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GaryE replied to the thread Let’s talk GloFish.A lot of people love their glofish, as well as other lab created creatures. I don't like them, but I have to respect the tastes and... -
GaryE replied to the thread Is Dan Blowing Smoke?.We loop around the issue because what we want to read and what research puts out there for us to read are often different. No one WANTS...
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GaryE replied to the thread I've seen everything now.I understand business desperation, but if I were in the US, Dan's would be off my list of sellers with that. I wouldn't buy from him...
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GaryE replied to the thread Is Dan Blowing Smoke?.Ah, but Ed wrote a tiny, self published book aimed squarely at beginners. He generalized a lot. Ed and later his wife Ruth were great...
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GaryE replied to the thread jumping fish???.Why jump? Being startled and taking evasive action. Seeing an attacker in the tank taking a run at them from below. Seeing an insect...
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GaryE replied to the thread Is Dan Blowing Smoke?.I can't answer the questions of longevity etc accurately, because I have improved my skills as an aquarist since I had harder water. So...
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GaryE replied to the thread What are you doing today?.In the summertime, when the weather is fine, No one ships in fish, and it leaves us cryin', in the summertime, all the fishers are out...
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GaryE replied to the thread Is Dan Blowing Smoke?.Here's food for thought. When I had moderately hard water, I could keep probably 90% of the species I do now. But I couldn't breed them...
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GaryE replied to the thread What are you doing today?.I have a bucket of water ready, breather bags counted out and a few tanks of fish unfed. This evening, I'll grab my nets and get to...
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GaryE replied to the thread Is Dan Blowing Smoke?.I see a pattern with some Canadian shops/dealers where they begin with wild caught imports only, and establish a reputation because of...
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GaryE replied to the thread Platy columnaris infection been a month.You have the eyes on the fish. I would go online and look at Oodinium spp, and dinoflagellate parasites. It could be normal...
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GaryE replied to the thread Overwhelmed with Swordtails - help!.Stores take fry as fish food, unfortunately. But if you grow them overcrowded, they end up as compost. You can't win with overpopulation...
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GaryE replied to the thread Platy columnaris infection been a month.I don't see columnaris there. Black platies like that are prone to Melanomas, which could explain things, but all I can see is...
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GaryE replied to the thread Is Dan Blowing Smoke?.If I bring fish in to hard water, most will thrive for the short period I have them before I sell them. Kidney failure is a longish term...
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GaryE replied to the thread nursing fish???.There is a shortage of nipples in the fish world. Several Genera feed their young in the womb, and a few have the body slime thing going.