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Fish-O-Rama
>Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 09:25:04 -0400
>From: "Andy Sheppard" <andysheppard at netzero_net>
>Subject: Fish-O-Rama
>
>This is a store here in Delaware where I live. When the owner of the store
>called me I could not believe it either. I knew he had been working on it
>for a few years. I thought it was just the workings of a mad scientist. So
>I took up his offer and visited the store. I could not believe my eyes.
>There were multiple tanks containing freshwater and saltwater fish. These
>tanks have been running with ZERO fish loss for months. He has the
>processes used to obtain these results patented. I may not agree with the
>idea, but it is something to behold.
>
>Andy
>Plantman Aquatics
>
Sorry, I ain't buyin' it. Not the fishies, not the process.
I would like to see the Fish-O-Rama folks spend a week drinking nothing but
saltwater. Perhaps then they would have a better understanding of
physiological design.
Or, perhaps they could develop a process to convert humans to saltwater
drinkers! I mean, if seals can do it, we should have that potential,
right? This would be more impressive than getting saltwater fish to
survive in freshwater, and equally patentable I would think. Imagine the
benefit to mankind!
(Perhaps the tanks are all a holographic illusion. That would be a good
patent, too. Holographic aquaria. No wonder you don't need to change the
water.)
-Carmen
Carmen C. Robinett, Ph.D.
Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology
401 Barker Hall
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-3202
(510) 642-5971
FAX (510) 642-7846