According to the manufacturer’s recommendation, the preparation* should be applied over the course of 5 consecutive days and then, as a preventive measure, once a week. At first the treatment with the preparation was quite successful, but then the cyanobacteria developed splendidly again. I decided that the only way to solve the problem was to … Continue reading
Category: condition
blue exit
Blue Exit on my desk_10.05.20 I don’t know exactly when the cyanobacteria infestation began. In the laboratory journal I mentioned them for the first time on April 3, 2020. They became a serious nuisance and I spent a lot of time curbing their proliferation. In an aquarium shop, the above preparation was recommended to me … Continue reading
housing situation
Vienna:05.05.2020_aquariums in my living room “These findings show how commonly used housing situations may affect the wellbeing of laboratory zebrafish.” Keck VA, Edgerton DS, Hajizadeh S, et al. Effects of Habitat Complexity on Pair-Housed Zebrafish. J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci. 2015;54(4):378‐383.
umwelt
At the beginning the aquarium was situated on the floor on a mobile platform. That turned out to be impractical and I built rack to raise it. But I could always see it from my desk, so that I can watch it from there at any time. Subjekte leben in einer subjektiven Wirklichkeit. Diese stellt … Continue reading
aqua test & aquatic fern
24.01.20, 07:29 am At the time when pale died, foam appeared on the surface of the water. I thought this was a bad sign and used a test kit for hobbyists to check the water parameters. The nitrate level was slightly increased, but not in a range that should pose a problem. Zebra fish are … Continue reading
