A:  I was probably napping when my contract law teacher covered Mauritian import laws.  Chances are pretty good tho that you can mark the box "fish food" and it will sail on thru customs.  Send it via FedEx or UPS and it should go much faster than PO timing.  I think the microworms will survive.  LA

LA

A:  I'm glad you asked that question.  Cedar is the wood that has the most oils.  All the rodent fans hate it because it causes respiratory problems in rats.  Cedar is also considered a moth repellant.  It is touted as an insect/rodent repellant when used as a mulch.  Most of these "facts" are more like opinions.  Anyway, pine works better.  I find the larger chunks of bark work even better.  They make their cage easier to clean.  LA

LA
Patriot crab.

A:  Those Japanese marsh "mini-crabs" look neat but they are hard to keep and hard to find.  Patriot Crabs are much easier to care for.  They adapt to any water (fresh or brackish) and eat pretty much whatever you give them.  I'd recommend them.  Your LFS will find them easier to order.  They're availble most of the time.  LA

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A:  Around here we call them silver veils.  The second looks like it has a bit of blusher in its ancestry.  The blusher gene takes out the bars.  The third one would darken his bars if you put him over a dark substrate.  LA

A1:  Good eye, dude.  They flat out stole the article pretty much word for word.  I sent them an email.  I'll send them a stronger one in a couple days.
A2:  Yes.  I've seen a few that have been stunted that way.  But it's better not to do it.
A3:  Once in a while we can't find fiddler crabs on our wholesale lists, but I like the mini-crabs even better.  There's a bunch of little crabs that belong to the Uca tribe.  LA

A:  Not all ich remedies turn your water blue -- formaldehyde (if you can buy it), Aquarisol, Lifebearer, Potassium permanganate (which turns your water purple then brown), ultraviolet filters (if you can afford one), diatomaceous earth filters (which suck out the ich larvae), and probably others I've never tried. Studies indicate that the combinations of formaldehyde (formalin) and malachite green work best.  It does turn your water blue (and your aquarium sealer).  All the remedies work better if you warm your water.  This speeds up the metabolism of the ich which cannot be killed in the adult "white spot" stage, but can be killed in the larval stage. 
Salt also helps fish resist ich as does warmer water.
Velvet is similar to ich but takes longer to treat.  Ich is an animal.  Velvet has plant traits that make it harder to treat.  It's also smaller and harder to see -- about the size of talcum powder.  Dirty water encourages velvet.  It's more likely to affect gouramis, bettas, paradise fish, and danios.  It's much harder to cure than ich.  Don't get it.  LA

A:  I got your email.  Raising the temp and adding salt will likely help.  LA

A:  Thanks for the report.  I'll add it to my ghost shrimp page.  If they are another species, I'll change the page.  LA
PS  Thanks for keeping me informed and thanks for calling me dear.

LA
Chameleon shrimp.

A:  Alright I moved your report to my Chameleon shrimp page.  Thanks for the information.  LA

A:  Thanks for letting me know.  Seems they changed their domain provider.  However, I couldn't get into their new site so I deleted the link.  Their loss.  They're the ones that wanted the link  LA
PS  ♫ It's a wonderful day in the neighborhood. ♫

A:  You can keep an oscar in a 30 just fine.  Your convicts will eventually breed -- no definite time line.  Do not feed bloodworms to your convicts, and they will eat their other foods.  They will not starve.  LA

A:  Yes.  Call 283-0300 for price and timing.  LA

Kathy Potts, Moultrie, GA, October 17, 2010
Larry, This is my son's fish.  His name is Oskie.  Poor fellow.  What can you tell us about hole- in-the- head?  Will this guy's ever heal?  What can be done for him?
 

KP

A:  Oscars often get HITH when kept in dirty water.  His sores will heal, but the holes will not fill in.  They will leave large scars.  He'll need clean water and weekly water changes.  LA

LA
I shot these this afternoon at the Great Iowa Pet Expo.  Not many around lately.

A:  Prices for axolotls are ridiculous down here also.  I don't want to mess with Canadian Douane (what we call customs).  Axolotls are normally shipped on ice which would probably melt long before customs cleared them.  In a separate email I'll send you an excellent source for axolotls.  LA
PS:  They are not cheap.

A:  I'm sorry, but we don't sell anything thru our web site.  LA

LA

A:  Thanks.  I added your report to my red belly piranha page.  LA

LA

A:  No.  I haven't seen them on our main supploer list lately.  LA

LA

A:  Dzien dobry, Anka.  You have my permission to use my photos.  Next time try to make money when you give a presentation.  Ask for at least enough zloties to cover your petrol and baby-sitting expenses.  LA    

A:  Sounds good.  Prosit.  LA

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A:  Actually, the supply of caecilian woms has pretty much dried up.  About three years ago, we got some in under the name black reef eels.  But I have not seen them on any lists (under any names) since.  LA