...Keeping fish in an aquarim Did you know the average ration of fish kept alive in an aquarium vs. how many perish just trying to make it to the exhbit and survive there is 50%? I ask you this because, although we all appreciate the beauty of the diverse animals and swirling colors, in the end is the loss worth it? Before a fish is placed into an aquarium it goes through quarantine. Quarantine can be described as a different process to most facilities, but one goal is in common, to add "healthy" fish to the main exhibits. Most fish are brought in from an extremely stressful transfter that consists of being shipped in small, air depleted bags (yes, fish do breath oxygen from the water that is taken from outside air mixed into the water; dissolved oxygen) and temperature fluctuations that leave the animals immunity lessened. After they are acclimated, some quickly, the are introduced into quarantine tanks. At a proper aquarium the fish is given time to get used to the surroundings and usually should be observed eating before any chemicals are added to the tank, some, however begin right away. A common chemical used is Copper. Copper is deadly to fish in high doses, but if you use just the right amount you can kill any "hitchhikers";parasites that have survived the trip. This may be used in conjuction with other chemicals and temperature fluctuations to produce a parasite free specimen. Imagine yourself packed into a tiny box depleted of air, added to an alien environment and...
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...which were like people. It was people who were just like ants. She had a dread of people. Therefore she kept fishes as pets in a big aquarium. In her opinion fishes were so peacefully. She felt safe, when she was watched them, and near to them. Her love to her fishes was like a mother-children relationship. She loved them, as they were her own children. But one day Mick, the troublemaker, came to her apartment. He always used to beg Marjorie, for money, food or clothes, but this time he actually came to help her putting her sick angel fish into a new clean aquarium. So she believed him! Mick pretended to take care of the sick fish, but he was just pretended. He took the net and caught the fish. He went over to the window and asked how much worth it was. He wanted a hundred quid, but she didn't have the money, and then he flipped the fish out the window, and afterwards he ran after it. And after the sad event, he came back. Marjorie pulled him a drink, but into it she had dropped some of the tablets - which the doctor had described for her agoraphobia. He felt asleep, he was sleeping like a stone. Then she took her piranha and put it in a bucket. She took his hand, and held it into the bucket and a few minutes later, his hand was almost gone. The piranha had eaten his hand. She bears no grudge now. After she put the piranha back in the aquarium, it blew her kisses. The boot was on the...
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...reasoning. 3. Discuss the most appropriate form of ownership for your new business (assuming your current financial situation). 4. Outline a business plan for your business. Visit http://www.sba.gov for tools and templates. 5. Include at least two (2) references outside the textbook. My new business......Sea~sonals, aquatic line of decor for every season for your home aquarium. Owners of aquariums take pride in their masterpeices and many consider them as one of the main decorative elements in their home. With this line of Sea~sonal decor, your fish and tank can change with the seasons and celebrate the holidays with the rest of the family. The Christmas line would consist of little bubble blowing fireplaces complete with stockings for the fish, Christmas Tree shaped faux plant life, and peel decals of snowflakes, garland,etc. Halloween would have little fish sized tombstones and spooky trees along side the haunted house and full moon back drop. The possibilities are endless. Industry and Market Feasibility While a large industry of aquarium decor is available and there are many suppliers, I think that what makes this product line even more feasable is the specialization of holiday decor, which is unchartered water (pun intended) and not something that is really available. There are plenty of suppliers of the materials used to make these things and the customers are definately looking for products that are differentiated. The niche market...
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...Introduction: Keeping aquarium or “ornamental” fish as pets in aquaria or garden ponds is becoming an increasingly popular pastime in NSW. Many hundreds of fish species, both native and exotic, are sold for this purpose by aquarium suppliers and it has been estimated that this industry is worth $350 million annually in Australia. Keeping ornamental fish is a great hobby for people of all ages, however it is important to make sure your aquarium and its inhabitants remain happy and healthy. Here are a few things you should remember: * Know your fish – Some need special conditions and diet, while others are aggressive and unsuitable for a community tank. * Change the water – Replace about a third of the water in your aquarium at least once a month. Tap water may contain chemicals that harm your fish so make sure you add a water conditioner available from your pet shop. * Remove sick fish – Diseased fish can contaminate others so remove them quickly. * Don’t overfeed – Feed only as much as your fish will eat in one minute and just once a day, or as advised by your pet shop. * Don’t overcrowd – Overcrowding increases pollution and aggression problems. Testing Aquarium Water: Water chemistry is not visible; therefore, it is vital to check it on a regular basis. The best way to make this a routine is to check on the tank chemistry while changing the water. The vital parameters are pH, nitrates, nitrites, and carbonate hardness (salinity for marine tanks). Stability...
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...my mandatory assignment I decided to open up an aquarium. The name of the aquarium is Rainbow Fish Aquarium, located on 2655 Rainbow Boulevard in Las Vegas Nevada. This business is designed to bring the joy of exotic fish to families everywhere. The aquarium will have fish including: Abramite Head Standers, African Arowanas, African Black Kinfefish, African Tiger Fish, Angelfish,Bala Sharks, Barracudas, Balloon Body Kissing Gouramis, Betta Males&Females, Bichirs, Bigger Tetras, B&W Tiger Fish,Datnioides, Black Pacu, Black Phantom Tetras, Blood Fin Tetras, Boesemani Rainbow Fish, Butterfly Goodied, Butterfly Loach, Cardinal Tetras, Clown Loaches, and many more! My aquarium will be a fun environment that is safe for all ages. Families will be able to come and view exotic fish from all over the world. We will have a variety of tanks that include salt water and fresh water animals. There will be fish and many other types of animals. The tanks will also include exotic underwater plants and coral. The aquarium will have a flowing theme of a tropical island with exotic experiences. (mission statement) The Employment will be: (production and operation plan) The fish will be bought and taken care of by a select few individuals. People will be hired to clean the tanks, feed the fish and monitor the water to ensure the safety and lifespan of the fish. Other individuals will run the front of the aquarium. These individuals will help quest pay admission...
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...Lab 1 – Introduction to Science Exercise 1: The Scientific Method Dissolved oxygen is oxygen that is trapped in a fluid, such as water. Since many living organisms require oxygen to survive, it is a necessary component of water systems such as streams, lakes, and rivers in order to support aquatic life. The dissolved oxygen is measured in units of parts per million (ppm). Examine the data in Table 4 showing the amount of dissolved oxygen present and the number of fish observed in the body of water the sample was taken from and then answer the questions below. QUESTIONS 1. Make an observation – Based on the data in Table 4, describe the relationship between dissolved oxygen content and fish populations in the body of water. Discuss the pattern observed in the data set. Answer = as the Dissolved Oxygen goes up the greater the survival rate is for the fishes. The pattern for the Dissolved Oxygen goes up by two’s and the number of fish has a unique pattern when matched with the dissolved oxygen. Pattern (2, 4 ppm)…..the fishes decrease by one. (6, 8 ppm)……the fishes increase by 4 (10, 12 ppm)…the fishes increase by 3 (14, 16 ppm)….the fishes decreases by 4 18 ppm…..the fishes decreases by 5 2. Do background research – Utilizing at least one scholarly source, describe how variations in dissolved oxygen content in a body of water can affect fish populations. Answer = According to research the dissolved...
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...it proved to be an eye opener for me. As the lovely hostess sat my family down at our table I began to take in my surroundings more so than ever before. I became lost in the world of tropical plants and animals. To my left was a family of gorillas looking mighty fierce and highly mischievous, especially the youngster swinging about on a vine. Straight ahead of me was a baby grey, and his large tusked mother flapping their ears and trunks about. Finally to my right was the piece that struck me with the most fascination. Perhaps it had to do with the contents inside that were actually real rather than synthetic. Nonetheless, I caught myself staring the entire duration of our meal at this wonderfully simple, yet mysteriously intricate aquarium full of tropical fish. It was at this point in my mind that the famous rhyme came into mind, “One fish, two fish. Red fish, blue fish.” The tank was filled with such a diverse mixture of fish, just like the book of Seuss, that made the still water move with...
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...the only form of animal catching David continued to perform. David had never fished for "sport”, nor did he believe in it. For David fishing for consumption was the only form of fishing he involved himself in, with the exception of one occasion, while taping a television report on "the science of fly fishing”. During the taping he was required to catch the fish and release them all back into the water. The sight of the markings on the mouths of the fish was so disturbing to him that he never considered the While spending a weekend on the Queen Charlotte Islands, David had the opportunity to watch grey whales from up close. Observing the whales in the wild was nothing like he'd seen in the Vancouver Public Aquarium. No matter how large the aquarium, it could never compare to the freedom and happiness their relatives had in their David raises an excellent point when he discusses that if any reports are written...
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...Herman. The other aquarium inmates, including Seuqcaj (See-u-caj) the shrimp, Carla, a starfish named Cheap and Toalb (tolb) the blowfish, welcome Finnic. He then quickly becomes stuck in a filter. Their gruff leader, Llig (lig), insists that Finnic can escape without help, demonstrating his own damaged fin as proof that a handicap need not impede him. The tank members soon accept Finnic into their society and hatch an escape plan to save Finnic from being given to the dentist's niece, Alard, a notorious fish abuser. Llig's plan calls for Finnic to swim into the filter and jam it with a pebble, after which the dentist will clean the tank, transferring them to plastic bags in which they plan to hurl themselves out the window and into the harbor...
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...|The Business School |[pic] | Assignment Topic Due Date: Friday, noon, of week 8 Semester Three 2013 Georgia provides a home pet care service as well as being a financial planner. Malcolm is interested in obtaining home pet care as he is expected to be away from home for a week. After a brief phone call, Georgia attends Malcolm’s home to meet his pets. Malcolm begins to talk to Georgia about the rates for her service and specifically mentions that he requires home pet car for both his award winning rabbit and his tropical fish. He explains that he is soon to show his award winning rabbit at a show in Melbourne where, if he wins, he will receive $10,000. During the conversation Georgia states ‘I am a professional, an animal lover and that this should not be a problem’. She informs Malcolm that her rate for caring for both his rabbit and fish will be $100 per day for a total of $700 for the week she is to care for them. The next day, Georgia emails Malcolm a copy of a standard form contract that she uses with all of her home pet care clients. This standard form contract contains (inter alia) the following clause: ‘Georgia maintains the highest standards in animal care. However Georgia will not be liable for death or illness of tropical fish due to their specific vulnerabilities.’ Malcolm is very busy preparing for his trip away...
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...Learning Portfolio 1 Results “To design and construct an appropriate water filter and quality testing system to supply clean and drinkable water for a remote Nepalese community.” Reflection My original problem statement In the process of devising a team problem statement, each member was given 10 minutes to generate an individual problem statement which addressed the objectives and identified the constraints outlined in the brief. This followed Dym’s model as shown in the prescribed ‘Engineering Design: 4th Ed’ textbook. My original statement devised was as followed: “To conceptually design and construct a suitable water filtration system which has an attached, functional turbidity meter for household use by locals in the remote Nepalese community of Sandikhola.” My aim in devising this problem statement was to make it as short and direct as possible in a way which provided necessary coverage of the objectives and constraints. However, upon close inspection, I realised that my problem statement contained unnecessary wording such as “conceptually”, “attached” and “functional” which made my problem statement less direct and longer. Furthermore, I used ambiguous wording such as “household use” which implied that the product was confined to local families only and not for communal use. This was not completely addressed in the brief so the term used here is meant to be broad in order to not constrain potential solutions to the client problem. Moreover, incorporating...
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...Mr Sticky No one knew how Mr. Sticky got in the fish tank. "He's very small," Mum said as she peered at the tiny water snail. "Just a black dot." "He'll grow," said Abby and pulled her pyjama bottoms up again before she got into bed. They were always falling down. In the morning Abby jumped out of bed and switched on the light in her fish tank. Gerry, the fat orange goldfish, was dozing inside the stone archway. Jaws was already awake, swimming along the front of the tank with his white tail floating and twitching. It took Abby a while to find Mr. Sticky because he was clinging to the glass near the bottom, right next to the gravel. At school that day she wrote about the mysterious Mr. Sticky who was so small you could mistake him for a piece of gravel. Some of the girls in her class said he seemed an ideal pet for her and kept giggling about it. That night Abby turned on the light to find Mr. Sticky clinging to the very tiniest, waviest tip of the pond weed. It was near the water filter so he was bobbing about in the air bubbles. "That looks fun," Abby said. She tried to imagine what it must be like to have to hang on to things all day and decided it was probably very tiring. She fed the fish then lay on her bed and watched them chase each other round and round the archway. When they stopped Gerry began nibbling at the pond weed with his big pouty lips. He sucked Mr. Sticky into his mouth then blew him back out again in a stream...
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...The year was 1971 late June; the family pet dog Hilda had a litter of puppies about seven weeks earlier. The puppies six in all, where the spitting image of their mother, black and tan long haired Doxies cute as they could be. One of the puppies a female had made an attachment to me and would follow me everywhere I went. I decided to name her Gertrude or Gertie for short. She was my soul mate and I loved her with every fiber of my being. In my spare time, I volunteer at the local pet store, and would go there on weekends and after school to help take care of the animals, and do odd jobs that needed to be done like repairing broken fish tanks and stuff like that . One Saturday. I decided to take Gertie with me, it never accrued to me to put her on a leash because she was never more than two steps away from me at all times, and I carried her most of the time, she only weighed a few pounds. At the time there was no leash law like there is today, so off we went to the pet store. We were at the pet store for hours and it was long past to dinner time and I was getting very hungry the store owner volunteered to pay for dinner, if I ran across the street and picked it up, I said sure. So I ran across the street to grab a couple of hot dogs it was getting late in the day and the traffic was pretty heavy, but I darted across with no problems. In my haste and hunger I had totally forgotten about little Gertie my mind was on my aching stomach. So when I got back, the owner...
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...Troubleshooting If water flows slowly, the filter seems clogged, or the pump stroke feels different than normal and: Handle Is Hard to Push • Clean the Marathon Ceramic with the Pad (See "Marathon Cartridge"). • Lubricate dry Piston O-Ring (See "Piston O-Ring"). (1) (1) Handle Feels Limp / No Resistance When Pumping • Clean under the Umbrella Valve. If debris is under the Valve, the Inlet Foam is not effectively installed. Clean and reinstall the Inlet Foam. Replace the Umbrella Valve if it is torn or damaged. (1) • Missing Inlet Valve Ball (in the Relief Valve Assembly). • Hole in the Inlet Hose. Remove damaged section or replace it. • Damaged Inlet Barb O-Ring. Order a replacement O-Ring from MSR. Handle Is Hard to Pull • Clean the Inlet Foam (See "Inlet Foam"). To prevent clogging, keep the Hose above the bottom sediments using the Inlet Float. • Make sure the Inlet Hose is not kinked or blocked. Squeaky / Noisy When Pumping • The Relief Valve is blowing due to filter clogging (See "Marathon Cartridge") or pumping too fast. Pump the Handle no faster than 1 stroke per second. • Air bubble in the Pump Head. To remove the air, turn the filter upside down while keeping the Hose under water. Pump the Handle 3 - 5 strokes until the air is purged, then return the filter upright for regular pumping. To prevent air from entering, keep the Inlet Cage under water. Air in the Pump Head may also be caused by debris in the Valves (See "Umbrella Valve" and...
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...Going Lobstering It was midsummer in Florida. My aunt Susan asked me if I wanted to go to Key West and go lobstering with her and my cousins for the weekend. Susan then added all expenses paid. Several things ran through my mind all at once. I have never been to Key West. I have never been lobstering. What else do I have to do in the middle of the summer? I just could not pass this up, so off I went. We arrive in Key West that Thursday evening via my aunt’s huge white, red and yellow, cigarette boat. Most people think it reminds them of McDonalds, but not me. The boat was sleek and fast. On the open water the boat goes 75 knots which is about 50 MPH, fast for a boat. We stayed on Flamingo Key, which is actually two keys up from Key West. We docked the boat in the marina near our hotel. Our hotel sat right on the beach. That night we went to Sloppy Joe’s on Duval Street. I had their famous Sloppy Joe Sandwich. It was awesome! Duval Street is one of the craziest places I have ever been. There are “flaming” gay people, beach bums, tourist and chickens, yes live chickens everywhere. On the first day lobstering, the water was so clear you could see the images of the reefs and fish below. The sky was a brilliant blue and not a single cloud in the sky. Learning how to catch lobster was interesting. You basically get drug around by a boat via tow rope while snorkeling. It sounds easy but it’s not. You have to remember not to let go of the rope unless you are...
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