DaFishNEWs June/July 2001

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How awesome is that, over 3  a day! </b></div> <bR> <div> <B>If you are not currently a DaFishDude's Club member, click on the icon below to check it out! </b></div> <div> <A HREF="http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/dafishdude" target="club" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/dafishdude""><U><B><IMG SRC="05a63220.gif" border=0 width="99" height="34" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></b></U></A></div> <div> <B><U>Chat Sessions:</U></b><B> </b></div> <div> <I><B>Be sure to join your fellow members at our weekly chat sessions.</b></I><B> </b></div> <div> <B>Sundays evenings at:</b></div> <div> <B>5:30 pm PST/8:30 pm EST </b></div> <bR> <div> <B>All are hosted by </b><I><B>DaFishDude</b></I><B> </b></div> <bR> <div> <B>Guests are encouraged to attend and are  always welcome. </b></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=458 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>DaFishNEWs</I></div> <div> <IMG SRC="04c07040.gif" border=0 width="263" height="4" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="753" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 ><NOBR><div> <B>VOLUME 2 NUMBER 6 JUNE/JULY 2001 </b></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="347"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="347" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="652" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=BOTTOM HEIGHT= 133 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0d66e7f0.jpg" border=0 width="110" height="127" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=BOTTOM><NOBR><div> <B>Welcome to the FIFTEENTH exciting issue of </b></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>DaFishNEWs!</b></I></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> You may have received a print version of this in your e-mail recently, this site has more information as well as being easier to navigate, with feedback opportunities as well as pictures,  graphics and whole lot more fun! </div> <div> The intentions of this e-zine is to bring easy to understand information about freshwater aquariums directly to you. Monthly articles, pictures and maybe even a chuckle or two will await you each and every month. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="676" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=BOTTOM HEIGHT= 25 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id136.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Feature Article:"><U><B>Feature Article:</b></U></A><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >.................</FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH="463"><div> Hobbyists Against Cancer</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=BOTTOM HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="202"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="202" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH="463"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="463" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=BOTTOM HEIGHT= 20 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id140.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Plant Of The Month:"><U><B>Plant Of The Month:</b></U></A><B>............</b></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH="463"><div> Ludwigia sp.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=BOTTOM HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="202"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="202" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH="463"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="463" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=BOTTOM HEIGHT= 20 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id138.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Breeders Corner:"><U><B>Breeders Corner:</b></U></A><B>.................</b></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH="463"><div> Red-Tailed Silverside (<I>Bedotia geayi</I>)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=BOTTOM HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="202"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="202" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH="463"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="463" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=BOTTOM HEIGHT= 23 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id139.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Denns Corner:"><U>Denn's Corner:</U></A>...............</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=BOTTOM><NOBR><div> Lighting, just what is under your hood anyways?</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=BOTTOM HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="202"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="202" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH="463"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="463" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=BOTTOM HEIGHT= 23 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id91.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fishy Links:"><U>Fishy Links:</U></A>....................</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH="463"><div> This months picks especially for you!</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=BOTTOM HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="202"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="202" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH="463"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="463" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=BOTTOM HEIGHT= 20 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id141.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="DaFishFUN:"><U><B>DaFishFUN:</b></U></A><B>...........................</b></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH="463"><div> On the lighter side!</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=BOTTOM HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="202"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="202" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH="463"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="463" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=BOTTOM HEIGHT= 20 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id142.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="DFDs Corner:"><U><B>DFD's Corner:</b></U></A><B>.......................</b></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH="463"><div> Some parting words from our Editor in Chief</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=BOTTOM HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="202"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" 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