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that is a question only davidr can answer yes bulldogod the bulldog today is a different animal to the one i knew as a kid love the severum pics

they are probably one of the best examples for humams striving to achieve a standard set for confirmation and the mighty dollar there are so many factors to consider that they miss the fact of what is best for the dog afghans were a beautiful dog originally bred to hunt gazelles and hare nowadays they are one of the scattiest dogs i know, maybe the result of too much inbreeding and striving for a look and forgetting the personality i breed mongrels for some of the reasons you have stated

just a small point an amount of inbreeding occurs in wild populations of animals a dominant animal holds a herd or harem and breeds with his daughters etc then is usually diplaced by one of his offspring survival of the strongest genetics all of the different breeds of dog, cat and goldfish in the world are products of selective inbreeding

i think it is wrong to interbreed but if the gene pool is nonexistant and there is a chance of saving the gene pool then i would do the same thing it would need to be made clear though that all subsequent fish came about by inbreeding amd care would have to be taken to fix the rotkeil strain in future generations otherwise you muddy up the future generations of both species of severum the ideal thing to do would be to put the offspring in a few experienced hands and keep the breeding controlled until the strain is fixed with all undesirable fish culled and not released to general sales

his mood let me know how much insulin he needed

yes diabetic chocolate was an honorary member of the gisborne diabetic society

Hamadryas baboon, diabetic and having a bad day

haven't had a sunsun but ehiem, fluval and aqua ones yes all with no problems that one ryan posted is a good filter i have had no troubles with

keeping with the animal theme yes it is a self portrait :oops:

Och aye mae fishies love a wee drop of porridge sorry i don't know a commercial goldfish food without them

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http://www.goldfishinfo.com/identify.htm you could direct the shop person to this site for info on diseases

as ryan said breeding 2 seperate species is a cross making a hybrid breeding 2 colour varieties of a species is not a cross a bulldog (American, English etc) x staffordshire is a cross of 2 breeds of dog ie: a crossbreed that is still Canis familiaris. some regard the rotkeil as a natural colour form of Heros efasciatus

sorry couldn't help myself 9 days of deer fencing and getting interrupted every hour or so has twisted the sense of humour a bit didn't you see the wink emoticon dusty pachyderms are some of my favourite animals

the stone statues of the rhino's are so lifelike clever idea to put the hay there to make it look like they are feeding

got to agree with your wee rant firenz sadly expertise or knowledge can be lacking in the retail side of fish with some shops relying on information passed on from the wholesalers, importers or country of export young fish can be hard to identify until they have some size and maturity as has been stated if you pay for one thing and get another you should be able return it with proof of purchase

excellent pics, maybe a turtle ailment and treatment post could be setup

i sealed the mdf then 2 coats of polyurethane no problems 3 or 4 years on

if you get rid of the heat pooling at the top it will be replaced by the heat below so what is the temp where the lizards spend most of their time

ours have 2 sliding panels at each end 1 3mm ply with insect screen cut into it as a large window and 1 a sheet of glass, both on sliding track upwards, can alter glass height or remove completely in summer screen in front of glass to stop them running up and down on it and leavung grubby finger marks enclosures 2.4 x 80cm x 90cm

i caught a few small ones in a net and put them in his cage didn't realise the big one was in there too he went straight at it chewed up the wings then ate the whole thing he is catching things better since opening the other eye might go to show that being one eyed means you miss out on somethings in life:D

with 2 eyes it wants to take on the big locusts

it is better if you can expose it daily then you can just use local grass ie a tidal tank but in a tank or sump situation mo matter how good the lighting it slowly dies off unless it is a type that is used to full immersion

sea grass needs to be fully submerged variety, only 2 places in nz it grows fully submerged, i have some growing collected from pools at lowtide that still contained water all year round this is growing in a 9,500 litre outside pool though sponges etc and plants from deeper water should be all right as lower light requirements

to phoenix44 some look but don't see some hear but don't listen