> On (20 Dec 96) Chris Phillips Rambled On  To Dan Laflin...
 > DL>   Had a 60 gal, 2 tinfoils, they grew to 8-9 INCHS. (mouth to tail 
nd)
 > DL> They do best on a vegetarian diet.
 >  CP> They sure do! I had several different species of
 >  CP> plants growing quite well in the tank before I added the Tinfoils.
 >  CP> Almost all of them have already been eaten down to a stump.
           This they should do.  Showing that they are healthy and growing 
well.    What more could any self respecting hobbyist want.  Oh! yea, plants. 
  The only way to reduce this is to offer Alge flakes, but even then they
will likely snack on the plants.  Suggest growingor buying plants for them to 
eat.  They sound beautiful.  Do you know if you have one of each?  Tinfoils 
will breed in an aquarium of sufficient size with sufficient 'members' of the 
opposite sex.  With the smaller barbs it's best to have 2 or 3 males per 
female.
 > ... Rats!  The cat got my mouse!
You know my CAT loves to play with the 'computer' mouse.  I now have a 
wireless one and guess where it usually ends up (especially if i'm not 
careful about stashing it away).   This is that cat that pees in the fish 
tank btw... I have seen this cat go out of her way to pee in a fish tank.  
Even covered and up high, even preggers, she will climb up to releve herself 
in 'her' fish tank.  I've tried to stop her but.. funny that fish tank has 
some of the greatest growth of plants of any of my display tanks - I wonder 
if there's some secret ingreedent in her urine??  Perhaps I could market it 
..... B-)
I'd get rid of her but every 4 to 5 months she presents us with 4 to 8 little 
babies - as she's a registered Siamese she has more then paid for herself-  
...  Wish my 'aquatic cats' were as easy to cultivate.
best wishes
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