RE: [RML] Blyxa Aubertii

Julie Zeppieri (bowluvr at hotmail.com)
Fri, 06 May 2005 20:15:33 -0700

http://www.aquabotanic.com/

Try these guys. In Oregon. This is where I got mine from -- he donated a few
to our club's plant auction. Really nice guy. :-)

Julie <'><

>From: Benjamin Diliberto <bdiliberto at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: r_m_l at yahoogroups.com
>To: r_m_l at yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [RML] Blyxa Aubertii
>Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 22:47:12 -0400
>
>Anyone know where I can get Blyxa Aubertii in the US? Either
>mail-order or somewhere between Washington DC and New York City?
>
>On 5/6/05, Andrew Boyd <andrew_db at bigpond.com> wrote:
> > Hi Tom,
> >
> > sorry to hear about you losing the signifer. It can be hard to lose a
> > fish that you've grown to like a lot then put a lot of time into saving
> > when it gets ill. If this happens often enough, you may decide that it
> > is not worth keeping fish in tanks any more, as others have done before
>you.
> >
> > As to the bare vs planted thing - there are ethical arguments either
> > way. If fish get bored and/or feel trapped, they are more likely to be
> > relaxed in a planted tank, and stress reduction is disease reduction. On
> > the other hand, if there are preventable medical conditions that can be
> > eased by keeping them in a bare tank, it may be better to keep them in a
> > bare tank. It is a hard call and one that each individual fish keeper
> > must decide for themselves. A lot of guys (and gals!) that I have met
> > have a display tank or two inside the house that is fully decked out
> > with a variety of coordinated landscaped plant/substrate packages. Out
> > the back they have a fishroom with a bunch of bare tanks for the fish,
> > and similar special conditions for plants they are breeding. The bare
> > tanks are easier to clean, and therefore water quality is easier to
> > guarantee, and therefore the fish stay healthier longer. Aesthetically,
> > I am pretty sure that most people would prefer to see their finny
> > friends in planted tanks with natural looking backgrounds and the whole
> > box and dice.
> >
> > Best regards, Andrew
> >
> > Tom Ray wrote:
> >
> > >1st: Thank you again to those that tried to offer helpful advice. I
> > >think it helped my friend regain interest in his water conditions. It
> > >also led to him giving he his sick male.
> > >
> > >2nd: Alas. I am sad to report the male in question died in his
> > >hospital / hospice tank Tuesday at my place. He did recover much of
> > >his color and his desire to swim about (with changes in H2O and a
> > >"trial & error" battery of over-the-counter meds), but he never
> > >recovered his appetite.
> > >
> > >3rd: My thots.
> > > - a) Prognosis: I am left wondering if he ingested some kind of
> > >stomach disease agent (like a bacteria / virus, microsporidian
> > >parasite, etc.) or tape worm. And, my original question remains..."Is
> > >[this] common?"
> > > - b) I think that I have learned a lot, but still wish there was
> > >better diagnostics as well as information available within the hobby
> > >about over-the-counter medications. ...more photos, charts, etc..
> > > - c) I am even wondering whether UV purifiers may not be a bad idea
> > >even though I've heard they wreak havoc on / eliminate the ability to
> > >have bio-filtration.
> > >
> > >I have a different friend (from work) who is originally from Hong
> > >Kong. He keeps all his fish in sterile, plant-free, substrate-free
> > >tanks and says he was taught to keep fish that way back in HK. Tanks
> > >then seem to me to be prisons or cages (or hospital rooms).
> > >
> > >Maybe even brining to question (for me) the ethics of the very hobby
> > >since it brings to mind the Japanese story I read years ago when I
> > >lived there. It is a story about a crown prince / soon to be emperor
> > >who asked his Buddhist monk mentor to let him keep song birds in cages
> > >like many in his realm. The monk (knowing the young man's soul)
> > >relented, provided he would stay 1 month in his room. The prince
> > >agreed, but it soon became cherry blossom time and he was sad he'd so
> > >agreed. At the end of the month, the monk gave the prince a caged
> > >song bird, and the prince immediately fed it and let it go. The bird
> > >remained loyal to the prince the rest of his life, singing often when
> > >he saw the man and making his nest in many of the trees of the
> > >courtyard ... or something along that lines (it has been so many years
> > >ago and I was translating the story as part of my
> > >acculturation/learning nihon-go).
> > >
> > >Well, let's not get off onto a disucussion on ethics. HOWEVER, if
> > >anyone has thoughts as to 3 a), 3 b) or 3 c), I'd love to hear from
>you.
> > >
> > >Again, as always, TIA.
> > >
> > >--TommyBoy
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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