Re: [RML] Dead Herbies
Frex (frex at macrae.com.au)
Sun, 06 Jul 1997 20:43:58 +1000
At 04:57 PM 7/5/97 -0600, Jim wrote:
>Hello...
>
>Well, I woke this morning to 4 dead herbies. My remaining 4 have these
>brown patches mid body ranging from their dorsals to their pecs. Looks
>like somebody poured acid / bleach on them as their color is gone in
>this area. Looks fatal to me. Looks like the scales have been smashed
>with the perimeter of the scales upturned. With the exception of a dead
>SAE, the other fish in the tank seem unaffected. These other include
>juvinile lacustris, cory cats, SAEs, otos, and a rainbow shark.
They will break your heart every time, Jim. They are one of the easiest New
Guinea Rainbows to breed, but one of the hardest to keep alive to any
advanced age, I have found.
Regards, Andrew Boyd
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Only our love hath no decay;
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Running it never runs from us away,
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