Vienna_31.10.2020 In addition to the fact that brine shrimp [Artemia] are a widely used food item for small or larval fish and crustaceans (see brine shrimp), Artemia provides a unique example of how to develop a strategy in dealing with critical conditions needed for survival. The Artemia model depicts adaptation as a complex response to … Continue reading
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feeding Daphnia
Vienna_27.10.2020 I have the feeling that the fish are very fond of Daphnia [water fleas]. Even Heabea, who normally does not leave her separate chamber, came out to hunt the water fleas.
under the microscope
Vienna_17.10.20_04:19 pm [dead shrimp under the microscope x 100] The shrimp did not survive. On October 13th I found one still alive, on October 17th I discovered a dead one, I put it under the microscope.
biota
Vienna_16.10.20 [Dusky Nerite / Neritina pulligera???] At 7.10.20 I went to the pet shop to have a chat. I came back with three snails [one red-rimmed melania (Melanoides tuberculata) and two Dusky Nerits (Neritina pulligera), four little Yamato shrimps (Caridina multidentata), a plant called spade-leaf sword (Echinodorus cordifolius), and a spherical alga called Marimo moss … Continue reading
not a person
Film stills and text snippets from the subtitling of FAR OFF SOUNDS: Fish & Synths
dreaming?
Vienna_11.10.20_04:42 pm joe blow seems to be a surface dweller. But remaining in one place motionless, as seen in the video below, is highly unusual even for joe blow.
on the trails
11.10.20_04:45 pm On the trails of 1point at different dates and times. Remark: In February and March the fish were in another aquarium with no separate compartment. (compare housing situation and serious tracking) 3:03 min tracking (with the camera) at 32 x speed + selected moments in different speeds.
serious tracking
Vienna_11.10.20_ 04:38 pm The fish seem to have their own typical movement patterns. These patterns can also depend on the time of day (see movement patterns of forc and 1point below). As you can see in the picture above, there is a separate but accessible compartment in the aquarium. Only two fish entered the separated … Continue reading
companions
Vienna 15.09.20_04:01pm In the pet shop zebrafish are kept in community with other fish species. One could als say that they coexist. I watched them for while to see if they interact with each other and asked the shop owner if they do. They don’t. It seems like they don’t exist for each other. Siamese … Continue reading
individuals
I photographed every fish from both sides, dozens of times. you have to take a lot of photos to get a few suitable. I have placed the pictures of the fish above the aquarium.
tired
29.08.20_02:08 pm I’m tired of watching fish die. mdm is dead. I only found her about 2 days after her death. This time I only watched the deterioation process incidentally.
cemetery
Vienna_26.08.2020_11:36 am On the cemetry you find little pale, ecaille, pale, oszilla, hook, longfin, 2point. mdm will follow soon. January 2020 February 2020 March2020 April 2020 May 2020 June 2020 July 2020 August 2020 little pale 19.01.20 ecaille 31.01.20 pale 21.03.20 oszilla 29.03.20 hook 26.05.20 longfin end of June, beginning of July 2020 2point 11.07.20 … Continue reading