Subj : Re: The Mystery Almost Solved
To   : Carol Shenkenberger
From : Jeff Snyder
Date : Sun Jun 21 2009 12:03 pm

On 06/21/09, Jeff Snyder quoted Carol Shenkenberger: Re: The Mystery
Almost Solved.

CS> Yes, definately true.  In Sasebo we had a choice of fantail or comet
CS> goldfish.  No guppies, nothing else.  Not in walking distance anyways!


My gosh...I wouldn't even call that a fish store! :(

CS> They were however, healthy.  Wait, I forgot, they had male betas sometimes
CS> but that's not my style really


When I was a kid many moons ago -- I'm not telling -- I bred bettas. It was
really quite interesting. I followed the instructions, and placed a square
piece of waxed paper in a tank with about 4-5 inches of water, so that the
male could build his bubble nest underneath the waxed paper.

The tank was divided by a piece of that white plastic egg crate as I recall,
with the male on one side of it, and the female on the other side of it. When
she was really to spawn, I let her in. The whole breeding ritual with the male
actually embracing and squeezing the female is quite amazing. And then they
carefully pick up the eggs and blow them into the bubble nest.

Then, when the eggs hatched, it was like a fine-toothed brush hanging under
the waxed paper.

Tragically, I lived in the cold north and had to use a heater in the tank. One
day I came home from school to discover that the heater had gone wacko, and
all of my babies were dead. Boo-hoo!

CS> I had a goldfish my mom got me when I was 12.  I gifted her to a friend
CS> when I was 23 and left for the Navy.


That's amazing! That's a long time for one fish to remain alive in an aquarium.

CS> It's an older style you don't see much of now.  Earlier use was a saltwater
CS> reef tank.  Type is called a 70'GT' (70G, but taller and less deep from
CS> front to back).  Side to side it's about same as a 110G tank but it's only
CS> 10.5 inches front to back.  Those landscape backgrounds arent big enough as
CS> it's too tall to fit the standard ones.


Well, I just did some calculations, and I would guess that your tank was 60"
from left to right, 26" tall, and 10.5" from front to back. Am I close?

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