I agree, Bruce!
>We are not really aquaculturists, at least not until we sell some of our
>produce if we are to believe the principle expressed here in Queensland in
>the current debate concerning licensing fish breeders.
I think that selling a couple of dozen fish a year does not make one an
aquaculturist. I believe that one can be an aquaculturist (which I would
define as someone who grows food in water) regardless of monetary gain...
but the blessed governments of the world have a hard time believing that
anyone would undertake the growing of food without performing the necessary
mundane task of selling it, instead of the more energy-efficient
self-consumption ;)
>I would hope that we are still hobbyists and that the motive of profit
>from our endeavours (monetary profit that is) comes well down the list.
I'm darned if I know how people make money from fish: living somewhere warm
must surely help ;)
>However trying to give our charges the appropriate diet, as opposed to an
>expedient or even worse a deleterious one, seems fairly obvious to me.This
>is not an attempt exactly emulate "Mother Nature" as I think a "bug zapper"
>over every tank with a funnel leading to a hole in the cover glass is
>beyond most of us. Sorry Adrian - maybe a fruitfly culture above the funnel
>would suffice :-)
I have a simple yet elegant solution, Bruce - I hang a bucket underneath my
bug zapper and empty it into my fishtanks twice a day ;) We don't use
pesticides, natch ;)
I shall add to the rest of your posting when i am offline and can give it my
full attention ;)
Regards, Andrew Boyd
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"May you kindle Fire and never be burned by it,
May the Air never send storms across your path,
May the path across the Earth be a soft one,
May the Water of your tears always taste sweet with joy,
May your Spirit find your own true path...."
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