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> From: Chen Leong <cleong at btr.com.au>
> To: Rainbowfish Mailing List <rainbowfish at pcug.org.au>
> Subject: [RML] Intro/ANGFA Vic Collection Trips
> Date: Wednesday, March 26, 1997 9:05 PM
>
> Greetings RML members,
>
> Before I make my first serious posting as a RML member, I thought I would
> follow the example of most list members and introduce myself to the list
:
> My name is Chen Leong, and away from fish-keeping, I am a chartered
> accountant, married with one daughter, Sarah (18 months). My fishkeeping
> passion started four years ago, when my wife and I inherited a secondhand
> tank from my father-in-law. I "discovered" rainbows one night whilst
> watching Dr Harry Cooper's program "Talk to the Animals", wherein, a
member
> of ANGFA (the name escapes me) was interviewed and the cameras allowed
into
> his fishroom. The spectacular colours of the rainbows caught our eyes,
and
> we were hooked on their beauty and graceful swimming. I had to find out
> more !!! I joined ANGFA after speaking with Noel Harcourt. From the
humble
> beginning of one tank of rainbows, we now have 6 tanks, spread throughout
> the house. The interest in rainbows has slowly developed into an
interest
> in other Sahul natives, and I have recently started keeping gudgeons. I
> joined the RML to obtain further knowledge and to gain other people's
views
> on general fishkeeping issues.
>
> Anyway, enough of me, and onto a serious question to list members. After
> reading with envy in FOS of our Qld counterparts' various collection
trips
> in Qld and NT, ANGFA Vic members decided that in 1997, regular collection
> trips would be organised for members to participate in. In January and
two
> weekends ago, Glenn Briggs and Alex Caughey led a group to various parts
of
> the Goulburn River system (north Vic), and we collected tons of Gambusia,
a
> few Smelt, Pygmy Perch, Western Carp Gudgeons and M.Fluviatilis. The
> majority of the fish collected survived the journey back to Melbourne,
> however, almost all the Smelt I collected perished either on the way
back,
> or shortly after arriving home (other Vic members have expressed the same
> comments). They obviously did not handle the stress well.
>
> Have any members collected this fish and been able to transport them back
> safely? If so, what are some of the things they have done to acclimatise
the
> fish and/or reduce the stress ?
>
> Apologies for the long post !!
>
> Chen Leong
> <cleong at btr.com.au>