Filament Barb
Scientific Name: Puntius filamentosus
Family: Cyprinidae, Sub-Family Barbinae
About the Filament Barb
Species Type: Freshwater Fish
Category: Cyprinids ...
Dicrossus filamentosus requires soft acid water in the aquarium. I have rarely been successful in keeping this species in harder water and have never heard of successful breeding in anything other than soft acid water.
Etymology: filamentosa refers to the filaments on the caudal tail.
Synonyms: None
First import:unk ...
Dasyloricaria filamentosa is kept in next tanks: Tank No. 153, Tank No. 238, Tank No. 281, Tank No. 327, Tank No. 375, Tank No. 472, Tank No. 1062, Tank No. 1485, Tank No. 1374, Tank No. 671, Tank No. 2385, ...
Color varieties of Dicrossus filamentosus were noted as far back as 1976 (Winkelmann, H. 1976. "Crenicara filamentosa - eine Rarität". Tetra Info. 10(34): 12, and in English as Winkelmann, H. 1977.
Checkerboard Cichlid (Dicrossus filamentosa)
Chocolate Cichlid (Hypselecara temporalis)
Cockatoo Dwarf Cichlid (Apistogramma cacatuoides)
Discus (Symphysodon aequifasciatus)
Green Severum (Heros severus)
Green Terror (Aequidens rivulatus) ...
Plumed Lyretail - Fundulopanchax filamentosus
Species name: Fundulopanchax filamentosus
Synonym: Aphyosemion filamentosum ...
Filament Chain: Living cells in a community as a series of links of trophic levels, such as primary producers, herbivores, and primary carnivores.
Filamentous algae: Two main types: hair and thread. Hair algae have shorter strands than thread algae (around 5cm in length) and tends to form matted clumps.
· Filament = the fine and elongated slender appendage
· Fins = skin formations consisting from membranes and rays (see relevant entry), Anal fin = the fin located at the anus (see relevant entry).
green filamentous algae; this is probably one of the types of overgrowth most often seen. These algae are very thin and, although they sometimes only grow to a few centimeters in length, they can extend to several dozen centimeters.
A mass of filamentous bacteria (primarily of the species Sphaerotilus) which grows in response to organic nutrients in the water.
Mesenterial Filaments: In addition to sweeper tentacles, several hard coral species can produce mesenterial filaments (also termed mesenteric filaments) from their stomachs.
Take the monofilament line and wrap it around the Styrofoam as shown in Figure 5. Be sure the line stays snug in the slot cut with the knife. Typically, it is not necessary to tie this into a knot to keep it snug.
Gill filaments may become irritated and begin to swell. This interferes with respiration (resulting in additional stress), and eventually causes gill membranes to become susceptible to bacterial and parasitic invasion.
The ventral fins are filamentous and the anal fin is runs from just beyond the ventral fins nearly to the fan-shaped caudal fin.
I observed that they use their long caudal fin filaments to communicate; the male sits in his cave with the filaments sticking outside the entrance and the female lies close to the entrance with her back to the male.
Dicrossus filamentosa
Hypselecara coryphaenoides
Copadichromis chrysonotus
Protomelas annectens
Altolamprologus compressiceps
Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum
Cichlasoma tetracanthus
Biotodoma cupido
Cichlasoma septemfasciatum ...
I have a pair that resides with four Checkerboard Dwarf Cichlids (Dicrossis filamentosa), and two schools of Tetras. They appear to be happy and show colours that rival that of the Blue Ram.
Some of the slender suckermouth catfish, such as the Whiptail - Dasyloricaria filamentosa and the Farlowella - Farlowella gracilis, are quite delicate species.
Long-Whiskered Catfish
Catfish don't have long whiskers for looks.
Next thing I noticed was the appearance of two very unpleasant forms of blackish algae: One looking like a tuft of fine, straight filaments and another one forming semi-translucent branches, slightly slimy to the touch.
They are made of finely divided, thin, plate like structures or lamellae (filaments), with each one being further divided into even finer filaments. The lamellae are served by a rich blood supply, just like our own lungs.
Gills are made up of threadlike structures called filaments. Each filament contains a network of capillaries that allow a large surface area for the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide.
Silicates: Golden brown filaments that show up on the the glass, sand rock and decorations are probably diatoms. Diatoms need silicates to grow. The more of it is present, the tougher it will be to keep diatom growth under control.
Water moulds are made of a tangled group of filaments called hyphae. As the group of hyphae grows, it becomes compressed tufts that are collectively called mycelium. This mass of fungi filaments can be seen clearly without the aid of a microscope.
The eggs hang from the vegetation from shot filaments. The process can last several days and hundreds of eggs can be laid. At 77 degrees F. the eggs will hatch in eight to ten days.
I currently have 2 butterfly fish in a 50 ltr tank living with 6 cherry barbs, 3 filamented barbs, and a bristle nose catfish. I've had them for a few months now and I must say they are a spectacular species to have.
They are primarily herbivores, consuming aquatic plants and submerged terrestrial plants, as well as filamentous algae. Tinfoil Barbs can and do supplement their diet in the wild with insects, worms, crustaceans, and even small fish.
The structure of a fish’s gills, however, helps to make up for this because the feather-like filaments and lamellae create a vast surface area that enables the fish to extract about 80 percent of the oxygen from the water that passes over them.
Other Dwarf Cichlids you may see are the Ram - Papiliochromis (some books use Microgeophagus or Apistogramma) ramirezi, Apistos - Apistogramma species, and the Checkerboard Cichlid - Dicrossus filamentosus (referred to as Crenicara filamentosa in the ...
Checkerboard Cichlid (crenicara filamentosa): The fish is brown, covered in checkerboard pattern of deep blue and orange. The fins are red and blue. This fish tends to lurk around the bottom of the aquarium, and likes hiding places.
Micro algae's range from diatoms ( the brown dots on the glass ), filamentous ( hair algae ) and smear or slime ( actually not an algae but cyano-bacteria ) algae.
The diet is consistent with other members of the Anthias group - zooplankton and floating filamentous algae.
Adults feed preferentially on filamentous algae, aquatic macrophytes and vegetable matter of terrestrial origin (leaves, plants, etc.). Juveniles feed small crustaceans and midge larvae.
Incandescent bulbs use a tungsten filament which glows hot as voltage passes through it. Incandescent bulbs produce a lot of heat per watt of output, are inefficient and tend to burn out rapidly.
Blanketweed (also know as string-algae) is a floating filamentous algae that typically populates ponds and can be very prolific covering the surface of the pond obscuring the owners view of the fish.
Not an ``end-all'' reference volume but at least it does not lie too much. I probably like it because it has an excellent photo of Aphyosemion filamentosum that looks just about like the A. filamentosum I have. (ISBN 0-671-25451-0) ...
Staghorn Algae - as the name suggests this is longer quite filamentous algae with parts 'branching off' resembling stags' horns! Usually grey in colour it tends to grow along the outside edges of leaves.
Damage often occur at the gills and it may be the only affected area. (Gill lesions are characterized by necrosis of the distal end of the gill filament which progresses basally to involve the entire filament.) ...
These fish are silver in color, and have long filaments hanging from the undersides of their bodies that function as sensory organs. Males typically have orange-red feelers.
Sex differences: Males show intense metallic blue/green coloration and very long ventral fins and filaments. The unpaired fins get completely black when excited and/or spawning. Females are quite drab, usually silver to dark gray.
Synonyms: Copeina arnoldi, Copeina callolepis, carsevennensis, Copeina eigenmanni, Pyrrhulina filamentosa, Pyrrhulina rachoviana.
First European import:Germany, 1905, by O. Kittler.
Description: See pictures ...
In the wild it also browses on filamentous algae and vegetable debris, so its diet must be supplemented with vegetable-based foods, such as Spirulina, algae wafers and any of the tablet and pellet catfish foods available in pet stores.
Butterflyfish have very small mouths and their teeth are flexible! As they age a long, trailing filament will begin to grow from their dorsal fin that can grow up to 8 inches long.
The gills filaments will disintegrate as the bacteria invade them, and the fish will begin breathing rapidly due to lack of oxygen. Less commonly, the infection will be internal, and display no external symptoms.
The specific color of light emitted by these bulbs is the same as the light that would be emitted by a strand of Tungsten (a normal light bulb filament) if that strand were heated to that temperature in a vacuum.
Mechanical Filter - A filter that removes unwanted particles from the aquarium water by using a mechanical device such as sieve, filament, fibre or another floss type material.
Algae
There are thousands of different variations, Any of a wide variety of photosynthetic organisms lacking a vascular system. They can be unicellular, filamentous, or complex (seaweed).
Widely captive-bred in thousands of fish farms in Asia, Africa, Europe, and Florida, barbs have been a long-standing favorite of the tropical fish hobbyist. The more popular ones are the Tiger Barb, Cherry Barb, Green Tiger Barb, Filament Barb, ...
Fins may also erode or fray and the gill filaments will deteriorate and the fish may begin panting. In acute cases the disease spreads very quickly and can kill entire tank populations in a matter of hours.
The newly hatched fry are suspended in clusters from leaves or other objects by filaments. They switch over to ogenous nutrition after one week and their growth is rapid.
schalleri (28.7-32.8% SL, vs. 26.7-27.6); longer pelvic fins than B pugnax (filamentous tip reaching 9-18th anal ray, vs. 4-10th; 33.9-55.4% SL, vs. 26.6-43.8); longer anal-fin base than B. fusca and B.
Filaments of fiberglass strands were often used to trap particulate waste in air driven filters such as inside box filters. Over time this media has been all but entirely replaced by polyester wool.
Back-Pressure ...
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