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From: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Re: Hospital tanks
Message-ID: <2079@gryphon.CTS.COM>
Date: 10 Jan 88 10:49:21 GMT
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Reply-To: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton)
Organization: Trailing Edge Technology, Redondo Beach, CA
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(Christopher F. Chiesa's girlfriend) writes:
>
>    In almost every book I see concerning aquariums, the importance of
>having a hospital tank is stressed.  I would very much like to own a 
>separate tank for this purpose, but I am nearly broke from buying my
>current tank (etc) and I cannot afford a hospital tank, as much as I
>would like to have one.  Does anyone have any clever ideas--like, how
>to improvise a hospital tank?  Do all of you think it is as important
>as all the books say?  I guess if I had super-valuable (as opposed to
>just super) fish, I would sooner die than not have the extra tank.
>However, my "crew" consists of very reasonably priced fish--regardless,
>I don't want to endanger them every time I add new fish.  Please send
>all thoughts and comments this way.
>
Use a big mayo jar, or any other large, inert container. I've even
used tupperware cake keepers. Mom was pissed at the methylene blue
stain though...

-- 
             It's too dark in Santa Fe, or something like that. 
                          richard@gryphon.CTS.COM 
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