I used a lamellophone, pressed it on the glass of the aquarium and played. The fish responded, but their response was equivocal. I felt that a demonstration that fish could learn to categorize stimuli as complex as music, according to a criterion as unnatural as musical genre, not only would show that they extract meaningful … Continue reading
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a different picture?
Vienna_26.07.20_03:28 pm john doe is observed by another fish. A different perspective, a different picture. I think that the fish on the image is john doe. The photo is blurry and out of focus. But an analysis of the stripes and the fact that he swimms near the bottom in the seperate chamber hints to … Continue reading
preferred domicile
heabea still* has her preferred domicile in the separate chamber. *see: personal preferences She accepts john doe there. He mostly stays close to the ground, wheras she tends more to the surface. She still likes to attack fork through the plexiglass [don’t know if ‘attack’ is the right expression – may be it’s more teasing] … Continue reading
how to catch
I fed mosquito larvae from a sieve and learned that the fish easily get into the sieve. Next time I know how to catch them if I want to move them to another tank.
pursuit
Vienna_23.07.20_11:28 am bent is chased by forc, which he does quit often, at least this can be observed since a couple of days.
sessile filamentous algae
Vienna_14.07.20_12:47 pm There is algae growth again, but it’s a different species. I can’t identify it. They adhere to the plants, particularly to the Java fern and the glass surfaces. Unlike the cyanobacteria, you cannot wipe them off the surface. They stick firmly on it, especially on the plant tissue.
hidden in the Java fern
11.07.20_11:42 am I couldn’t see 2point this morning. I searched with a bamboo stick between the plants and scanned the entire aquarium. No 2point. A miracle and a bad feeling, I don’t want to have a corpse in the tank. Found him around noon, dead, hidden in the Java fern [Microsorum pteropus ‘Trident’].
in space
2point was no longer able to capture any of the brine shrimp. I think he sort of said goodbye – an astronaut floating in space.
brine shrimp
Artemia populations are found in about 500 natural salt lakes and man-made salterns scattered throughout the tropical, subtropical and temperate climatic zones, along coastlines as well as inland. Among the live diets used in the larviculture of fish and shellfish, nauplii of the brine shrimp Artemia constitute the most widely used food item. Annually, over … Continue reading
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visiting card
visiting cards I quickly designed and printed a card. The weather was bad the next day. Even so, two people were sitting outside. I gave the assistant the business card I just designed and a catalog, and I promised that I would send a more detailed description of my intentions.