Dave Wilson
>Adrian Tappin schrieb:
>> G'day Dave,
>> At 06:54 31/12/98 +0930, you wrote:
>>
>> >Thanks for that answer,(I missed the earlier discussion) next time the
>> >sooty grunter gets the dark quarter (for id purposes) I'll catch it out and
>> >sent it to Berrimah Animal Research Centre and ask them to check for
>> >mycobacteriosis. We had confirmed mycobacteriosis in one aquarium about
>> >three years ago so I sterilised it and everything nearby. Will let you
>> >know results.
>>
>> It would be interesting to know if the rainbowfishes with this problem are
>> wild-caught and if so how long they have been in captivity before showing
>> this condition. I have often wondered if the rainbowfishes carry the
>> bacteria in the wild.
>>
>> Also if you can spare the Sooty for pathology testing it may still be
>> carrying the bug and is a threat to all other inhabitants. Apparently
>> Mycobacteria have a specific range of temperatures where they do best and
>> Darwin's temperature is certainly within that range.
>>
>> Adrian.
>>
>> Adrian R. Tappin
>> "Home of the Rainbowfish"
>> http://www.ecn.net.au/~atappin/home.htm
>>
>
>Hi Adrian,
>
>a scientist, whose name I've forgotten, wrote, that the fish was the
>animal with
>the most number of diseases occuring naturally, i.e. in natural populations.
>
>Best regards
>
>Harro Hieronimus, Solingen, Germany
>harro.hieronimus at t-online.de
>
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