The Aquarium (contd...)

Making of the Aquarium...

See that you choose the right size of the tank (or decide on that) based on the room size in whcih you wish to install the aquarium. It should be away from direct sun, at a good view point for your regular pet-watch. You should also have some space for keeping the items connected with the tank such as the hand nets, tubings for siphon cleaning, funnel, small beaker, aerator connectives etc. I am embedding some more youtube clips for your convenience.

Now a days the acrylic ready molded tanks are available in the market. Its worth while going for the ready-made to avoid the mess of making your own tank. But, take it from me, its thrill and its a matter of grate satisfaction of having made our own aquarium....I have experienced it myself, ofcourse did fail a couple of times...!!!



Setting the aquarium tank

Once fabricated or bought, test your aquarium tank for leakage if any. Once confirmed, wipe it dry after through cleaning. Ready a table or a rust-proof casted stand to support the aquarium tank with water (make sure the stand is strong enough for this and mild disturbances if any by kids or accidental jerks). Keep the tank away from direct sunlight, else the algae that grow fatser will make your task of cleaning and maintaining the tank a major job.

Fill the tank with clean (purge the chlorin away if you use municipal water by storing the water for a day with aeration to remove chlorine if any present). Make the preparations just in-time for

I have given a web site, you can enter and explore...

http://www.squidoo.com/1stfirst

The PET - for Sight and Heart

(Fotos from Web )

Fish has been an animal of fascination and interest from the days of old-stone age. Hunting of fish by the early man might have started as a way of procuring food from the water. Keeping fish in small pots might be an offshoot of these activities. Captive fish have been important to mankind since prehistoric times. Ancient Egyptians were the first humans known to keep fish not only for food purposes but as a source of food and entertainment. As depicted in their hieroglyphics, Egyptians mostly worked with Tilapia species and Mormyrids. In Indian mythologies, MATSYKANYA is well explained, angelised and even the PURANAS say that FISH was one of the incarnations of the creator, VISHNU, thus signifying the fish through MATSYAVATAR. Aquatic life gets more from the PURANAS as Vishnu’s another AVATAR was in the form of an aquatic reptile, the tortoise. The incarnation is known as KOORMAVATARA. Kautilya or Chanakya was a well known economist of Chandragupta Maurya during the pre-Christian Indian history. He in his ARTHASHASTRA mentioned on the art of fish keeping.
So fish keeping is not a modern art, but an ancient one. Now this art has become a modern day item in Home Decos. Metro cities where Home Deco is a business seldom miss this important item in their Deco menus for custom made decorations in new dwellings.

Aquarium is a place/container in which the fish and other aquatic animals are held, maintained, fed and multiplied with the sole intention of decorating/landscaping of a residential area or a public place.

One can keep a small 2x3x1.5 ft glass aquarium tank or tank of any shape with a visible surface all around for serving the purposes of an exhibit. Tanks are made of glass panes joined into a box or acrylic moulded rectangular tanks or tanks of different custom-made sizes and shapes.

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Friends Obtain these books in Fisheries/Aquaculture for your Library purposes

Dear Friends

These are Two new books in Aquauclture/Fisheries
Published from NOVA Science Publications from USA
I have authored a chapter on Oral Immunogens in Aquaculture in a Book called
Aquaculture researc Progress
There is another Book which has two of my friends' as authors of a chapter
in Aquaculture Researc Trends
These books have some updated reviews.



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Azad

Neem Leaves and Jaggery

In India, the tree is variously known as "Divine Tree," "Heal All," "Nature's Drugstore," "Village Pharmacy" and "Panacea for all diseases." Products made from neem have proven medicinal properties, being anthelmintic, antifungal, antidiabetic, antibacterial, antiviral, anti-fertility, and sedative. It is considered a major component in Ayurvedic medicine and is particularly prescribed for skin disease.All parts of the tree (seeds, leaves, flowers and bark) are used for preparing many different medical preparations.
Neem oil is used for preparing cosmetics (soap, shampoo, balms and creams), and is useful for skin care such as acne treatment, and keeping skin elasticity.
Besides its use in traditional Indian medicine the neem tree is of great importance for its anti-desertification properties and possibly as a good carbon dioxide sink.
Practictioners of traditional Indian medicine recommend that patients suffering from chicken pox sleep on neem leaves.
Neem gum is used as a bulking agent and for the preparation of special purpose food (those for diabetics).
Aqueous extracts of neem leaves have demonstrated significant antidiabetic potential.
JAGGERY
Jaggery or “Gur” or whole sugar is a pure, wholesome, traditional, unrefined, whole sugar. It contains the natural goodness of minerals and vitamins inherently present in sugarcane juice & this crowns it as one of the most wholesome and healthy sugars in the world. It Mexico & South America, it is also known as panela.
Jaggery, being a wholesome sugar, without doubt is rich in the vitally important mineral salts: 2.8 grams per 100 grams, that is to say 28 grams per kilogram, while only 300 milligrams per kilogram is found in refined sugar.
Magnesium strengthens the nervous system & potassium is vital to conserve the acid balance in the cells and combats acids and acetone. Jaggery is very rich in iron, which, a composite of hemoglobin prevents anemia.


CALCULATION BASIS—1g sugar (carbohydrate)= 4KCAL
Parameters Jaggery (Gur) Per 4g (1tsp) Per 100g
Total Calories (KCal) 12.32 308.0
KJ) 51.8 1293.0
Protein (g) Trace Trace
Carbohydrate (g) 3.08 77.0
Fat (g) Trace Trace
Sodium (mg) Trace Trace
Total Sugars (g) 3.08 77.0
Dietary Fibre (g) ---- ----
Vitamins (I.U) >32.0 >800.0
Minerals (mg) >80.0 > 2000.0
Transfat (g) ---- ----
*approximate values; as figures vary batch to batch and campaign to campaign
Manufacture of sugar from cane juice employs a potpourri of chemicals as sulphur dioxide, lime, phosphoric acid, bleaching agents & viscosity reducers. Jaggery is processed the natural way & no chemicals are added at any stage of its processing.
Jaggery is often called the 'medicinal sugar. So much so, you can become an emergency doctor with Jaggery. It is also very useful in health problems like --
Dry Cough, Cough with Sputum , Indigestion, Constipation
Ancient medical scriptures dating back to 2500 years state how it purifies the blood, prevents rheumatic afflictions and disorders of bile and possesses nutritive properties of high order.
(Sushruta Samhita, Chapter 45, sloka 146)
The preventive action of jaggery on smoke-induced lung lesions suggest the potential of jaggery as protective agent for workers in dusty and smoky environments- paper presented by scientists of Industrial Toxicology Research Centre at a Workshop held in Lyon, France.
[Environ Health Perspect, 102(Suppl 6): 211-214 (1994)]
According to an experiment, Jaggery treated rats showed enhanced translocation of coal particles from lungs to tracheobronchial lymph nodes.
Hence, it fights pollution too! No wonder Jaggery is regularly consumed by thousands of industrial workers / traffic policemen who are exposed to higher levels of pollution. It helps them breathe easier and counter pollution naturally.

Friends

Octopus is an invertebrate with a hard shell and strong musculature supporting the eight tentacles. The suction created by the suction cups on the tentacles gives feeling that its tightning and sucking blood...actually it doesnt.

See this giant octopus

www.metacafe.com/watch/2473935/giant_pacific_octopus/

azad

International Conference Biotechnology, India

The International Society of Biotechnologists, Indore, India is organising an International Conference with Environmental Biotechnology as the thematic area and covers subjects related to food, agriculture and environment.

Please see the link below and join us.

http://www.chemenviron.org/rjbt/conference/index.htm

azad