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From: dpb@cbosgd.UUCP (Dan Bidinger)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Re: goldfish
Message-ID: <1558@cbosgd.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 17-Oct-85 16:52:45 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 17 16:52:45 1985
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   i have a goldfish (well its part goldfish) in a fishbowl, and no way do
   i clean it out every ther day.  I clean it out about 1nce or 2wice a month.
   Water has to be dechlorinated or else the fish will die.  You do this by
   putting the water in an empty container ( i use an empty gallon plastic
   milk bottle, wash it out first so you get all the milk out ) if you put
   a lid on it then it should wait for about 1week to dechlorinate it.  It
   only takes about 2-3 days in an open container. (*NOTE: The container 
   should be the same size at the top as at the bottom if you don'y put a
   lid on it.  So not putting the cap on a milk carton (or whatever you use )      will not dechlorinate the water in 2-3 days. )
  
   Cleaning out a fish bowl ( wich holds about anywhere from 1/2 - 1&1/2
   gallons depending on the kind, ) every other day is preposterous.
   Your water bill would be a little high and it would be pretty hard to
   keep track of water that is dechlorinated and water that is in the
   midst of being dechlorinated.  The fishbowl doesnt get that dirty in
   a day or two.  Maybe she meant a cereal bowl or something.