Re: Virus? What virus? I ain't got no stinkin' virus! Or...do I?

["Sylvia Kohler" <skohler@entermail.net>]

LOL. A very interesting explanation. Good detail on symptomology and disease
progression. Perhaps a consult with someone in the mental health field might
be better than m.d. Or perhaps alternative medicine might offer a cure.

I think one of the endearing things about these fish is their personality. I
have other fish procreating in various tanks which are certainly far easier
(effortless actually). But these guys don't act like other fish. I mean when
I go in there, for instance with with the pump to change water, I've got
little guys coming over, trying to figure out what the heck I stuck in the
tank. They nose around my hand with a curious little look on their face.
They are so adorable, and watching mom parenting after the nesting was a
vision . . . I like to just sit and watch them do their stuff.

Syl
(With 2 effective antibodies, a 4 year old BOY and a 14 year old GIRL, but I
have one tank with a mated couple of viejita IIs and a brood. I think
longingly of getting some other apistos, but I don't want to give up my
daphnia tanks . . .)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Olson" <olson7@hotmail.com>
To: <apisto@listbox.com>
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 4:18 PM
Subject: Virus? What virus? I ain't got no stinkin' virus! Or...do I?


> I noticed my first symptoms in 1982.  Instead of studying, as I should
have
> been, I was looking through aquarium reference books at the University of
> Montana library.  They had the Innes book, the Frey book (think?) and an
> early TFH book or two.
>
> The pictures of apistos were few and far between, and not very good, to
tell
> the truth, but I was very interested in these (at that time) rare and
> hard-to-get little beauties.
>
> My wife first noticed my illness when I:
>
> - Began to haunt all three of the local fish stores hoping, asking,
begging
> for some apistos.
>
> - Joined strange organizations like the Apistogramma Study Group, the
> American Cichlid Association and the Pacific Coast Cichlid Association.
>
> - Talked about apistogramma in my sleep.  At first my wife thought I might
> be straying, until I explained that apistogramma is not a spanish lady's
> name.
>
> I ordered some apistogramma cf caetei and a. Steindachneri from one of the
> two people that advertised apistos at the time in the Buntbarsche
Bulletin.
>
> About the time these fish came in, I found one lonely little apisto at the
> lfs hidden among some wild-caught rams.  I asked about him, and was told
> 'six bucks', which at the time seemed a little extraordinary for a
juvenile,
> unidentified contaminant, but I bought him anyway!
>
> I didn't know what I had, so I drew a sketch of this little guy and sent
it
> to Mike Wise, who kindly identified it as a probable viejita or possible
> McMasteri.
>
> The cf. caetei spawned like mad in our Montana tapwater - quite a
remarkable
> feat in and of itself.  I started hatching brine shrimp eggs and doing
very
> frequent water changes.  It's been downhill pretty much ever since.
>
> After a few years of severe infection, I was able to fight off the disease
> for about seven years (I believe my young son was an effective anti-body
at
> the time; he has since mutated into a teenager).  Now it's back with a
> vengeance.
>
> Have not as yet consulted my physician, as I fear any cure may be worse
than
> the disease!  I have not heard my wife mention the word lobotomy with any
> frequency for years, but the word is beginning to float about the house
> again....
>
> Best,
>
> Scott
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