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Re: Cured belly slider
I have a colony of Gardneri Misaji with a couple of deformed males I never
got around to netting out. In the wild they probably wouldn't survivr very
long, but in the tank, the most deformed male is the dominant fish in the
tank.
Drummond
Gaithersburg, MD
>From: Scott <zerelli at yahoo_com>
>Reply-To: killietalk at aka_org
>To: KillieTalk at aka_org
>Subject: Re: Cured belly slider
>Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 05:51:28 -0700 (PDT)
>
>That story makes me wonder how often people have tried
>to let "belly sliders" live? I have had it in the back
>of my mind for a long time that it might be possible
>that some fish take longer to develope just as some
>babies take longer to develope. In nature these guys
>are probably fish food, but then again it could be an
>added survival strategy. For example, if a population
>exists in a place where predators are more common in
>midwater, then "belly silders" are at the advantage
>and may escape notice of the predators. If the
>predators are more likely bottom feeders then the
>"belly sliders" make for a foil to give the "regular"
>fry a better chance. Just a thought.
>
>Scott
>
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