARIUM

BABY'S 3 MONTHS OLD ALREADY 32 mm LONG