I just had a very large male preacox develop an ulcer. I gave him Doug's
heel and toe treatment :( :P
cheers
Merlin
At 06:29 16/04/97 PDT, chris wrote:
>Hunter wrote...>>Praecox, unless kept in the right lighting are a silver
>fish with red
>finns. You will never see one that looks like the photo. They are
>purely reflective and the color you see is from the flash. If they
>have sunlight they can be quite nice but at 98 cents a piece the fun
>is kinda gone.They dont get real big, they dont live very long and
>they are prone to the ulcer problem like no other fish I have
>seen,,,<<
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>PLEASE NOTE... Strictly roy's opinion only!! I have never had one
>develop an ulcer. My ulcer problems are all related to Goyders and
>splendidas. Who knows the rhyme or reason.
> And my fish are certainly not silver! Granted the photos are a bit
>overdone but not by as much as Roy implies.
> As for lifespan, well they are a small fish so, whadya expect?! Who
>out there has kept Praecox? How old is your oldest specimen? My
>oldest is over 2 years old.
> As for size - well no they don't get very big but, neither do pygmaea -
>that's no reason not to keep them!!
>Let's put it this way - Pure hype could not have made this fish as
>desirable as it was. The fish does have a lot more to offer than Roy
>suggests.
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>Chris
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>drews at webgate.net
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