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RE: Aga Members List (fwd)
No prob, Torrance. It's just hard sometimes to be absurb
enough for wet gardeners to find the farce. After all,
partially drowning plants for show might be thought of as a
bit absurd in itself.
Scott H.
--- Torrance Haggerty <poice_1906@argolink.net> wrote:
> It was a joke guys!!!!! I don't throw plants in the pond.
> If I were
> serious, I would definitely be referring to your own
> self-made pond in the
> backyard. I was told that I needed to work on my humor.
>
> Torrance
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-aga-member@thekrib.com
> [mailto:owner-aga-member@thekrib.com]On Behalf Of DWS
> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 6:36 PM
> To: aga-member@thekrib.com
> Subject: Re: Aga Members List (fwd)
>
>
> I agree.
>
> I remember reading several months ago on alt.aquaria
> about a man asking for
> large fish donations. He would take any fish that you
> didnt want or that
> had outgrown the aquarium for his 12 acre pond. He was
> locaed somewhere in
> the south, and he had loaded this strip mine with platys,
> mollies, corys,
> oscars, and any other tropical / aquarium fish he could
> get to survive in
> it.
>
> I read a follow up a few weeks later. He thanked
> everyone that had donated,
> and then informed us he no longer needed donations, as he
> may have to poison
> the pond and start over. The Local Fish and Game had
> told him they would
> charge him with a TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE per exotic
> fish that was found
> any any local water ways, that could have possibly came
> from his property.
>
> Now there were alot of flames from the posters, so Im not
> sure if the fish
> and game story was true or not, but it gets your
> attention. This story was
> with fish, however it is illegal in some states to import
> certain aquarium
> plants. An example is Hygro in Floridia *to name one of
> several*.
>
> Some of these things spawn like crazy in our tanks,
> imagine how well they
> could do in the wild. Karen is right.
>
>
> Just My 2 Cents US
> Dustin
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Karen Randall" <krandall@rdrcpa.biz>
> To: <aga-member@thekrib.com>
> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 3:21 PM
> Subject: Re: Aga Members List (fwd)
>
>
> > Be REALLY careful about putting non-natives outside.
> Escapees can wreak
> > havoc environmentally. Swords probably aren't a huge
> concern this way,
> but
> > when I hear of people putting aquarium plants out, I
> get nervous!
> >
> > Karen
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Torrance Haggerty" <poice_1906@argolink.net>
> > To: <aga-member@thekrib.com>
> > Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 2:50 PM
> > Subject: RE: Aga Members List (fwd)
> >
> >
> > > Scott,
> > > Yes I found a tank big enough for a rubin sword. In
> Houston, Texas, we
> > call
> > > them ponds. I had to put by rubin and barthi out so
> they could really
> > strut
> > > their stuff. You could always just cut the rubin's
> base in half and
> start
> > a
> > > new plant...
> > >
> > > Torrance
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-aga-member@thekrib.com
> > > [mailto:owner-aga-member@thekrib.com]On Behalf Of S.
> Hieber
> > > Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 1:28 PM
> > > To: aga-member@thekrib.com
> > > Subject: Re: Aga Members List (fwd)
> > >
> > >
> > > I know what you mean. Small can be cramped,
> especially if
> > > you want 4 or 5 or more kinds of plants.
> > >
> > > Yet really big tanks can be harder to do because of
> the
> > > height -- harder to reach, harder to light, more
> water to
> > > change.
> > >
> > > Personally, I think 75 gallons is the optimum planted
> tank
> > > size, but that has much to do with personal tastes,
> > > available plants, affordability of equipment, and
> gosh
> > > knows what else ;-)
> > >
> > >
> > > But if a larger tank seems daunting, then try a
> smaller one
> > > -- it costs less, is less work to maintain, can be
> planted
> > > more quickly -- Of course, if a small tank is
> cramping
> > > your style, consider the opposite tack and move up to
> some
> > > hefty glass.
> > >
> > > My largest is a 150 gallon tank but I have some 15
> and 20s
> > > too.
> > >
> > >
> > > Has anyone found a tank big enough for a Rubin sword?
> > >
> > > Scott H.
> > > --- Mitoem@aol.com wrote:
> > > > In a message dated 4/28/2003 10:48:50 AM Pacific
> Standard
> > > > Time,
> > > > shieber@yahoo.com writes:
> > > >
> > > > > If that 48 seems daunting, why not set up a
> little 15
> > > > > gallon to start -- it can become a quarrantine
> tank
> > > > later.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Just wanted to add a quick comment in response to
> > > > Scott...
> > > >
> > > > I actually found it much easier to plant my larger
> 55
> > > > gallon than my 20
> > > > gallon or either of my 10 gallon tanks. The larger
> area
> > > > keeps things from
> > > > getting too cramped before you plant all the plants
> you
> > > > want to put in.
> > > >
> > > > At least this is what I experienced. Maybe others
> are
> > > > better at setting up
> > > > nice small tanks vs. nice bigger tanks. I'm still
> > > > working on that with my
> > > > tens (oh, and also a 2 gallon that is a big
> overgrown
> > > > mess). :)
> > > >
> > > > Erica
> > > > <A
> > > >
> > >
> >
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