Oh yeah I forgot the test master kit as well... :)

What about mercurochrome? Used as a topic treatment for wounds (I
definitely have had success with it in the distant past).

No need for dechlorinator because I get water from a well. :)

Well water rules in my opinion! I was amazed about how my cousins had
some fish (betta, goldfishes) in tiny little bowls of their well water
and I don't think any died or got sick for a whole year at which point
they gave the fish away to a child (I'm pretty sure the child was
supervised by his/her parents). Later!

wrote...
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No need for dechlorinator because I get water from a well. :)

Well water rules in my opinion! [...]

amen! now that i have it i will never go back to city water given the
choice.

tedd.

--
....where's Polonius?

My wife and I are moving into the closet so we have more room to store more
tanks.

=)

Obviously not true, but as a fish hobbyist, I can always think of new tank
setups I would like to have.


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"sophiefishstuff" wrote in
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So am I missing something else on the *must have* list? :rolleyes:


a bigger tank; every aquariest *must have* a bigger tank. ;-)

then you put something in the little tank.
then you need a bigger tank, dear Lisa, dear Lisa...

tedd.


--
sophie

www.freewebs.com/fishstuff
(under construction. ish.)

Then you put something in your QT tank so you need another one of
those....then you wander around the house looking for potential tank
sites....

I think I may have solved the problem. I have bought a 32 inch tank to
replace the 18 inch one in my daughter's room (on eBay, natch) and am
considering taking the little one into school (I work in a primary
school) to quarantine new fish there. Good for the kids, doesn't get set
up as a semi-permanent fixture inviting its own fish in the house...



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sophie

www.freewebs.com/fishstuff
(under construction. ish.)

If as you say , you use """FRESH """ water, from a Well or a tank, keep all
the food, and throw the rest of the Crap away. You don't need any of it.
Once you add any chemicial to water, you can NEVER remove it, regardless of
water changes. and frankly all your doing it keeping the drug companies
happy.
bassett

On 2005-04-20, ~Roy~ wrote:
Well other than the PimaFix and Melafix, most of the other stuff is
perfectly fine to have around. If your intent on the mela and pima
snake oils, may I suggest you stock up on activated carbon as its
gonna take a heap of it to rid your water of the crap and junk it
makes in it..

Hi Roy, what kinds of things do I need to watch out for with MelaFix?
I bought a bottle of it on recomendation from some respected members of
this group and used it with pretty good luck. That's the first I've
heard of it causing problems.

I moslty dose it in a quarantine tank, though I did drop a dose in my
min planted tank to help my fish fend off a stint of Ich that I was
treating. I suspect that my regular water changes made it a non-issue.

Just curious!

--
Ross Vandegrift

"The good Christian should beware of mathematicians, and all those who
make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians
have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine
man in the bonds of Hell."
--St. Augustine, De Genesi ad Litteram, Book II, xviii, 37

bassett wrote:
If as you say , you use """FRESH """ water, from a Well or a tank, keep all
the food, and throw the rest of the Crap away. You don't need any of it.
Once you add any chemicial to water, you can NEVER remove it, regardless of
water changes. and frankly all your doing it keeping the drug companies
happy.
bassett


So you don't disinfect your plants (ewwww)? You don't quarantine and
treat wild-caught fish for the flukes and parasites they often have?
And your plants must look absolutely horrid with no fertilizers.

You are also just plain wrong about NEVER being able to remove
chemicals. Activated carbon does a very good job of it. Many other
medicines like malachite greenm, formalin, and Maroxy break down over
time whether or not you use carbon. Others are metabolized by
autotrophic bacteria or plants in the tank. Even a hypothetical
chemical not broken down or removed by carbon or resin (and I can't
really think of one) eventually becomes infinitely diluted by water
changes. I change 50% of the water a week in my tanks. That means that
after 10 weeks, anything I've added to a tank is diluted 1024-fold.
After 6 months, it's diluted 6.7 MILLION-fold. For all intents and
purposes, it's gone.

I am not an advocate of using chemicals in display fishtanks other than
dechlorinator and plant fertilizers. You'll notice I generally suggest
medicines in food, dabbed on the fish, or in quarantine. However, I
wanted to correct some of your misconceptions about removing chemicals
from fishtanks.

--
Elaine T __
http://eethomp.com/fish.html '__
rec.aquaria.* FAQ http://faq.thekrib.com

Then you need another tank for the babies..

On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 21:20:35 +0100, sophiefishstuff
wrote:

In message , Gill Passman
writes

"sophiefishstuff" wrote in
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In message , Tedd Jacobs
writes

wrote...
[...]

So am I missing something else on the *must have* list? :rolleyes:


a bigger tank; every aquariest *must have* a bigger tank. ;-)

then you put something in the little tank.
then you need a bigger tank, dear Lisa, dear Lisa...

tedd.


--
sophie

www.freewebs.com/fishstuff
(under construction. ish.)

Then you put something in your QT tank so you need another one of
those....then you wander around the house looking for potential tank
sites....

I think I may have solved the problem. I have bought a 32 inch tank to
replace the 18 inch one in my daughter's room (on eBay, natch) and am
considering taking the little one into school (I work in a primary
school) to quarantine new fish there. Good for the kids, doesn't get set
up as a semi-permanent fixture inviting its own fish in the house...

In message , jdavis
writes
Then you need another tank for the babies..

I could never keep my children in a tank!



On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 21:20:35 +0100, sophiefishstuff
wrote:

In message , Gill Passman
writes

"sophiefishstuff" wrote in
message ...
In message , Tedd Jacobs
writes

wrote...
[...]

So am I missing something else on the *must have* list? :rolleyes:


a bigger tank; every aquariest *must have* a bigger tank. ;-)

then you put something in the little tank.
then you need a bigger tank, dear Lisa, dear Lisa...

tedd.


--
sophie

www.freewebs.com/fishstuff
(under construction. ish.)

Then you put something in your QT tank so you need another one of
those....then you wander around the house looking for potential tank
sites....

I think I may have solved the problem. I have bought a 32 inch tank to
replace the 18 inch one in my daughter's room (on eBay, natch) and am
considering taking the little one into school (I work in a primary
school) to quarantine new fish there. Good for the kids, doesn't get set
up as a semi-permanent fixture inviting its own fish in the house...




--
sophie

www.freewebs.com/fishstuff
(under construction. ish.)

Tempting sometimes though..... :-)


"sophiefishstuff" wrote in
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In message , jdavis
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Then you need another tank for the babies..

I could never keep my children in a tank!



On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 21:20:35 +0100, sophiefishstuff
wrote:

In message , Gill Passman
writes

"sophiefishstuff" wrote
in
message ...
In message , Tedd Jacobs
writes

wrote...
[...]

So am I missing something else on the *must have* list? :rolleyes:


a bigger tank; every aquariest *must have* a bigger tank. ;-)

then you put something in the little tank.
then you need a bigger tank, dear Lisa, dear Lisa...

tedd.


--
sophie

www.freewebs.com/fishstuff
(under construction. ish.)

Then you put something in your QT tank so you need another one of
those....then you wander around the house looking for potential tank
sites....

I think I may have solved the problem. I have bought a 32 inch tank to
replace the 18 inch one in my daughter's room (on eBay, natch) and am
considering taking the little one into school (I work in a primary
school) to quarantine new fish there. Good for the kids, doesn't get set
up as a semi-permanent fixture inviting its own fish in the house...




--
sophie

www.freewebs.com/fishstuff
(under construction. ish.)