Small Animal Midterm

How often should the filter medium be changed?

2 to 3 weeks

How much water in an aquarium needs to be removed every 3 to 4 weeks?

20 to 25% of the water

Name two types of behaviors of fish other than egg-laying

Aggressive and Active

How should algae be removed from decorations in the aquarium?

An old toothbrush with a mild bleach solution; rinsed with water; soaked in dechlorinated water

Aphotic Zone

At one point in the movie, Dory and Marlin find themselves in a deep and dark part of the ocean what is the name of that zone?

Swollen body, red spots, bulging body parts and bleeding on the body can be indications of which kind of problem?

Bacterial Infections

Mutualism

In "Finding Nemo," Nemo and his dad could live within sea anemones but others would get stung if they touched the sea anemones; what type of symbiosis is explained by this interaction?

Female- produces eggs; Male-guard eggs and care for young

In the movie Marlin is the parent who takes the most care of Nemo, explain the role of each parent in relevance to clown fishes.

Gene Transference to future generations

Marlin constantly tries to protect his son Nemo, what might be his evolutionary reason for protecting his son so much?

List the five types of egglayers

Nest-builders, Mouth-brooders, Egg-burying fish, egg-depositors, and egg-scatters

Name one way fish can be handled

Net or plastic bag and quickly

Name one of the tests that should be done if fish suddenly becomes sick or dies

Nitrite testing, ammonia testing, and pH level testing

Catfish and cardinalfish are ________ and they hide in the vegetation and rocks during the day

Nocturnal

Lighting is important for display and ________

Photosynthesis

All fish belong to the superclass ______

Pisces

Name a species in the miscellaneous group

Rays

Cichlids become territorial at spawning

True

Sick fish should be put in another tank

True

There are over 30,000 kinds of fish

True

Warning, Camouflage, Communication, and a trap

What are the advantages of being Bioluminescent?

Baleen

What are the hair on the inside oh the whales mouth called, which are in filtering out water, when the whale takes in a large amount of it to capture organisms?

Porifera, coelenterata, hydrozoa, anthozoa, ctenophora, bryozoas, Gastropoda, arthropoda, and echinoderma.

What familiar names of phylum's did Mr. Ray mention, when he was singing a song while taking the class at the drop off point?

The mucus that is produced by the sea anemones that the clown fish rub back and forth in.

What is it that keeps the clown fish from being stung by the nematocysts in the tentacles of the sea anemones?

Paracanthurus hepatus

What is the scientific name of Dory, the Regal Blue Tang?

Amphiprion ocellaris

What is the scientific name of Nemo, or a "clown fish"?

Mutation

What term describes why one of Nemo's fins is smaller then the other?

Defense mechanism

What term explains the actions of the puffer fish enlarging itself in order to scare off predators?

Short Term memory loss, 1) forget recent activities. 2) Unable to transfer short term memory into that of Long term memory.

What type of memory disorder does Dory have and give 2 symptoms.

They breath by moving in water, which in turn ends up making the water pass over something called the gills. These gills can then transfer oxygen into the blood stream of the fish by extracting it from the water.

What type of respiration do fish go through, is this why Marlin and Dory kept on jumping back into the water once they were at the top?

They live around anemones and shallow coral lagoons. The Clown fish likes to live in warm Salt waters in the Pacific and Indian Oceans and the Red Sea.

What type of water do clown fish live in?

Photic Zone

What zone are you most likely to find boats on in the ocean?

Because they live in different pressure zones in the ocean Dory and Marlin could never swim that deep because of the pressure there

Why couldn't the angular bioluminescent fish ever encounter Dory and Marlin in real life?

All fish are omnivores

false

Livebearers carry eggs in their mouths

false

White, stingy material is a symptom of a bacterial disease

false

New fish should be quarantined for how many week(s)?

two

What are the three factors affecting water quality?

water hardness, alkalinity or acidity (pH), ammonia/nitrite levels

They puff up by gulping water and inflating its body to around twice its normal size when threatened. This helps discourage attackers.

Bloat, the puffer fish, blow up when he got nervous in the movie, or if something went wrong. What do puffer fish use this mechanism for in real life?

Name one kind of fish that occupies the bottom and lower levels of an aquarium

Carps and minnows

What method is used to treat fish when chemicals are used?

Chemical Waterbath Treatments

How often should water temperature be checked?

Daily

Fish don't technically sleep, they just rest. They only rest a part of their brain, while the other part stays alert.

Do fish really sleep, explain your answer?

More than one egg

Do turtles only hatch one egg or more than one, and what is the term for the type you choose?

Name three forms of fish food

Dry, Frozen, and Flakes

Airstones are materials that form large bubbles

False

Females make the waternest of bubbles

False

Fish do not stress easily

False

Friendly or community fish must be kept in separate aquariums

False

Kissing Gourami belong to the cichlid group

False

Given her speed and agility

From the movie what does Dory say evolution has done for her?

What are brine shrimp used to feed?

Fry

What was the first recognized aquarium fish?

Goldfish

When the whale exhales, its releases water through its blow hole that is located at the top of this head. So when the whale that trapped dory and Marlin went down with the water, they were blown out of the blow hole as well.

How did Marlin and Dory end up getting out of the whale?

When traveling in a school of fish there is less of a chance for you to get caught, dispersal gives the predator a harder time in catching prey

How does traveling with a school of fish serve as a defense mechanism?

The water that is used by humans goes into mostly septic tanks, which then clean the water. This water is sent out into nearest streams, lakes and oceans.

How was Nemo able to go to the ocean when he was flushed down the toilet?

embryological development

If you are doing research on animals, and find that all animal embryo's had gills then you are studying what type of development?