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Lofus
03-26-2004, 10:26 PM
Would you?

EmilyB
03-27-2004, 12:46 AM
No. :mrgreen:

Bob I
03-27-2004, 01:18 AM
Exactly :mrgreen: Why :question:

Lofus
03-27-2004, 02:37 AM
In case it had any parasites or otherwise nasty creepy crawlies on it.

Seems the consensus is to not.

TANGOMAN
03-27-2004, 05:35 PM
No It'll be fine. Invert's are not "acceptable" host's to parasites which affect fish. Now that drop of water on the starfish may be packin' a bug or two but that's a whole different concern. Most retailer's have inverts isolated from fish, so again, it should be fine. Some retailers actually take the extra precautions and give their starfish a freshwater dip... :eek: .