Gettin' Fishy With It

In this episode, "Species Spotlight: Gourami", the Gettin’ Fishy With It crew delve into the world of gouramis. You might be surprised how many fish are classified as gouramis. From Siamese fighting fish to paradise fish, gouramis can measure a fraction of an inch in length to more than two feet long! This group is quite an interesting one. And they've adapted amazing ways to survive and breed in various environments. You won’t want to miss this one!This podcast is brought to you by the royal gramma. These fish truly embody royalty. From their royal purple heads to their judgemental down-turned mouths they were born to rule. After spawning, the males spend their time guarding the eggs. No royal guard needed for these males. They get down and do the dirty work themselves. Hail to you, royal gramma as you continue to grace our oceans and our aquariums.Thanks for listening to Gettin’ Fishy With It! You can find our website at ⁠www.gettinfishywithit.com/⁠. You can find us on BlueSky at ⁠@gettinfishypod.bsky.social⁠, and on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠@gettingfishypod⁠⁠⁠. You can also find us on ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠. If you want to drop us an email, you can send your complaints (or questions!) to [email protected] theme music is “Best Time” by ⁠⁠⁠FASSOUNDS⁠⁠⁠. Our audio in this episode is edited and produced by Christine Archer. Check her out on all the socials @nerdrvt!We very much appreciate you taking the time to listen to our eighty-seventh episode! Please help out the podcast by subscribing on your podcast platform of choice. If you could leave us a review, that would be super helpful!Share Gettin' Fishy With It PodcastIf you would like to support the show, you can sign up as a paid member on our ⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠, or you can ⁠⁠buy us a coffee⁠⁠! Subscribe nowThanks and we’ll “sea” you again in two weeks!Additional audio credits:"Adventures in Adventureland" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In this massive episode, "Species Spotlight: Corydoras", the GFWI crew invite our friends from Fishkeep & Chill, Nora Hickey and Jen Reynolds to talk about cory catfish! Cory cats are such awesome hobby fish and have great personalities. We go real deep into the classification, their care and best approaches to keeping them in the hobby. We are so thankful to have our friends The Fish Ladies back, and we hope you enjoy this MEGA episode. This podcast is brought to you by the Lawnmower Blenny. These little herbivores live amongst the coral, scraping up and consuming algae, as well as sifting through the sand. In fact they aren't quite herbivores as they’ve been known to eat tiny invertebrates and detritus from the substrate. They are also incredibly aggressive toward other blennies so care must be taken when selecting them in the hobby. It would take about 1 million lawnmower blennies to cut the grass of a football pitch. And that is a statistic I just made up. Cheers to you, lawnmower blenny!Be sure to check out Jen and Nora’s amazing site! Here’s a link to the article mentioned in the episode, featuring Nora’s Corydoras collection, and here’s one about Corydoras care, along with some other great beginner species. Fishkeep and Chill has so much incredible content, you won’t want to miss it!Thanks for listening to Gettin’ Fishy With It! You can find our website at www.gettinfishywithit.com/. You can find us on BlueSky at @gettinfishypod.bsky.social, and on Instagram ⁠⁠@gettingfishypod⁠⁠. You can also find us on ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠. If you want to drop us an email, you can send your complaints (or questions!) to [email protected] theme music is “Best Time” by ⁠⁠FASSOUNDS⁠⁠. Our audio in this episode is edited and produced by Christine Archer. Check her out on all the socials @nerdrvt!We very much appreciate you taking the time to listen to our eighty-sixth episode! Please help out the podcast by subscribing on your podcast platform of choice. If you could leave us a review, that would be super helpful!Share Gettin' Fishy With It PodcastIf you would like to support the show, you can sign up as a paid member on our ⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠, or you can ⁠⁠buy us a coffee⁠⁠! Subscribe nowThanks and we’ll “sea” you again in two weeks!Additional audio credits:"Adventures in Adventureland" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In this episode, the crew gets schooled on the subject of conservation, Southern Resident Killer Whales and Chinook salmon. We humans historically haven’t made the best decisions as we develop and change the environment, and the repercussions for wildlife can be extensive. Whether its barriers to fish passage from dam building or habitat degradation and population collapse from overfishing, it can affect the food chain all the way up to the apex predator. Lucky for us, Charles Bradfield is here to explain what he’s learned about how two incredible species, severely impacted by human actions, are inexorably interconnected.This podcast is brought to you by the clown triggerfish. These saltwater marvels are a sight to behold. They swim using their dorsal and anal fins, similarly to the ocean sunfish. They delight in consuming shellfish and are some of the most aggressive species in the ocean. In fact, the name clown triggerfish should not evoke laughter but rather fear as they are not afraid of humans and not afraid to bite you. Cheers to you clown triggerfish, truly the clown of our nightmares.Be sure to check out Charles’ Youtube channel if you want to hear more from him!The orgs that Charles mentioned in this episode are the Center for Whale Research, Save Our Wild Salmon, and Pacific Salmon Foundation.You can also check out the papers and articles Charles referenced in this episode on our Substack article!Thanks for listening to Gettin’ Fishy With It! You can find our website at www.gettinfishywithit.com/. You can find us on BlueSky at @gettinfishypod.bsky.social, and on Instagram ⁠⁠@gettingfishypod⁠⁠. You can also find us on ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠. If you want to drop us an email, you can send your complaints (or questions!) to [email protected] theme music is “Best Time” by ⁠⁠FASSOUNDS⁠⁠. Our audio in this episode is edited and produced by Christine Archer. Check her out on all the socials @nerdrvt!We very much appreciate you taking the time to listen to our eighty-fifth episode! Please help out the podcast by subscribing on your podcast platform of choice. If you could leave us a review, that would be super helpful!

In this episode, "Species Spotlight: Anglerfish" Josh and Christine dive deep into the subject of anglerfish. You'll be surprised how diverse this group of fishes is! You'll also be surprised how many fish you recognize that are actually anglerfish, even though they go by a different name. Deep sea anglerfish get all the limelight but there are lots of species that live in the shallow depths of the ocean of various colors and shapes! Come learn about these masters of camouflage and even one that absorbs light like a black hole!This podcast is brought to you by the wahoo, a slimmer cousin of the tuna. These are highly prized sport catching fish. In fact if you caught one, you might want to shout out “wahoo”! They have characteristic stripes that make them look like an aquatic zebra, minus the giant buck teeth. They are strong fighters when caught on a fishing line and if they snap your line, they may have the last wahoo after all. Cheers to you wahoo and may you swim eternally in our hearts.Thanks for listening to Gettin’ Fishy With It! You can find our website at ⁠⁠⁠www.gettinfishywithit.com/⁠⁠⁠. You can find us on BlueSky at ⁠⁠⁠@gettinfishypod.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠, and on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@gettingfishypod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. You can also find us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. If you want to drop us an email, you can send your complaints (or questions!) to [email protected] theme music is “Best Time” by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FASSOUNDS⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Our audio in this episode is edited and produced by Christine Archer. Check her out on all the socials @nerdrvt!We very much appreciate you taking the time to listen to our eighty-fourth episode! Please help out the podcast by subscribing on your podcast platform of choice. If you could leave us a review, that would be super helpful!Thanks, and we'll "sea" you again in two weeks!Additional audio credits this episode:"Adventures in Adventureland" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In this episode "Founding Fish: The American Shad", the crew gets patriotic with America’s favorite fish, the American Shad! We meet Bridgette Nicolosi, a fisheries ecologist that knows a ton about the early life stages of these mysterious fishies. These shad grow up in the ocean, swim back up rivers to spawn and many of them can do it multiple times! Come learn about shad, fisheries ecology and some advice about breaking into the field!This podcast is brought to you by the candy darter. Ever been curious what a candy cane might look like if Cinderella’s fairy godmother turned it into a fish? There you have it. These masters of moving water can dart around quite quickly, zipping about between the rocks of many brooks and streams in the mid-Atlantic United states. Despite their name, I can assure you, they do not taste at all like candy. Unless you are a predator who likes to eat darters, then maybe it does. Cheers to you, candy darter, may you brighten up our streams forever. Thanks for listening to Gettin’ Fishy With It! You can find our website at ⁠⁠www.gettinfishywithit.com/⁠⁠. You can find us on BlueSky at ⁠⁠@gettinfishypod.bsky.social⁠⁠, and on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠@gettingfishypod⁠⁠⁠⁠. You can also find us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠. If you want to drop us an email, you can send your complaints (or questions!) to [email protected] theme music is “Best Time” by ⁠⁠⁠⁠FASSOUNDS⁠⁠⁠⁠. Our audio in this episode is edited and produced by Christine Archer. Check her out on all the socials @nerdrvt!We very much appreciate you taking the time to listen to our eighty-third episode! Please help out the podcast by subscribing on your podcast platform of choice. If you could leave us a review, that would be super helpful!Thanks, and we'll "sea" you again in two weeks!Additional audio credits this episode:"Adventures in Adventureland" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/