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Old 01-07-2004, 09:47 PM
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Well I certainly hope most people, especially new reefers don't read your "fabulous" methods. How would you like to be squeezed and have half your side scrubbed off by a rough toothbrush?? No toothbrush in the world is soft enough to not lift scales off a fish. That would be like rubbing your skin off. Scales are a fish's last protection against infection and you are rubbing it off! So yeah, the fungus is gone, but what about all the other things that you've now opened the fish up to? Clipping a fish's gills is a tricky operation. You do realize those are blood vessels you are cutting, too deep and the fish bleeds to death. Fish blood coagulates faster than humans but once you've severed an artery thats that. And the handling (manhandling as you call it) stresses the crap out of the fish which causes a myriad of biochemical reactions in the fish and suppresses its immune system.


So tell me how long do these fish last in your care or do you farm them off right away after they're eating or don't have the ugly parasites on them and look more desirable for your customers?
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