How to prevent parasites from getting in your Biorb
The answer is simple: Quarantine, quarantine, quarantine!
Before you put a new fish in your Biorb/Biube, leave it in isolation for at least a week. If you don't have a tank to put it in, use a plastic bucket of at least 10L or more. Don't forget to aerate the water. And don't overfeed the fish - this bucket has no filter! The fish will be fine for the week without much food - in any case you shouldn't feed it at all for the first day.
If the fish looks ill or unwell, take it back to your fish shop. Don't be tempted to nurse it back in your Biorb/Biube with your healthy fish.
When you introduce new plants in your Biorb/Biube - wash them under tap water first. Then keep them in that plastic bucket (or a smaller container) for a week, changing the water every two days to keep the chlorine level maintained - chlorine kills the parasites. But make sure there's no chlorine by the time the plants go in with the fish.
Before you put a new fish in your Biorb/Biube, leave it in isolation for at least a week. If you don't have a tank to put it in, use a plastic bucket of at least 10L or more. Don't forget to aerate the water. And don't overfeed the fish - this bucket has no filter! The fish will be fine for the week without much food - in any case you shouldn't feed it at all for the first day.
If the fish looks ill or unwell, take it back to your fish shop. Don't be tempted to nurse it back in your Biorb/Biube with your healthy fish.
When you introduce new plants in your Biorb/Biube - wash them under tap water first. Then keep them in that plastic bucket (or a smaller container) for a week, changing the water every two days to keep the chlorine level maintained - chlorine kills the parasites. But make sure there's no chlorine by the time the plants go in with the fish.
posted by cylche at 7:08 pm
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