RE: NANFA-- Iredescent sharks

Ghazanfar Ghori - McLean (Ghazanfar.Ghori_at_Spacenet.com)
Thu, 16 Oct 2003 16:15:49 -0400

A lot of young fish will secrete a hormone into the water that
causes stunting. Every breeder knows that if regular water changes
aren't done - the fish will stunt. That may be what you're seeing.

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Ghazanfar Ghori
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Moontanman_at_aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 4:02 PM
> To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> Subject: Re: NANFA-- Iredescent sharks
>
>
> In a message dated 10/16/03 10:23:42 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> Ghazanfar.Ghori_at_Spacenet.com writes:
>
> > Irridecent sharks (Pangasius hypophthalmus) are catfish, native to
> > Thailand, Cambodia and South-east Asia. They grow upto 3ft
> in length
> > and are although common in the hobby are not suitable for
> home aquaria.
> >
> Thanks for the heads up but after 40 years of fish keeping I
> very familiar
> with iridescent sharks. usually they get quite large and end
> up dashing
> themselves against the sides on their tank and dying. This
> one did not get large for
> some reason. It even has it's eyes in perfect shape. Most big
> ones have damaged
> their eyes by the time they get big.
>
> Moon
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