$13 Whale watching Cruise in San Diego These cruises coincide with the annual winter migration of the California Gray Whale, now through April 4th. Take one of the twice-daily (boarding time 9:15 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.) cruises out of San Diego Harbor to locate this majestic leviathan en route from the Bering Sea to its favorite vacationing spot in the warm waters off Baja California. Birch Aquarium naturalists will be tagging along to help deepen your appreciation for these beautiful creatures of the deep. Must purchase ticket today, January 6th, but you can schedule a cruise until April 4th. Click here to learn more.       Cheapskate Gravel Washer From Bo in Sacramento, California Bo sent us an email saying, "Hey Tom and Nevin! Bo from Sacramento that emailed before regarding the Oscars with "Night Terrors".  The nightlight seemed to work but they do occasionally splash me with water when they want to be fed :) they've in effect trained me. Anyways the store brought gravel washers would always be too slow or would only wash a small area of gravel at a time which is time consuming for my 240 gallon so I stuck a 1 liter bottle with the end cut off to my garden hose and it's much quicker! I think a 2 liter bottle would be too bulky and the bigger surface area would not create enough adequate suction. I've embedded a photo of the set up. All you need to buy us the bottle or find one in your garbage can ;)"     This video will take some time to load, the faster your internet connection, the less time it takes to load. If you can't see the video, shown just above, try clicking here.                                             Callers during this Show Jourdan from Connecticut calls and talks about his homemade aquarium filter in a drinking water bottle and about his trip to Zambia in Africa. Roland from San Antonio, Texas, calls and says his Bronze Corydoras Catfish spawned. There were eggs everywhere in his aquarium , and later he discovered one baby Cory inside his canister filter! Later Roland gives some very important tips for new aquarists.  The Bailey Brothers encourage YOU to call Pet Fish Talk during the show and talk about your pet fish.     Download of this Entire Show Here's how: Right-Click here, then click on "Save Target (or Link) As ...".  Navigate to the folder you prefer, and click on the button labeled "Save". Later you can copy the MP3-file to your iPod or other MP3-player. You can also burn files to CDs, then play them in a CD-player.  Click here to download the PodCast for this show. Click here to buy an MP3-enabled CD-Player, or click here to buy an MP3-Player, or click here to buy an Apple iPod, which can all play Pet Fish Talk Shows.     There are many more Pet Fish Talk Shows. Click here now to go to the Archive, where you'll find links to more than 290 Pet Fish Talk Shows. Click here to go to our Search Page, where you can search for any topic that we have discussed in any show.