RE: [GSAS-Member] Free Orphan Fish

["Susan Welenofsky" <welenofsky@comcast.net>]

Hello Kevin of Olympia:

Anita Jacobson wants them. Maybe the next orphans...

Susan

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Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 7:13 PM
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Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Free Orphan Fish

Hello Susan
I would like the fish if not spoken for. I just cleaned out a 65 gallon tank
so some large fish would look good in there. Let me know if they are spoken
for. Thank you
Kevin
Olympia


-------------- Original message from "Susan Welenofsky"
<welenofsky@comcast.net>: -------------- 


> Hello All: 
> 
> 
> 
> I have two orphan fish from the Fish Store: A large black female(?) 
> anglefish and a Marlboro Red Discus. The angelfish is a veil-tail and has
a 
> bright red eye, blue by the face, and copperish undertones on the rest of 
> the body. She does like eat little fish I believe, as she attacked the bag

> with the small tetras in it, that I won from the last meeting. She is very

> good with discus. The discus was brought up in bad conditions, so he is 
> missing a small part of his left-bottom gill plate. His top fin is
starting 
> to grow the front rays, so he might look normal after all. He has nice 
> color, and was the dominant fish of a group of four discus. The two-medium

> sized discus I put with my three. The smallest one I put down as it seemed

> like it had gill flukes. I would put him in with the other discus, but my 
> tank is only 30-gallons, and I already have five in there. 
> 
> 
> 
> I kept the orphans in a bare quarantined tank and treated them with 
> antibiotics, parasite-killer, medicated food, and salt for three weeks, so

> they should be good to go in any tank. Right now they are spoiled on
frozen 
> blood worms, but they might learn to eat other foods if they are in a
group 
> with fish that eat other stuff. They will also eat from your hand, and 
> follow you around in the tank. 
> 
> 
> 
> Susan 
> 
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