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[mrhasan]

Sorry for the misunderstanding but I didn't say about my fish being put into a hospital tank. I was talking more generally like taking a fish from a 65gallon to a 10 or 20 gallon hospital tank.

And from your post, I think you are not very fond of nanos

There are people, like me, who doesn't have the provision of keeping big tanks (in terms of money and space) and hence nanos are there and they are no big of a difference other than the limited stocking list.

And please don't attack me with the "money" thing because I once had someone attack me with "if you can't get a $50 refractometer, you are in the wrong hobby" because I believe there's more into this hobby than just money and that is dedication. BTW I do have a refrac now :P

[daniella3d]

YOu assume too much and too fast. I do have a nano and love them, just that I love my fish just as much so I make sure they are free of parasites for the rest of their lifes.

I think it is our responsability to make sure the fish in our aquariums are healthy and do to what ever is necessary to keep them that way and give them the best life possible.

I have 2 tank raised clownfish in my nano and quite a few bubble tip anemones and they are happy. Clownfish make excellent fish for nano because in the wild they don't go very far from their anemony, so no big deal if they don't have a large tank.

Originally Posted by mrhasan

And from your post, I think you are not very fond of nanos

There are people, like me, who doesn't have the provision of keeping big tanks (in terms of money and space) and hence nanos are there and they are no big of a difference other than the limited stocking list.

And please don't attack me with the "money" thing because I once had someone attack me with "if you can't get a $50 refractometer, you are in the wrong hobby" because I believe there's more into this hobby than just money and that is dedication. BTW I do have a refrac now :P

[mrhasan]

That's a nice nano you got there

Yes I totally agree that it is our responsibility to take care of them to the fullest. But it is also a part of nature to get sick occasionally just like humans. No matter how clean your house is and no matter how much you take care of yourself, you will occasionally get the nasty stuffs like flu and cold. Its just a part of life and the ecosystem

[daniella3d]

Sure, but when my dog get flea I treat it, I don't leave it full of fleas and let it scratch itself to bloody spots.

Since the dog (or fish) cannot treat themselves it is our duty to do it.

I do not consider parasites to be anything like a cold or a virus. It is easy enough to treat for parasites and be done with it for good.

Originally Posted by mrhasan

That's a nice nano you got there

Yes I totally agree that it is our responsibility to take care of them to the fullest. But it is also a part of nature to get sick occasionally just like humans. No matter how clean your house is and no matter how much you take care of yourself, you will occasionally get the nasty stuffs like flu and cold. Its just a part of life and the ecosystem

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

Sure, but when my dog get flea I treat it, I don't leave it full of fleas and let it scratch itself to bloody spots.

Since the dog (or fish) cannot treat themselves it is our duty to do it.

I do not consider parasites to be anything like a cold or a virus. It is easy enough to treat for parasites and be done with it for good.

8 weeks of empty tank...kinda hard

And another 4-6weeks of quarantine when adding new fishes....harder

[Pansy-Paws]

Well said daniella3d ...

mrhasan, if it's any consolation, we still enjoy our fish when they are in quarantine ... it's even easier to study them because there is little aquascaping.

One of my favourite savings for marine aquariums, "good stuff happens slow, bad stuff happens fast".

[mrhasan]

Yah I guess I will have to set up a quarantine tank and transfer the fishes over there and leave the tank sit for 8 weeks. In the mean time, I can add corals to the tank right?

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by mrhasan

Sorry for the misunderstanding but I didn't say about my fish being put into a hospital tank. I was talking more generally like taking a fish from a 65gallon to a 10 or 20 gallon hospital tank.

And from your post, I think you are not very fond of nanos

There are people, like me, who doesn't have the provision of keeping big tanks (in terms of money and space) and hence nanos are there and they are no big of a difference other than the limited stocking list.

And please don't attack me with the "money" thing because I once had someone attack me with "if you can't get a $50 refractometer, you are in the wrong hobby" because I believe there's more into this hobby than just money and that is dedication. BTW I do have a refrac now :P

this is kinda the opposite of what you said about not wanting to throw the money for a qt....if you believed there was more to it then money you would in fact have no prob ponying up the doh for it???



part of owning a nano tank is limiting your self to livestock, its playing the patience game , a nano idea is supposed to house a smaller version of a large ecosystem , not a large ecosystem crammed into a small nano, this creates alot of problems for less than 20g of water.


just pointing it out the money youve spent on fish and coral so far could have been a qt tank or even 2.


ps.....six lines are evil and its goig to be one of the worst purchases youve ever had .....all mine always have been

they do become too large for your size tank but thats at adult sizes