I last talked to him about 10 years ago. BUT, someone was kind enough to
share some M. pygmaea with me last week that originated with Roy...so in
that respect he's still around...sort of.
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Boyd [andrew at friendlymanual.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 5:10 PM
To: r_m_l at yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [RML] Re: Rainbow Size Frustration -- Melanotaenia praecox
Michael Adams wrote:
> Gary...just curious how big your boesmani were at 9 years (or anyone
> else out there...how big did your older boesmani get?) I have three
> males pushing 9 right now and they're all about 3", maybe 3.25" and
> I've always felt they were smaller than "normal," without really
> knowing what that is. They spent about half their life in a 220gal
> but now they're in a 75gal, where they've been for about 4 years so I
> don't think they've been cramped. I have seen some others much larger
> but they didn't have half the color this group does.
>
>
>
> Now, having written this, I'm sure I've jinxed them to certain death
> before 2006.
>
>
>
Hi Mike,
just remember... size isn't everything :)
(speaking of which - has anyone heard from Roy lately?)
Cheers, Andrew
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