Far left: Pair of
Multibarred
Pygmy Angelfish,
Centropyge
multifasciata,
during their evening
display. Near left:
Dragon Pipefish
(Corythoichthys sp.)
hunting.
eight of the cephalopod was finally over, the aquarium
had to be set up again from scratch; its population eventually grew to its present size.
When he first arrived in the aquarium, this little cephalopod was still quite dainty: only 2 inches ( 5 cm)
in size and quite “frighteningly delightful.” Soon he was named “Gonzo.” He
was very confident: if visitors approached
the aquarium he would always extend an
arm to greet them. Often, however, the
devil would get into him, and if he didn’t
like someone there was no friendly greeting; instead, he would send a surge of water out of the aquarium. As long as the
octopus was still small this behavior was
a source of amusement, but Gonzo grew
and grew and became large and powerful. At feeding time he would now try to
drag his owner into the water, and he began to take the rockwork apart and rearrange the aquarium to his own personal
tastes. When the then 210-gallon (800-
L) aquarium began to look like a building site over which the octopus now held
sole sway, Dietmar decided, with a heavy
heart, that the time had come for Gonzo
to go. Naturally the octopus fought hard
against capture, and when the tug-of-war
between the two human arms and the
SUMMARY
Baking bread and keeping marine fishes are not so different as one might think. Dietmar Schauer’s example
teaches us that if you use good ingredients—a profound
knowledge of the subject and a large portion of passion—
you will be successful with your bread, your maintenance
of delicate coral-reef creatures, and your photography. We wish him continued success in all three!
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