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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Stallsmith" <fundulus_at_hotmail.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 10:00 AM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- constipated smallmouth bass
> >In a message dated 10/2/02 12:46:14 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> >tmount_at_utk.edu
> >writes:
> >
> ><< I think the title speaks for itself, but what should I do? My little
> >bass
> > has grown quite constipated.
>
> Try raising the water temperature by 3-5 degrees C. This will raise the
> fish's metabolic rate and hopefully jumpstart intestinal peristalsis so
the
> poop continues on its way.
>
> --Bruce Stallsmith
> Huntsville, AL, US of A
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