"Ozdude" wrote in message
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"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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Sorry I can't let this pass being English - lol

Having spent the last few weeks (coldest this winter) with no Central
Heating (boiler dead) some of us English are capable of controlling our
temps...I do a better job with the fish than the kids granted - OK in the
winter we usually use the CH but in the summer it's all blinds and fans -
bit worried it will get too hot for the fish though later in the year (this
will be our first full summer with them) - so watch this space when I ask
you guys on how to cool things down :-) ....might get tempted to buy an
AirCon unit but only for the fish of course....

So the English are now farming out their "more interesting" TV progs to you
guys...hey it might be revenge for Neighbours - lol
Gill