Re: New Fish Always killing off the tank.

"Timothy E. Raborn" wrote...
>> I totally agree with Ted here about getting a quarentine tank if it is
>> physically possible.
>
> I'll check into doing this.
>
>> I'd also check out what quarentine regime they use at
>> your LFS with new stock - in the ones I use you will often see whole 
>> tanks
>> of fish marked as "aclimitizing" and they will not sell these for a 
>> couple
>> of weeks. Also would be worth checking out what water maintenance
regime
>> they use and try and get them to tell you the PH etc. - a good LFS
should
>> tell you this. I  heard a story recently of a local "national chain"
that
>> used the same water/filtration system for all of their fish and ended
up
>> with the majority having to be taken off sale because of disease. So I 
>> would
>> advise checking out the general health of all the stock that they carry

>> not
>> just the ones that you are interested in.
>
> Ha!!  At the local national chain, I see them pulling the fish right out

> of the ****pment boxes and dumping them into the tank.
>
>> Another option, of course, is to look elsewhere for your fish.....
>
> My sources are limited -- I've considered mail order, but ****pping is 
> really cost prohibitive, so to make it worthwhile, I'd need to order 
> enough fish to fully stock the tank, which you can't really do.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Tim

open your own store.  then you can show your wife how it would make your 
hobby a great tax write off. ;-)

tedd. (ducking the incoming rebuttal from N*tM*x re: hobby vs. job)