Hi U2..

[...attitude _and_ tradition...]

Well I guess it's finally a question of attitude and
tradition. No doubt all of us come from more or less
different fish keeping traditions with different DOs and
DON'Ts and different views to the things..

Personally I'd agree to all that might encourage natural
behaviour and might avoid distress and of course
overstocking.. ;-)

[... quality versus quantity...]

I'd personally vote for strong and healthy fish and natural
reproduction methods and refuges. Less is sometimes more..

@ U2:
[...tunnel visions...]

Stop this battle or _I_ will decide who's right or
wrong..! ;-)

[...entering the on topic part of the message...]

Katurk..... I hope you got something from those posts
people get a bit emotional over these issues
and I reccomend throwing the terms stripping, milking,
frysaver into google and making up your own mind
Malawi people can be quite full on
I also didn't mean to highjack your thread there
good luck with the gobful!

See no need for "milk and strip" at all. This is (was!) a
beginner's thread in a hobbyist group. And the OP only
asked a simple question..

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Marco