Although I think that sometimes catching an established fish
is more traumatic, than say, a weekly 35% water change with
100% gravel vacuuming, I agree with Bruce that a one month
stay in a quarantine tank the fish by itself is ok.
And also that plastic plants or other decorations
are a good way to provide a good fish environment,
live plants do not do well in a medicated tank.
My 10 gal quarantine tank has a piece of river wood
so that the fish can find the dark environment they
sometimes prefer when they are sick.
Some of my old adult fish achieve true "pet
status" and their eventual demise puzzles me as
I am by no means an animal rights activist that opposes,
for example, water contamination testing using live fish,
and in a restaurant I will order trout etc.
Maybe it has more to do with how familiar the fish
habits have become to me, rather than the fish itself.
Somehow I seem to think that that female praecox is better
off in your quarantine tank than in the store.
Regards
Ed Romana
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At 12:10 AM 4/19/99 +0100, you wrote:
>Thanks Ed for looking up the extra metronidazole info !
>
>For the record: She didn't make it, the bloating was pretty gone the 2nd
>day but then had trouble swimming. Died the 3rd day. :(
>
>New question:
>
>There is a petshop here who has 1 lonely female praecox. If I get it, would
>it survive alone in a 11 gallon quarantine tank for a month ?
>
>I wonder because of my observations of hospitalized praecox, it seems to
>me that being seperated from the school is almost worse for them than the
>actual disease.
>
>Best regards,
>Hugo Hoekstra
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