Chapter 14 - Ornamental fish

Forked Tail fin?

Fast swimmers

Round tail fin?

quick movements

Long tail fin?

attract mates

swim balder can be caused by?

bacterial, poor diet, and genetic deformities

Gourami inches?

12 inches

sword tails inches?

3-5 inches

how any times should a canister filter be replaced or cleaned?

every other week

fish that lay on plants or egg depositers?

cichids and tetras

nest builders fish?

bettas and guramis

Fish usually living in groups of five or more and give birth to live young are called ?

Shoal

Live bearing fish are?

M ollie’s

G uppies

S word fish

P latys

treatment for ich last?

in the water for 10-14 days

cloud eye is what type of disease?

bacterial infection

Newborn fish are called?

Fry (my baby fish loves fries)

How thick should glass be?

¼ to 3/8

What fish bears live young?

Mollies

Fish should eat __% of body weight?

3%

Yearlings are?

When fish mature 1 year old

Fingerlings?

2 year old fish

Groups of fish refers to?

run or school

Caudal fin is what?

the tail fin aids move fish through the water

Dorsal fins is what?

On the back and steer the fish

T/F most fishes are covered by scales

True

Pigment refers to what?

The color of the skin

Gills are the organ that allows the fish to what?

To breath

Lateral line is what?

The organ located under the scale and picks up vibration

Swim balder is what?

The organ that allows them to float its filled with air

Goldfish are how old?

Oldest breed of ornamental

2k years old

Goldfish are how mant inches

1-2 inches

Goldfish life span?

15 years

Golfish can lay up to?

10k eggs

Koi feet is?

3 feet

Koi pounds is

10 pounds

Labyrinth fish egg hatch when?

24-30 hours

Barbs inches are?

2-4 inches

Tetras length is?

1-3 inches

Tetras lay eggs that hatch when?

30 hours

Catfish lay how many eggs?

100 eggs

Gubby lengths are?

2-3 inches

Gubbies lay how many eggs

200 baby eggs

Gubby babies out of 200 how many survive?

50

Platy grow how many inches?

3 inches

Angelfish size is?

6-10 inches

Angelfish eggs hatch after?

30 hours

Butterfly fish size is?

6-10 inches

Aeration is what process?

Making bubbles within the water to create movement

vat is a ?

Tank of water

Biological oxygenation is what?

Plankton due to photosynthesis

thermometer

Measure temp of water

Thermostat

Control temp of water ( stat control the water)

Fish need temps of?

70-85 degrees

nitrogen cycle is?

Process that converts wastes into ammonia

Fin rot is?

Bacterial disease that begins when tissue starts to erode and inflame

Lymphocytosis refers to?

Viral disease that affects white to gray growths over the fins

Lymphocytosis is also called?

Cauliflower disease bc they look grey like one

Ich the fish disease is what?

A protozoan caused by a one celled organism causes white spots to develop on body

Fish fungus is also called?

Cotton wool disease

Fish fungust causes

Tufts of growth to occur on the skin

Cloudy eye is a what?

A bacterial disease that infects one or both eyes that damages the nervous system

Ascites is also called?

droopy

Ascites is what?

A bacterial or viral infection that causes it to swell and le on its side

Swim bladder disease causes what

This bacterial infection causes the fish to have difficulty swimming to the water surface and in depths of water