A word to the list:
after moving residence one again (I HATE moving!!) I am back online and
working my way through the almost 1000 emails that stacked up in my inbox
while awaiting re-activation of internet services. I am sad to announce that
my 11 year old (or better) Evil Male Boesemani that I got as a gift from
Cary Hostrawser, and whom I've had through times spent in 3 states and
almost a dozen moves, did not survive this last move. Stupid human error and
I should have been there to prevent it, but alas figured someone with over 2
decade's fish experience would know that large rainbows were sensitive to
low O2 levels and should NOT be bagged first. For that matter, so are large
Barullius bakeri and Barbus johrensis. I am still grieving. :-( All other
rainbowfish did fine, but then I was there to move those fish myself. His
son (the fish's) is now taking Papa's place in said 100 gallon tank and is
busy trying to prove that he can kick-butt just as well as the Old Man, even
though he is still only half the size (currently about 3 inches). BTW, the
Old Man in his lifetime murdered about a score of his fellow rainbowfish, so
on this subject I know of what I speak. Many of you on this list have heard
me speak of him over the years, and many of you had a chance to see him in
person. He was quite a looker. For the past 5 or 6 years he was not allowed
to live with others of his kind, and at 3 inches long, Junior had already
been relegated to this same fate. I have a daughter as well. Tho these are a
VERY true-to-type line of Boeseman's, she will not be bred to her brother
again (I do have a small group of wee ones from a prior breeding... in which
he almost killed her BTW!). I have a nice mellow (well, comparatively) male
for her -- maybe their babies will be better citizens...
:-) :-) :-)
I've missed you all. Glad to see the list has picked up some.
Bowluvr <'><
>From: "Eileen Kortright" <eileen at spamcop.net>
>Reply-To: r_m_l at yahoogroups.com
>To: r_m_l at yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [RML] Glossolepis pseudoincisus, Millenium or Tami River
>Rainbow?
>Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 03:03:31 -0000
>
>--- In r_m_l at yahoogroups.com, "Dan Drake" <dd at d...> wrote:
> > They're sometime available on Aquabid, by the way, from the dealer
> > rarefishatlax. He has a good reputation for supplying good fish,
>and my one
> > transaction with him doesn't contradict that.
>
>Dan,
>Thank you very much for that information. I'm hesitant to purchase
>any
>live animal from an unverified dealer or breeder -- internet or no :)
>
>I've 5 Boesemani in my 36 gal bow and am getting a 90g at the end of
>this month. I'd like to stock one of the two tanks with the
>Millenium.
>
>Can they be mixed with Boesemani? Are they about the same size as
>them, or a tad smaller? Unsure which fish to put in the 90g. I'll be
>getting a second 90g in April.
>
>I'd like
>to increase my Boesemani school to a better number -- how many would
>work well in a standard 90 US gallon tank (340L)? They're 48x18x24"
>or
>122x46x61cm in size. The Millenium?
>
>Sorry for the newbish questions, but I want to give them the best
>home
>I can.
>
>Thank you
>Eileen
>
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