Tony
p.s. I know quite a few rich guys around that consider buying horses thinking just
hire someone to take care of them [mainly feed] are enough...:-(
"R. W. Wolff" wrote:
> > This is the fish that should be banned from
> > the pet trade since not many people will give them the necessary space
>
> I do not believe that fish should be banned for this reason, rather the
> careless practice of selling fish without proper care instructions. I also
> keep a monitor lizard, its adult size is about 4 foot in length. It is very
> tame and friendly do to proper attention and space requirments. In the
> reptile trade there is plenty of information, and you almost always know
> when you are getting an animal- where it comes from, what it eats, what its
> habitat requirments are and... How large it gets. Fish on the other hand do
> not. To find out this information you generally have to hunt for books that
> may have a small section on them, then it may be misinformation. Another
> good reason to join clubs that have people with the knowledge of the fish
> you are interested in so you can learn more about them. We don't ban horses
> because most people live in apartments or have houses with small yards...
>
> Ray
>
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