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There's absolutely nothing worse than starting a brand new tank and instantly run into trouble...

You were looking forward to choosing the fish that appealed to you.

You were excited about the thrill of watching a tank full of colorful tropicals living like kings and queens in a simulated lake that you worked hard to provide for them.

The scenario was great for awhile. Then some strange things began to happen. Some fish looked a little uneasy and the effort just to swim was becoming a task.

The next day showed little improvement. In fact, one of your favorite tropicals became a floater, a term hobbyists use for a dead fish.

You noticed a coating of some kind of white fuzzy stuff was over the fish and guessed that was what happens to a fish after death.

You were right.

Beginners have a terrible time balancing new tanks. It seems to be a complete mystery to them why the tank gets cloudy, why it turns green, why fish struggle and die.

It's a total disappointment. What you thought was going to be a complete joy to behold is turning out to be a death camp. A sort of "everything I put in the tank dies" type of mentality.

And, believe me, I know where you're coming from. I see it every day here in the Hospital Forum. A testimony that a glass box full of water has become a total enemy. A fish gas chamber.

Is there an answer?? Can the death camp be closed and forgotten??

Yes.

NEXT: Somebody do something. My fish are sick and dying.

[span class="edited"][Edited by garyroland 2004-08-03 13:38][/span]

Well written but I hate how you always manage to leave us hanging! Get to the info!

sorry it's the scientist in me getting weird again

Good introduction

Story lines break the cold, hard facts this world is famous for.

--garyroland.

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should be put in the articles sections. but no articles wriiten by members seem to get there

Narrative is the opiate of the masses.