RE: Cobalt ads

Bruce Hansen (bhansen at oznet02.ozemail.com.au)
Mon, 26 Aug 1996 07:24:09 +-1000

From: Harro Hieronimus[SMTP:Harro.Hieronimus at t-online.de]
Sent: Sunday, 25 August 1996 13:18

<<I have been on an ethological symposium this weekend
and there a poster was presented on the use of Cobalt in
aquarism.>>
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<<. As far as I remember the solution is pink.
Has anybody seen these water ads in shops?>>

I haven't seen anything about Cobalt for fish but there is a treatment for
Pernicious Anaemia in Human medicine called Cyanocobalimin ( which contains
a form of cobalt salts) which is a pinkish colour.

Pernicious Anaemia results from an inability to absorb Vitamin B12.

Bruce Hansen

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