Re: [GSAS-Member] Carp pedicure

[Steev Ward <steevward@yahoo.com>]

Seriously (as much as possible):
   I've attached a picture that shows a Garra species on top, and the much 
different
(but dirt cheap and easy to order) Tilapia nibbling at toes, taken from the 
video on
the website Shango referred us to in his original post on this subject. No 
doubt the
Tilapia are much more economical, but I doubt they add much except a tickling 
effect to
the "treatment." Maybe I should write an angry letter to the ... hmmm .... uh 
....
nevermind.

Steev
____________________________________________________________
Clay A. wrote:

            Re: [GSAS-Member] Carp pedicure
      Date: 
            Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:06:08 -0700
     From: 
            clayton anderson <naturalart@earthlink.net>
 Reply-To: 
            Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat 
<gsas-member@thekrib.com>
        To: 
            gsas-member@thekrib.com

Apparently, there are a number of different species being used in this 
practice. There was a piece on PBS which showed Garra sp. being used in 
China. And I've read articles using Garra as well. Now I see pics of 
carp. And you see pics of Tilapia? Obviously this business is 
unregulated. Still looking for info on Garra "pingi""pingi".

Clay A.

On Wednesday, July 23, 2008, at 12:20  AM, 
gsas-member-request@thekrib.com wrote:

> You know, the ones I saw on YouTube looked a lot like Tilapia.

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