NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/rec/aquaria/9798

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From: [e-mail] (Greg Drew)
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Subject: Re: Opinions on new tank setup.
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Date: 2 Jan 93 05:02:29 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Bob Raible - LSI Design) writes:
>The two clown loaches will grow to be more than a bit too large for a 20g
>tank, and there is no mention of a larger tak in his future.
Yup, there is a larger tank in the future!  Actually, several.  While doing
the research on setting up the 20L, I found that a 29 has the same footprint.
Eventually, the 20L will be on the lower tier of the stand, and a 29 will go
on top.  I just do not have the budget to do both right now.  Sigh - the
real world intrudes again.   Eventually, when I stop being a grad student,
there will also be a 55 or larger.  After that, my fiancee has told me that
if I want more tanks, we need to move into lager quarters.  Since there is
currently at least one tank in every room but the bathrooms, I guess I can
understand her position :)  Good thing she is a bit of a fish person herself :)

Btw, the clowns have been in a 10g for 2 years, and have not grown too much.
Should I expect them to show another growth spurt (they did when I first got
them) when I move them to the larger tank?  Also, as I did not know as much
about water chemistry when I first acquired them, could I have stunted their
gorwth through less than ideal conditions?
                            -- GDD
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