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From: gregt@tektronix.UUCP (Greg Thomas)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Freshwater Tropical Fish, anyone?
Message-ID: <3427@tektronix.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 23-Aug-84 15:33:44 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 23 15:33:44 1984
Date-Received: Thu, 30-Aug-84 00:36:00 EDT
Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR
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[looks safe- no mbunas in this tank]

Hey- anybody out there into freshwater tropical fish? Anybody
want to share info? Is there a special newsgroup or something 
that I should know about? What's the difference between a 
Geophagus Jurapari and a Geophagus Surnamensis, anyway?

I just (re)set-up my 77-gallon show tank. Looks great, but the 
second batch of fish that I got turned out to be infected with
a disease ("ick," no doubt). I lost two fish before I got the
epidemic under control (I hope) with a 7-day treatment of MarOxy (TM).

My question- how long should I wait before I introduce another
batch of fish? My 5-foot long tank looks pretty silly with 
six three-inch fish in it...

I'm keeping South American cichlids, mostly. Tried Africans (mbunas)
a few years ago but all that death and destruction began to wear me out.

Looking forward to seeing your postings- please respond
to my "quarantine" question by e-mail.

Regards,

Greg Thomas       Tektronix, Inc.      Beaverton, Oregon

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