Roy Hunter
Co-Chairman
ANGFA of North America
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> From: Mach Fukada <tuhoitc at aloha.net>
> To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Subject: [RML] swim bladder disroder
> Date: Wednesday, September 24, 1997 12:14 AM
>
> Just wondering out loud. I have noticed a few of my Pseudomugil fry seem
> to have difficulty swimming horizontally. They seem to be swimming head
up
> and tail down. Is this like the swim bladder disroder that is often
> described by Killifish breeders? Water poblem? embryonic development
> problem? Genetic disorder? Pathogenic Disease? I kinda don't think that
> it is the last, but the fry don't seem to get over it. I haven't seen it
> on melanotonaids. I have noticed it on Ps. furcata and Ps. conniea. I
> do get a small percentage of deformities (scrunched bodies ala ballon
> mollies, crooked spine, etc) that may be a result of Ca deffieincies or
> inbreeding (I don't think these species have been recollected inrecent
> history).
>
> Any ideas?
>
> BTW anyone on the list in Honolulu or Hawaii that wants Ps. furcata let
me
> know I will have a bunch allmost ready soon.
>
> TIA,
>
> MTF
>
> Mach T. Fukada, Web Master
> Honolulu Aquarium Society
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