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Re: Maintaining shoe boxes of fry



Hello Al,
	Just a short question about drying the peat a second time 
after a hatch. How do you separate the fry and peat? It sounds like 
the  Problems in air pump land are a thing of the past for you.

Charles Harrison



>KillieTalk Digest      Sunday, December 17 2000      Volume 03 : Number 773
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>	Re: Air Pump Problems
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>Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 19:50:31 -0500
>From: "Al Anderson" <killiman at indy_net>
>Subject: Re: Air Pump Problems
>
>Charles if you set up a system with drilled tanks you can just add the water
>to one tank and it will go into all of them. I have around 250 gallons that
>I add 30 gallons a day of RO water to. In the shoe boxes I just dump the
>fish in a small mesh net and rinse out the box and fill it with water from
>the system. I add about 4 table spoons of salt per 30 gallons. The fry grow
>fast land seem to take to the daily 100 percent water changes. This morning
>I changed the water in 15 boxes in just under 3 min. I keep snails and ricca
>and frog bite in all of the boxes. The shoe boxes have up to 35 1/2 " fish
>in them.
>
>Al Anderson
>killiman at indy_net
>317 253 2170
>317 466 1615 FAX
>- ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Charles n Sue Harrison" <csharrison at primary_net>
>To: <KillieTalk at aka_org>
>Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2000 4:12 PM
>Subject: Re: Air Pump Problems
>
>
>>  Hello Air Pump Users,
>>  Although I have maintained continuous air movement in most
>>  all my tanks it is not truly necessary as long as to water is fresh
>>  and you don't over feed. Snails do help. I keep a small vibrator pump
>>  around just for the brine shrimp hatchers just in case of Pump
>>  Failure.
>>
>>  Back to change some more water
>>  Charles Harrison
>>
>>
>>  > Problems in air pump land
>>  > RE: Problems in air pump land
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>>  >Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 08:33:09 -0300
>>  >From: Juan Olcese <olcese at internet_siscotel.com>
>>  >Subject: Re: KillieTalk Digest V3 #770
>>  >
>>  >Hi Fellows:
>>  >In January   second week my last son trip to New York to take his
>>  >vacations
>>  >there .I'm interest if any can help me,because I need buy some Bettas
>>  >Halfmoon
>>  >males and females.Durings his holidays he stay in Manhattan area.
>>  >Regards
>>  >Juan Olcese
>>  >Buenos Aires
>>  >Argentina
>>  >
>>  >KillieTalk Digest wrote:
>>  >
>>  >>  KillieTalk Digest     Saturday, December 16 2000     Volume 03 :
>Number 770
>>  >>
>>  >>  In this issue:
>>  >>
>>  >>          Re: Alpha Male Breeding Success
>>  >>          Re: Alpha Male Breeding Success
>>  >>          Re: Alpha Male Breeding Success & population genetics
>  > >>          Re: Alpha Male Breeding Success & population genetics
>  > >>          Cyprinodon eremus.
>  > >>
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>>  >>
>>  >>  Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 19:37:53 -0500
>  > >>  From: "Jay-Scott Moylan" <moylan at emi_net>
>>  >>  Subject: Re: Alpha Male Breeding Success
>>  >>
>>  >>  "Bruce Stallsmith" <fundulus at hotmail_com>  wrote:
>>  >>
>>  >>  > This evolutionary "cheater" strategy is surprisingly widespread. One
>of
>>  >>  the
>>  >>  > best studied examples of this strategy of smaller males achieving
>>  >>  > reproductive success at the cost of larger, territorial males is
>with the
>>  >>  > blueheaded wrasse on reefs in the eastern Pacific. Large males
>defend
>>  >>  > territory, and as they spawn with females, smaller males who appear
>to be
>>  >>  > females will rush in, release sperm, and often account for 20-30% of
>the
>  > >>  > resulting fry. There's the extra twist here of sequential
>hermaphroditism;
>  > >>  > when a dominant male dies, he's succeeded by a female who develops
>alpha
>>  >>  > male physiology and behavior, and _becomes_ the alpha male. The
>secondary
>>  >>  > males are _true_ males but never become primaries.
>>  >>  >
>>  >>  ________________________________
>>  >>
>>  >>          I once had a female marble betta who spawned well, generally
>over
>>  >>  300 eggs per spawn.  Then I didn't use her for a couple of months.
>She was
>>  >>  kept in a group tank with a bunch of females.  During that time her
>fins
>>  >>  grew a lot.  I finally set her up with another male and they started
>to
>>  >>  fight like crazy!  I was shocked to realize that she had changed into
>a
>>  >>  male!  I then spawned her with a female successfully.  I eventually
>spawned
>>  >>  two fry- one of which she/he mothered, and one she/he fathered!
>Pretty
>>  >>  cool!  No errors.  Definitely one fish that underwent a sex change.
>>  >>
>>  >>  Jay Moylan
>>  >>
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>>  >>
>>  >>  Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 19:51:06 -0500
>>  >>  From: "Jay-Scott Moylan" <moylan at emi_net>
>>  >>  Subject: Re: Alpha Male Breeding Success
>>  >>
>>  >>  Apologies to those who dislike the keeping of a whole string of ideas
>>  >>  together.
>>  >>
>>  >>  Doug,
>>  >>
>>  >>          I'm afraid I'm still not completely clear on a couple of your
>points
>>  >>  below.  It makes perfect sense from a betta breeders point of view.
>The
>>  >>  goal there is to take one desirable (breeder's desire) pair of fish
>and fix
>>  >>  a set of genes to consistently produce a particular strain.  In that
>case to
>>  >>  dilute the genes with another male's is bad.  I thought with killies
>our
>>  >>  goal is try and preserve a group's diversity.  It seems that keeping
>some of
>>  >  > the B male's genes going would be a good thing.  Fish A might not
>possess
>>  >>  all the genes we wish to preserve.  Of course, the limited population
>we can
>>  >>  keep pretty much forces the breeders to make selections anyway, and
>>  >>  guarantees loss of diversity.  Many select for color or size of fins,
>etc.
>>  >>  so our preferences for appearance supercede nature's.  I agree that
>gang
>>  >>  spawning seems the least bad compromise and is my preference when I
>can do
>>  >>  so as well.  Thanks for the lessons.
>>  >>
>>  >>  Jay Moylan
>>  >>
>>  >>  - ----- Original Message -----
>>  >>  From: "Doug Karpa-Wilson" <dkarpawi at indiana_edu>
>>  >>  To: <killietalk at aka_org>
>>  >>  Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 11:11 AM
>>  >>  Subject: Re: Alpha Male Breeding Success
>>  >>
>>  >>  > Hey, Jay,
>>  >>  >
>>  >>  > Sure!  The important bit is that if you have a lot of AX offspring
>>  >>  already,
>>  >>  > BX's will contribute more than other AX's since they're redundant.
>>  >>  > Whichever is the rarer type will contribute more.  Think about it
>from the
>>  >>  > point of view of what proportion of genes from each of the parents
>are
>>  >>  > retained in the next generation.   Just to keep the argument
>intelligible,
>>  >>  > let's assume both the females reproduce equally, so we can focus on
>the
>>  >>  > males.  On average the females will leave two offspring each (Unless
>the
>>  >>  > tank space is continuously expanding over the protests of spouses
>who have
>>  >>  > to now keep their sweaters in the unheated garage ;-).
>>  >>  >
>>  >>  > For the sake of argument, let's stay with 2 offspring each.  Let's
>say
>>  >>  male
>>  >>  > A has his first offspring (A1).  He will contribute half his genes
>(one
>>  >>  > copy of each of the thousands of genes the species has) to the first
>>  >>  > offspring.  Total genes of his retained:  1/2 of his genome (one
>copy of
>>  >>  > each gene).
>>  >>  >
>>  >>  > The second offspring will also have half his genes, but since they
>come at
>>  >>  > random, half the genes A passes on to the second offspring (A2) will
>be
>>  >>  the
>>  >>  > same ones he passed on to A1, so only half of the genes in A2 are
>genes
>>  >>  > that would have been lost if A hadn't had the second offspring.
>Total
>>  >>  > retained in A1 and A2: 3/4 of A's genes.
>>  >>  >
>>  >>  > The third offspring will also retain 1/2 A's genome, but 3/4 of that
>half
>>  >>  > are copies found in A1 and A2 as well, so the part of A's genome
>that A3
>>  >>  > preserves uniques amounts only to 1/8 of A's genome. Total saved 7/8
>of
>>  >>  A's
>>  >>  > genome.    As you can see trying to keep a copy of every single on
>of A's
>>  >>  > genes becomes very hard.
>>  >>  >
>>  >>  > Since we're limited in the total number of offspring that we can
>keep,
>>  >>  that
>>  >>  > third offspring comes at the expense of B having a second offspring.
>>  >>  Thus,
>>  >>  > A gets 3 offspring retaining 7/8 of A's genes, but now B gets only 1
>so
>>  >>  > only 1/2 of his genes are preserved.  In order to get 1/8 of A's
>genes we
>>  >>  > gave up 1/4 of B's.
>>  >>  >
>>  >>  > The general priniciple is that the more variation there is among the
>>  >>  > numbers of offspring among individuals the faster genes are lost.
>It gets
>>  >>  > more complicated than that, for sure, when you start keeping track
>of the
>>  >>  > differing amounts relatedness among individuals (for example, A1 and
>A2
>>  >>  > have one quarter of their genes in common because of their common
>sire,
>>  >>  > while A1 and B1 have none, so breeding A1 and B1 is better than A1
>and A2,
>>  >>  > but you knew that!).
>>  >>  >
>>  >>  > There is also the important Wright principle that if wild killies
>are
>>  >>  > totally inbred none of this matters. In that case,  A and B are
>>  >>  genetically
>>  >>  > identical, so it doesn't matter who mates with whom since there
>aren't any
>>  >>  > different versions to retain.  Every individual has all the genes of
>the
>>  >>  > entire population.  This takes a long time, and it takes very little
>gene
>>  >>  > flow to prevent it.
>>  >>  >
>>  >>  >
>>  >>  > The issue you raise about gene combinations (i.e. AX, AY, BX,BY
>stuff) is
>>  >>  > actually cutting edge genetics, but it may not be so important to
>simply
>>  >>  > retaining as many versions of genes as possible.  Of course, for the
>super
>>  >>  > hyper types, the way to go would be to breed both males with both
>females
>>  >>  > so you have known parentage and keep one offspring from each cross.
>>  >>  >
>>  >>  > It should be noted that I gang spawn my fish!  Of course, they're
>all sibs
>>  >  > > (i.e. very similar) and I'm not a serious large scale breeder.  I
>am only
>>  >>  > really paying attention to output from a single species right now.
>>  >>  >
>>  >>  > I hope I haven't offended anyone here, but I'm sure I have somehow.
>>  >>  >
>>  >>  > Doug
>>  >>  >
>>  >>  >
>>  >>  > >Doug,
>>  >>  > >
>>  >>  > >        I know you have more training by far than I do in genetics.
>I am
>>  >>  > >not fully following the math here on the loss of diversity.  So,
>I'm
>>  >>  asking
>>  >>  > >for a bit more clarification.  If I have a group consisting of
>males A
>>  >>  and B
>>  >>  > >and females X and Y and A is dominant, then we would intuitively
>expect B
>>  >>  to
>>  >>  > >be unsuccessful in passing on his genes.  All offspring from the
>group
>>  >>  would
>>  >>  > >be either AX or AY genetically.  If B is sneaky enough to get his
>genes
>>  >>  into
>>  >>  > >the mix, then some fry would be BX and BY and some would still be
>AX and
>>  >>  AY.
>>  >>  > >To me that looks like an increase in genetic diversity.  It also
>seems
>>  >>  that
>>  >>  > >if the pairs are separated into two tanks, A with X and B with Y,
>then
>>  >>  the
>>  >>  > >offspring will be limited to AX and BY.  This also seems like a
>loss of
>>  >>  > >total genetic diversity.  Can you more fully explain how this is
>actually
>>  >>  > >not true, and results in less genetic diversity?  Thanks.
>>  >>  > >
>>  >>  > >Jay Moylan
>>  >>  > >
>>  >>  > >----- Original Message -----
>>  >>  > >From: "Doug Karpa-Wilson" <dkarpawi at indiana_edu>
>>  >>  > >To: <killietalk at aka_org>
>>  >>  > >Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 12:17 AM
>>  >>  > >Subject: Re: Alpha Male Breeding Success
>>  >>  > >
>>  >>  > >
>>  >>  > >>
>>  >>  > >> >
>>  >>  > >> >        I stand by what I said about the unexpectedly high
>success
>>  >>  rate
>>  >>  > >of
>>  >>  > >> >non-dominant males in the spawning of many species.  Some
>species have
>>  >>  > >> >25-50% success by non-dominant males in species with clearly
>dominant
>>  >>  > >alpha
>  > >>  > >> >males who violently repell competitors
>>  >>  > >> >Jay Moylan
>>  >>  > >>
>>  >>  > >>
>>  >>  > >> More than you'd expect, as in more than zero.  The simple fact
>remains
>>  >>  > >that
>>  >>  > >> gangspawning where some of the males are getting only 50% of
>their
>>  >>  share
>>  >>  > >> means that you are losing the genetic diversity quite a bit
>faster than
>>  >>  if
>>  >>  > >> you bred them individually.
>>  >>  > >>
>>  >>  > >> Doug
>>  >>  > >>
>>  >>  > >> Doug Karpa-Wilson
>>  >>  > >> Department of Biology
>>  >>  > >> Indiana University
>>  >>  > >> Jordan Hall
>>  >>  > >> 1001 E. 3rd St.
>>  >>  > >> Bloomington, IN 47405
>>  >>  > >>
>>  >>  > >>
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>>  >>  >
>>  >>  > Doug Karpa Wilson
>>  >>  >
>>  >>  > Department of Biology
>>  >>  > Jordan Hall
>>  >>  > Indiana University
>>  >>  > Bloomington, IN 47405
>>  >>  >
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>>  >>
>>  >>  Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 19:56:04 -0500
>>  >>  From: "Jay-Scott Moylan" <moylan at emi_net>
>>  >>  Subject: Re: Alpha Male Breeding Success & population genetics
>>  >>
>>  >>  Doug,
>>  >>
>>  >>          That was a great description of genetic/environmental
>interaction
>>  >>  you wrote.
>>  >>
>>  >>  Jay
>>  >>
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>>  >>
>>  >>  Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 23:06:39 -0500
>>  >>  From: "Doug Dame" <dameda at shands_ufl.edu>
>>  >>  Subject: Re: Alpha Male Breeding Success & population genetics
>>  >>
>>  >>  Thanks for those kind words. I was about to think it just
>>  >>disappeared into the void without even an echo. I think it genetic
>>  >>diversity in the fishroom is a topic we all really need to learn
>>  >>and understand much more about,, cause it seems to be something we
>>  >>kinda understand in an abstract way, but we're clueless about what
>>  >>if anything we could do different or better. Bill Vannerson
>>  >>periodically stirs a stick in it just to provoke some dialogue, but
>>  >>it doesn't last long ... which kinda suggests interest is low.
>>  >>
>>  >>  But after writing that, I got pretty excited about the topic ... I
>>  >>wrote myself 5 ? pages of stream of consciousness thoughts
>>  >>afterwards ... and I'm seriously considering writing an article or
>>  >>two on the subject for JAKA, if they're interested.  It's not like
>>  >>I really know much about the subject though, so I'll have to do
>>  >>some review of current literature in the field if it's going to be
>>  >>credible.
>>  >  >
>>  >>  Later
>>  >>
>>  >>  d.d.
>>  >>
>>  >>  >>> moylan at emi_net Friday, December 15, 2000 7:56:04 PM >>>
>>  >>  Doug,
>>  >>
>>  >>          That was a great description of genetic/environmental
>interaction
>>  >>  you wrote.
>>  >>
>>  >>  Jay
>>  >>
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>>  >>
>>  >>  Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 10:38:45 +0100
>>  >>  From: "Martin Ravn Tversted" <martinrt at email_dk>
>>  >>  Subject: Cyprinodon eremus.
>>  >>
>>  >>  Hi again.
>>  >>  I think I have made a mistake.
>>  >>  When I first got the fishes it was my understanding that it was a
>>  >>brackish water species, and I threated it that way. But I
>>  >>misunderstood what I was told. Fortunately the fishes didnt care
>>  >>about what kind of water thay were in and they were breeding with
>>  >>succes. I then changed the conditions to freshwater and they
>>  >>accepted that too.
>>  >>
>>  >>  So this just proved that the species are hardy and suitable to
>>  >>adapt themselves to different kinds of conditions.
>  > >>  This is a little away from what Nonn started to ask about, but I
>>  >>thought I would correct myself.
>  > >>
>>  >>  And now I hear that the species is to be called Cyprinodon eremus.
>>  >>Thank you for that.
>>  >>
>>  >>  Martin Tversted
>>  >>
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>>  >
>>  >Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 09:38:51 EST
>>  >From: SRosendorf at aol_com
>>  >Subject: Re: Alpha Male Breeding Success & population genetics
>>  >
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>>  >The whole stream of comments and discussions has been fascinating. If
>nothing
>>  >else we should (even with Bettas) avoid too much & too concentrating
>>  >inbreeding.  For one thing, the Rosendorf rule is that in any controlled
>>  >breeding program anything you don't specifically select for will go bad.
>>  >StanR
>>  >
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>>  ><HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT  SIZE=2>The whole stream of
>>  >comments and discussions has been fascinating. If nothing <BR>else
>>  >we should (even with Bettas) avoid too much &amp; too concentrating
>>  ><BR>inbreeding. &nbsp;For one thing, the Rosendorf rule is that in
>>  >any controlled <BR>breeding program anything you don't specifically
>>  >select for will go bad.
>>  ><BR>StanR</FONT></HTML>
>>  >
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>>  >
>>  >Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 09:54:53 EST
>>  >From: SRosendorf at aol_com
>>  >Subject: Re: KillieTalk Digest V3 #770
>>  >
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>>  >Dear Juan,
>>  >I would contact someone with IBC.  The best # I can come up with is for
>Mike
>>  >Arsuaga at email: leondegranz at aol_com who certainly should be able to
>point
>>  >you in the right direction. He has been the consistant champion in the
>Betta
>>  >competitions in the last several yrs.  I can't do better because I'm just
>a
>>  >recent retread.
>>  >Lots of good luck and please keep me posted at srosendorf at aol_com.
>>  >StanR
>>  >
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>>  ><HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT  SIZE=2>Dear Juan,
>>  ><BR>I would contact someone with IBC. &nbsp;The best # I can come up
>>  >with is for Mike <BR>Arsuaga at email: leondegranz at aol_com who
>>  >certainly should be able to point <BR>you in the right direction. He
>>  >has been the consistant champion in the Betta <BR>competitions in
>>  >the last several yrs. &nbsp;I can't do better because I'm just a
>>  ><BR>recent retread.
>>  ><BR>Lots of good luck and please keep me posted at srosendorf at aol_com.
>>  ><BR>StanR</FONT></HTML>
>>  >
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>>  >
>>  >Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 13:02:55 EST
>>  >From: PARANORke at aol_com
>  > >Subject: Problems in air pump land
>>  >
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>>  >Hello everyone,     Heres my problem,perhaps you can offer a solution. I
>have
>>  >a large fishroom with between 50 and 80 tanks.For at least 15 years ,I
>have
>>  >used a air compessor made by Thomas Industries for my source of air for
>my
>>  >tanks,as of last night it decided to go to the great mechanical home in
>the
>>  >sky.My system uses 3/4 in pvc with brass valves and saddles ,like many
>pet
>>  >store set ups. Now I need a new compessor,I tried repairing it last night
>and
>>  >that didn't work.The old comp. may be able to be rebuilt as a
>backup,perhaps
>>  >by Thomas which was located in Sheboygan ,Wisc.  The problem is that the
>fish
>>  >have no air now ,and I d like to prevent losses so expidiency in
>obtaining a
>>  >new one with a similar capacity is very important. I looked at petwhse
>.com
>>  >,but they don't give any specs on the number of tanks that can be run off
>of
>>  >a particular blower or air comp.,nor do the say whether this unit is
>>  >compatible with 3/4 in pipe.  I need something within the week just for
>my
>>  >sanity and the fishes well being.The lack of bubble noise is driving me
>>  >crazy,its been in my home or my parents for over 20 years..........Help
>Cecil
>>  >Help......Thanks for any help in advance.....Kurt E. Bihlmayer
>>  >
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>>  ><HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT  SIZE=2>Hello everyone,
>>  >&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Heres my problem,perhaps you can offer a
>>  >solution. I have <BR>a large fishroom with between 50 and 80
>>  >tanks.For at least 15 years ,I have <BR>used a air compessor made by
>>  >Thomas Industries for my source of air for my <BR>tanks,as of last
>>  >night it decided to go to the great mechanical home in the
>>  ><BR>sky.My system uses 3/4 in pvc with brass valves and saddles
>>  >,like many pet <BR>store set ups. Now I need a new compessor,I tried
>>  >repairing it last night and <BR>that didn't work.The old comp. may
>>  >be able to be rebuilt as a backup,perhaps <BR>by Thomas which was
>>  >located in Sheboygan ,Wisc. &nbsp;The problem is that the fish
>>  ><BR>have no air now ,and I d like to prevent losses so expidiency in
>>  >obtaining a <BR>new one with a similar capacity is very important. I
>>  >looked at petwhse .com <BR>,but they don't give any specs on the
>>  >number of tanks that can be run off of <BR>a particular blower or
>>  >air comp.!
>>  >!
>>  >,nor do the say whether this unit is <BR>compatible with 3/4 in
>>  >pipe. &nbsp;I need something within the week just for my <BR>sanity
>>  >and the fishes well being.The lack of bubble noise is driving me
>>  ><BR>crazy,its been in my home or my parents for over 20
>>  >years..........Help Cecil <BR>Help......Thanks for any help in
>>  >advance.....Kurt E. Bihlmayer</FONT></HTML>
>>  >
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>>  >Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 15:29:50 -0500
>>  >From: "Joe Bulterman" <jbulterman at earthlink_net>
>>  >Subject: RE: Problems in air pump land
>>  >
>>  >This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
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>>  >I use Alita's model 80 and like it very much...
>>  >
>>  >http://www.alita.com/airpump/al4680.html
>>  >   -----Original Message-----
>>  >   From: owner-killietalk at aka_org [mailto:owner-killietalk at aka_org]On
>Behalf
>>  >Of PARANORke at aol_com
>>  >   Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2000 1:03 PM
>>  >   To: KillieTalk at aka_org
>>  >   Cc: PARANORke at aol_com
>>  >   Subject: Problems in air pump land
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >   Hello everyone,     Heres my problem,perhaps you can offer a solution.
>I
>>  >have
>>  >   a large fishroom with between 50 and 80 tanks.For at least 15 years ,I
>>  >have
>>  >   used a air compessor made by Thomas Industries for my source of air
>for my
>>  >   tanks,as of last night it decided to go to the great mechanical home
>in
>>  >the
>>  >   sky.My system uses 3/4 in pvc with brass valves and saddles ,like many
>pet
>>  >   store set ups. Now I need a new compessor,I tried repairing it last
>night
>>  >and
>>  >   that didn't work.The old comp. may be able to be rebuilt as a
>>  >backup,perhaps
>>  >   by Thomas which was located in Sheboygan ,Wisc.  The problem is that
>the
>>  >fish
>>  >   have no air now ,and I d like to prevent losses so expidiency in
>obtaining
>>  >a
>>  >   new one with a similar capacity is very important. I looked at petwhse
>>  >.com
>>  >   ,but they don't give any specs on the number of tanks that can be run
>off
>>  >of
>>  >   a particular blower or air comp.! ! ,nor do the say whether this unit
>is
>>  >   compatible with 3/4 in pipe.  I need something within the week just
>for my
>>  >   sanity and the fishes well being.The lack of bubble noise is driving
>me
>>  >   crazy,its been in my home or my parents for over 20
>years..........Help
>>  >Cecil
>>  >   Help......Thanks for any help in advance.....Kurt E. Bihlmayer
>>  >
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>>  ><DIV><SPAN class=3D620162920-16122000><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff
>=
>>  >size=3D2>I use=20
>>  >Alita's model 80 and like it very much...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
>>  ><DIV><SPAN class=3D620162920-16122000><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff
>=
>>  >
>>  >size=3D2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
>>  ><DIV><SPAN class=3D620162920-16122000><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff
>=
>>  >size=3D2><A=20
>>
>>href=3D"http://www.alita.com/airpump/al4680.html">http://www.alita.com/ai=
>>  >rpump/al4680.html</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
>>  ><BLOCKQUOTE>
>>  >   <DIV class=3DOutlookMessageHeader dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><FONT =
>>  >face=3DTahoma=20
>>  >   size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> =
>>  >owner-killietalk at aka_org=20
>>  >   [mailto:owner-killietalk at aka_org]<B>On Behalf Of=20
>>  >   </B>PARANORke at aol_com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, December 16, 2000 1:03
>=
>>  >
>>  >   PM<BR><B>To:</B> KillieTalk at aka_org<BR><B>Cc:</B>=20
>>  >   PARANORke at aol_com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Problems in air pump=20
>>  >   land<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=3Darial,helvetica><FONT =
>>  >size=3D2>Hello=20
>>  >   everyone, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Heres my problem,perhaps you can =
>>  >offer a=20
>>  >   solution. I have <BR>a large fishroom with between 50 and 80 tanks.For
>=
>>  >at=20
>>  >   least 15 years ,I have <BR>used a air compessor made by Thomas =
>>  >Industries for=20
>>  >   my source of air for my <BR>tanks,as of last night it decided to go to
>=
>>  >the=20
>>  >   great mechanical home in the <BR>sky.My system uses 3/4 in pvc with =
>>  >brass=20
>>  >   valves and saddles ,like many pet <BR>store set ups. Now I need a
>new=20
>>  >   compessor,I tried repairing it last night and <BR>that didn't work.The
>=
>>  >old=20
>>  >   comp. may be able to be rebuilt as a backup,perhaps <BR>by Thomas =
>>  >which was=20
>>  >   located in Sheboygan ,Wisc. &nbsp;The problem is that the fish =
>>  ><BR>have no air=20
>>  >   now ,and I d like to prevent losses so expidiency in obtaining a =
>>  ><BR>new one=20
>>  >   with a similar capacity is very important. I looked at petwhse .com =
>>  ><BR>,but=20
>>  >   they don't give any specs on the number of tanks that can be run off =
>>  >of <BR>a=20
>>  >   particular blower or air comp.! ! ,nor do the say whether this unit is
>=
>>  >
>>  >   <BR>compatible with 3/4 in pipe. &nbsp;I need something within the =
>>  >week just=20
>>  >   for my <BR>sanity and the fishes well being.The lack of bubble noise =
>>  >is=20
>>  >   driving me <BR>crazy,its been in my home or my parents for over 20=20
>>  >   years..........Help Cecil <BR>Help......Thanks for any help in=20
>>  >   advance.....Kurt E. Bihlmayer</FONT> =
>>  ></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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>Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 11:16:19 -0500
>From: "-RJ-" <TranquilityBase at netzero_net>
>Subject: MAKA Meeting
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