Re: [RML] Dark half or quarter on rainbowfish
HH (Rainbowfish)
Fri, 1 Jan 1999 04:13:30 -1000
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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