So, can someone explain the quarantine? Is the idea to put the new fish in
a mixture of the existing pond water to acclimate him to it gradually or...?
Kirsten
wrote in message
...
I think most have not quarantined. And a hell of a lot have lost all
their fish. In
fact, some people may have left the group after losing em all to the new
"apparently
healthy" fish that was just dumped in.
Very bad results from not quarantining is proportional to how often this
is done and
total size of the pond. The more often fish are dumped in, the smaller
the pond, the
more likely there is going to be a bad outcome. People with fish tanks
that cant
control themselves in pet stores see this disaster a lot faster than
ponders.
Ingrid

ESPMER (K30a) wrote:
I bet most of us have never quarantined a new fish and never lost a fish
(raising hand).


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