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I don't like the idea either, but it's something that has to be done in order to separate the different ideas about how parasites affect mating systems. Lots of the things we do affect fish and other animals' health in negative ways, and most of the time it's not nearly as justifiable. For...

NickAu- Yeah, I will need to infect a few fish that are in roughly the same health. Since the point is to see how resistant they are though, I'd try to expose them to low levels of the parasite. The goal is just to see how quickly they clear the parasite.

Hi everyone, and thanks!!!   fluttermoth- Cherry barbs look very promising. I like it that they're pretty small, and I think they should be large enough to handle (for measuring purposes). Apparently wild caught individuals are more brightly-colored than captive-bred ones, which is odd. Anyway...

Hello everyone!   I'm a biology grad student in Canada. I've been trying to come up with ideas for what to research, but my main problem is that I don't really know what species I could look at, so I thought maybe you guys could help.   I'd basically like to study the effect that parasites have...