"Larry" wrote in message
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On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 09:02:21 +1000, miskairal
wrote:

Oz, I think it's our Aussie climate. I have not added new fish for over
a year and about 6 weeks ago developed the same sort of symptoms you
describe and I also put it down to Columnaris.

Excuse me for my ignorance if it shows but are your homes air
conditioned in Australia? In Canada, if the temp gets to 30C plus for
weeks on end most have air conditioners installed to keep it at
22-25C.

No, not all. It's quite common in Queensland and the Northern Territory, for
instance to use large ceiling fans. I myself use a fan.

Air conditioning is causing our state power grids to struggle and is
actually a big issue at the moment as to energy use. Power isn't cheap in
this country and most people on lower incomes can't afford either the power
or the air-con in the first place.

Personally, heat doesn't bother me - I like it and you learn if you come
from the the driest inhabited state on the planet (South Australia) as I do,
how to cool a house using naural methods. It involves "farming" cool air
from the night and trapping it in the house - un-airconditioned homes are
ususally the ones on a 40C day with all the windows and blinds shut - to
keep the solar radiation out and keep the cool air farmed from the night in.

It all seems strange to those who have air conditioners to level out their
cooling and heating, and I have been chuckling a bit lately because of a
program they show on TV here called "A Place In ....." where English couples
go looking for houses in Europe somewhere - they always whinge on about
central heating or air conditioning and won't buy a place if it doesn't have
one or the other or both

Oz

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