RE: pH & hydra

["Griffiths, Richard" <rgriffit@visa.com>]

While recommended, these fish only eat off the heads of hydra, or
sometimes reduce the population--but not completely. The hydra are not a
food of choice, unless the fish are out of real food to eat. 

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>From: 	WndrKdnomo[SMTP:WndrKdnomo@aol.com]
>Sent: 	Saturday, May 02, 1998 6:01 PM
>To: 	CYKong@aol.com; apisto@majordomo.pobox.com
>Subject: 	Re:  pH & hydra
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>In a message dated 5/1/98 5:20:53 AM, CYKong@aol.com wrote:
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><< Funny thing is that I tried gouramis only because the
>Baensch Atlas (vol. i) suggested it, but when I went back and checked later -
>I realized that the BA was talking about gouramis (which they labelled as
>trichogaster sumatranus in the pest discussion) eating planaria, not hydra.
>"Hydra, leeches and diskworms" was only a heading.  Oops... all's well that
>ends well, I guess.
>>>
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>In my 1953 copy of EXOTIC AQUARIUM FISHES by the venerable William T. Innes
>it
>specifically recommends the Blue or Three-Spot qouramies as hydra-eaters, and
>offers the Pearl Gouramie as second choice.
>Jeff
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