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From: crandell@ut-sally.UUCP (Jim Crandell)
Newsgroups: net.bizarre
Subject: Re: Missing Pets (Seattle area)
Message-ID: <2714@ut-sally.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 20-Aug-85 00:27:48 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 20 00:27:48 1985
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> A friend of mine has lost four fish over the last few months, and we have no
> idea what happened to them.  Did they run away?  Has someone been breaking
> into his apartment and stealing them, one by one?
> 
> The missing fish are "neon tetras" and were last seen in an aquarium....

It may be necessary to leave some lights on at all times.  Certain neon
devices suffer from the so-called ``dark effect'' (i.e., the effective
ionization potential is affected by the ambient photon flux).
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    Jim Crandell, C. S. Dept., The University of Texas at Austin
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