The Most Expensive Koi Fish In The World!

 

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Goldfish, released into the wild, are somehow surviving in saltwater

Goldfish, released into the wild, are somehow surviving in saltwater

Johnny Lieu
Sep 20th 2017


An estuary is a body of water, next to the ocean, where freshwater from rivers and saltwater from the seas mix. Its salinity is higher than a river, but less than the ocean.

The big problem is if goldfish use these Vasse and Wonnerup estuaries as what Tweedley calls a "saltbridge." With these goldfish swimming down to an estuary, the concern is if these goldfish manage to use the estuary to cross into other connected rivers — just like a bridge.



In case you didn't know, goldfish aren't meant to survive in saltwater.

Yet that's what James Tweedley and researchers from the Centre of Fish and Fisheries at Murdoch University discovered in the Vasse and Wonnerup estuaries, located in south-western Australia. In case you didn't know, goldfish aren't meant to survive in saltwater.

They've been surveying the invasion of goldfish in these waterways, the results of which have been published in an article in the journal, International Aquatic Research. And well, it's not looking good.

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"If you have a goldfish at home, you'd just put it in a tank with tap water which has a salinity of zero," Tweedley explained. "By comparison the ocean has a salinity of about 35, and we found [the goldfish] in about 17 — which is halfway between the two, but a lot more than we'd expect."



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"If they can tolerate salt for a short period of time — enough to make the swim — from one river to another, they can spread," he explained.

If the goldfish spread, they'll cause even more havoc than they are already. So far they've been accelerating algae blooms, stirring up sediment, and consuming the eggs of native fish species.

And as you may have seen, the size and plentiful food sources of a large waterway mean they can get so big that they have no natural predators, like birds or any other species in the water. Researchers found 526 goldfish over three surveys in these estuaries.

"By the age of one, they'll grow to 18 centimetres (7 in) in length ... and they actually get to 40 centimetres (15.75 in) in length and 2 kilograms (4.41 pounds) in that river. Some of the biggest in the world," Tweedley said.

There has been a goldfish control program in place since 2003, but when it comes to stopping it, prevention is key. That means people not flushing goldfish down the toilet, or releasing it into an open waterway.

"With any invasive species, once they're out there, the horse has already bolted," Tweedley explains. "You only need a couple to survive an eradication attempt before they spawn and produce more."

If you have unwanted goldfish, you can try and return it to an aquarium. Or you can euthanise it by putting them in the freezer — it's better than unleashing havoc on the environment.



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Source: https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/09/20/goldfish-released-into-the-wild-are-somehow-surviving-in-saltwater/23216092/

 

Fancy Goldfish

 

Nicolas Cage interviewed using only Nicolas Cage movie quotes:

Because of an interest in Tropical Fish, this picture was particularly eye-catching to me.

We interviewed Nicolas Cage using only Nicolas Cage movie quotes:

By Mike Pearl
Staff Writer


Are you a latter-day fan of Oscar-winner Nicolas Cage and the balls-to-the-wall, batshit insane acting style he calls "Western Kabuki"? Then don't walk, run—maybe while screaming incoherently?—to the first theater in your area showing Cage's new movie, Dog Eat Dog. Cage stars as Troy, alongside Willem Dafoe as Mad Dog and Paul Schrader as Grecco the Greek. It's a crime movie on its face, but it's really about three deeply racist, psychopathic murderers, who, in the course of committing an ill-fated crime, manage to spray bullets, ketchup, blood, brains, slurs, mustard, and psychobabble all over the greater Cleveland area.

Cage is promoting Dog Eat Dog alongside two other movies that are being released around the same time, and that sounds tedious to me. So to break up his monotony, I decided to futz with the interview format a little and used only lines from Nicolas Cage movies as my questions.

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 Source: http://www.vice.com/en_ca/read/we-interviewed-nicolas-cage-using-only-nicolas-cage-movie-quotes

 

 

Goldfish Market in Hong Kong

A large goldfish is displayed in a bag at a street stall of the Mong Kok Goldfish Market in Hong Kong on November 1, 2015. Goldfish are particularly important within the practice of Feng Shui, the ancient Chinese system to bring harmony to a house, creating a high demand for the fish amongst the superstitious as well as local aquarists. 

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Wong Tai Sin Temple (Hong Kong)

 Wong Tai Sin Temple  is a well known shrine and major tourist attraction in Hong Kong. It is dedicated to Wong Tai Sin, or the Great Immortal Wong. The 18,000-m² Taoist temple is famed for the many prayers answered: "What you request is what you get"  via a practice called kau cim. The temple is located on the southern side of Lion Rock in the north of Kowloon.

 The Nine Dragon Wall

 Wong Tai Sin Temple

 

 

  

 

  

Monkey God Statue at Wong Tai Sin Temple

 

 

 

 

 Wong Tai Sin Temple: Dragon at entrance of Wong Tai Sin

 

 

 

  

 

 

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Images de kilen, sculpture, thaï, lanna - Thaïlande, dragon

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goldfish Market in Mongkok,

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