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Re: Maintaining shoe boxes of fry



Simple I only use mops That darn peat clogs up my sump pump when I use it.
If I do I just treat the fry in the same manner as the rest pour it all into
a big net ant change the water until I add them to a tank then the fish are
netted out as needed when they are large enough to catch.

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: Sunday, December 17, 2000 8:54 PM
Subject: 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
> >
> >
> >
> >In this issue:
> >
> > Re: Air Pump Problems
> > MAKA Meeting
> >
> >See the end of the digest for information on unsubscribing from the
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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.
> >  > >>
> >  > >>  See the end of the digest for information on unsubscribing from
the
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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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> >>  >>  > >>
> >>  >>  > >
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> >>  >>  >
> >>  >>  >
> >>  >>  > Doug Karpa Wilson
> >>  >>  >
> >>  >>  > Department of Biology
> >>  >>  > Jordan Hall
> >>  >>  > Indiana University
> >>  >>  > Bloomington, IN 47405
> >>  >>  >
> >>  >>  >
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> >>  >>
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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
> >>  >
> >>  >- --part1_91.479f242.276d084f_boundary
> >>  >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
> >>  >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> >>  >
> >>  >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
> >>  >
> >>  >- --part1_91.479f242.276d084f_boundary
> >>  >Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII"
> >>  >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> >>  >
> >>  ><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>
> >>  >
> >>  >- --part1_91.479f242.276d084f_boundary--
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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.
> >>  >
> >>  >- ------=_NextPart_000_0010_01C06775.07840120
> >>  >Content-Type: text/plain;
> >>  > charset="iso-8859-1"
> >>  >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> >>  >
> >>  >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
> >>  >
> >>  >- ------=_NextPart_000_0010_01C06775.07840120
> >>  >Content-Type: text/html;
> >>  > charset="iso-8859-1"
> >>  >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
> >>  >
> >>  ><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
> >>  ><HTML><HEAD>
> >>  ><DEFANGED_META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; =
> >>  >charset=3Diso-8859-1">
> >>  ><DEFANGED_META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4134.600"
name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD>
> >>  ><BODY>
> >>  ><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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