I'm not sure live plants are a good thing in your quarantine tank if you
need to add salt in appreciable amounts or other chemicals - they are nice
for the fish but if they die they add a lot of load to the organic load on
the filtration system and stress to your fish
deformities are obvious in many populations of this species now worldwide -
unfortunately quality control has not always been good and remember the
original genetic pool was only a handful of specimens
Regards,
Bruce.
Bruce Hansen, A.N.G.F.A., Advancing Australian Aquatics.
Bruce Hansen, ANGFA, caring for our aquatic ecosystems.
Please visit us at http://www.ozemail.com.au/~fisher/angfa.htm
-----Original Message-----
From: H. Hoekstra <hugo at greed.nl>
To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au <rainbowfish at pcug.org.au>
Date: Saturday, 24 April 1999 10:54
Subject: [RML] re: quarantine
>
>I have a few large Ceratopteris floating in the hospital/quarantine tank,
>with the roots reaching to the bottom so they can hide between or behind.
>I will also put some wood or rocks in it.
>
>For example one I have is a mutant without first dorsal fin, abnormally
>shaped anal fin and 'sloppy' scale pattern. Until recently I thought this
>was just a coincedence, but now I think it says something about the rest.