You've got a very good point there, Roostah-mon. ;) What say, Meryl??
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Julie <><
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On Mon, 21 Jul 1997, Roy Hunter wrote:
> You know... Ryan never sends any e-mail.... I think Meryl is the fish head
> of the house and is afraid to admit it! :-)
>
> Roy Hunter
> Co-Chairman
> ANGFA of North America
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>
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> > From: Meryl Jury <merylj at pec.co.nz>
> > To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> > Subject: Re: [RML] camallanus
> > Date: Monday, July 21, 1997 5:45 PM
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yes, the more I think about it the more I have to question how this is
> > introduced into our tanks.
> > Ryan feeds lots of live food in summer to condition his fish for breeding
> > and has live bloodworms, mosquito larve and daphania in abundance. For
> > some of his fish all they get is this diet all year round supplemented by
> > chopped earth worms, white worms and baby brine shrimp.
> >
> > Potential breeding stock and most of his fry only see flake about once a
> > month when he is tired out and can't be bothered collecting live food.
> (Of
> > course the spoilt fish just turn their noses up at the flake food but the
> > sucking cats go nuts.)
> > If the source could be identified it would be wonderful but in the
> > meantime we will just have to regularly treat all our tanks as a
> > preventative measure.
> > Thanks for all your help.
> > Cheers, Meryl
>