gary@grc.UUCP (Gary Sutcliffe) (02/19/88)
There is apparently a bacteria disease going around that affects angelfish.
A lot of the local dealers and distributers are not carrying angelfish
anymore. Is this local to this region (Milwaukee Wis) or more widespread?
Thanks - Gary
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> > There is apparently a bacteria disease going around that affects angelfish. > A lot of the local dealers and distributers are not carrying angelfish > anymore. Is this local to this region (Milwaukee Wis) or more widespread? > I've read a couple of articles about this freshwater and marine aquarium(FAMA) magazine. According to the articles I read the problem is affecting the whole country and seems to come from any fish imported from the far east. The disease spreads like wildfire and kills all angelfish. It also can affect discus but to a lesser degree. I would be very careful about buying any angelfish from anybody without some pretty stong guarentees about where the fish came from and how long the fish has been kept alive by the owner (the disease only takes a few days to infect and kill). I did see some angelfish at a store here in the chicagoland area a couple of days ago. The owner said they were locally breed and raised. -- Ken Dalka (Bell Labs) ihnp4!ihlpg!dalka IE 2F-518 (312) 416-7437
richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) (02/24/88)
Is there a cure for this disease, or is this the 'neon disease' of the 80's ?
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In article <2686@gryphon.CTS.COM> richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) writes: >Is there a cure for this disease, or is this the 'neon disease' of the 80's ? Apparently not. This month's TFH (which I got last night) has a guest editorial from a fish farmer about it. It sounds like the big breeders are pretty worried about it. They have researchers at some university (Mo ?) working on it, and request anyone with possible cure to help out. This disease also attacks related species such as discus. From what they said, fish don't last too long once they get it. -- Gary Sutcliffe W9XT (414) 644-8700 GENROCO, Inc. Slinger, Wis. {ames, rutgers, harvard} uwvax!uwmcsd1!grc!gary Disclaimer (data compressed): "f+)Je\ ^_RMv9h|O |j8gELc=tAYw$pfs!1"