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From: spirit@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Scats
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Date: 18 Jan 90 01:40:41 GMT
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Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!spirit    Jan 17 08:39:00 1990


We had two scats in a brackish tank for about six months.  If we even
walked into the room with the tank, they would swim to the top and 
shake, anticipating food.  They were very aggressive feeders.  At 
first, if there was any untoward movement in front of the tank or if
there was some reason I had to put my hand in the tank, they would
run off to hide for a few seconds, but after a few times of that, 
they were completely fearless.  Ours were more aggressive than what
some books I had seen had indicated--the larger one (4 in. or so) 
decided to take out all the females in the tank in the space of 2 
days.  We gave them to a guy who leases aquaria in town and he moved
them into a couple of 200+ gallon salt set-ups he had at a nursing
home.  All reports indicate they're doing well.  They're supposed to
need more salt as they get older and larger.  I wondered if the 
increased aggression as they got bigger resulted from the water 
conditions becoming less than ideal for them.

  
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