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Re: Apisto sickness?
On 10 Nov 2000,, NaturalDTP@aol.com wrote:
The symptoms below describe a "fish" addiction. This is common to
most intellegent people who keep fish. It is however cheaper than
therapy in the long run. It is also a healthy addiction as long as you
never stick your hand in a fishtank with a broken heater.
> In a message dated 09/11/00 15:01:59 GMT Standard Time,
> apistowise@bewellnet.com writes:
>
> > > << If you show signs of Apisto sickness >>
> > > For those of us who are relatively new to Apistos, what is Apisto
> > >
> sickness
> > > (symptoms, cures, etc)
>
> I thought I was immune to Apisto sickness, having suffered from it in
> my late teens, however it has a tendancy to reoccur. Do you have any
> of the following symptoms;
>
> 1. tripping over an excess of buckets, nets, syphon hoses, leads
> cables plugs 2. forgetting birthdays, but having the dates of fish
> auctions and conventions circled on your calender 3. deciding to get a
> smaller sofa, so you can get an extra couple of tanks in the room 4.
> when at auctions actually believing you can get that new 'must have'
> species in your already overstocked tank (or fishroom) 5. teaching
> your (non-fishkeeping) partner how to raise and syphon brine shrimp so
> you can go away for a couple of days without losing Dicrossus fry 6.
> your partner viewing you with suspicion every time you come in with a
> bag in your hand 7. keeping a fish box in the boot of your car 'just
> in case'
>
> There is no cure... happy fiskeeping to all the fellow sufferers out
> there
>
> Alan W
>
>
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