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did you do a salt brine treatment of the new 50 gallon? how did you clean
and
prepare the new 50 gallon? Ingrid

Wellll.... filling and draining the 50 an extra time seemed like a nightmare
(I don't have a python.. another thing to save up for- and soon I hope! Not
looking forward to the water changes on THIS one!) so after leaving it open
to the air for a couple of weeks, most of the smell was gone. Then I made up
a strong salt solution and sloshed it about on the corners, repeating
several times and getting it as wet as possible. Then I sopped that out and
let it sit a day before starting to fill. (hides head)

I moved Homer over this afternoon. He seemed very upset for quite awhile,
like he couldn't swim, and I was worried I'd hurt him with the net. Then I
put some brine shrimp in and suddenly all was wonderful. Now he's exploring.
Probably hoping he missed a shrimp. Now to figure out how long it'll be
before moving the other three over.... guess there's no way of knowing other
than watching the ammonia go up and then down??
Thanks,

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Laurie, Dark Phoenix

"Every dog has it's day, but nights are reserved for cats." -