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NFC: RE: Oscar diet study

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Subject: NFC: RE: Oscar diet study
From: "Ronald W. Brooks" <orchid at kellnet_com>
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 15:17:01 -0500
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In-Reply-To: <199902121733.MAA03243 at acme_actwin.com>

I might try that then add a third element of live plus dry

Ron

-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: owner-nfc at actwin_com [mailto:owner-nfc at actwin_com]On Behalf Of
-> Thom DeWitt
-> Sent: Friday, February 12, 1999 7:29 AM
-> To: nfc at actwin_com
-> Subject: NFC: oscar diet study
-> 
-> 
-> > Tank 1 fish weighed average of 48 grams with length of 10 cm
-> > Tank 2 fish weighed average of 119 grams and length of 16 cm
-> > 
-> > Quandary stop experiment and feed Tank 1 live food also or 
-> continue for 3
-> > more months.
-> 
-> Ron,
-> Although we can not draw strong conclusions from two tanks of 
-> fish, it sure seems like live food accelerates growth. Not too big a 
-> surprise, I suppose, except for the sheer magnitude of the effect.  
-> Given the basic result you have in hand, it seems more interesting to 
-> me to switch Tank 1 to live food and see to what degree they can 
-> compensate for lost growth. Compensatory mechanisms are known for 
-> many animals (e.g. snails).
-> 
-> Thom DeWitt
-> 
->

References:

NFC: oscar diet study

From: "Thom DeWitt" <dewitt at ceeb_uky.edu>

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