RE: [RML] Re: Rainbow Size Frustration -- and missing emails

Julie Zeppieri (bowluvr at hotmail.com)
Wed, 30 Nov 2005 06:51:24 -0800

Mike: At 11 years old, my Big Bad-Arse Boesemani was about 4.5 inches,
including tail. He was that size for at least several years prior to that.
His final home was a 5-ft 100 gallon tank, but he spent most of his life in
29 to 45 gallon tanks (30"long to 3 ' long tanks). At about 3 1/2 years old,
his son (equally a Bad-Arse) is at about 2.5 inches TL -- tho he seems to
think he is much larger! He is now in the 100 gallon tank that Papa formerly
occupied and I expect over the years he will at least equal him in size (and
attitude, sadly). They do not grow quickly once they reach about 2 to 2.5
inches.

Hey List,
I seem to not be receiving all of the emails sent here. I got this message,
but none of the emails leading up to it. Not sure why, but since I was
hoping for more answers to my question than I got, I now think that I may be
missing out on more emails than just these????

(And if not, then, darnit, Gary, Harro and y'all, I need more info than just
that one response, please!)

Can whomever is in charge of maintaining this list perhaps help me so that I
am receiving ALL the posts? I hate to miss stuff on here -- it is my fav
list I am on! :-) Probably why I've been on it so long.

Oh, and the heck w/Rooster. I'd like to know why we can't seem to get the
Doc to get his butt over onto this list!

Thanks!
Julie <'><

>From: Michael Adams <madams at fmsm.com>
>Reply-To: r_m_l at yahoogroups.com
>To: "'r_m_l at yahoogroups.com'" <r_m_l at yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: RE: [RML] Re: Rainbow Size Frustration -- Melanotaenia praecox
>Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 17:17:20 -0500
>
>
>Did I say 3"?, I meant 10...
>
>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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>
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