Tank Talk Magazine December 2010 | Page 7

Conditioning aquarium fish.
By Christine Morton

Fish that have recently been shipped, or hanging out at a LFS for too long , may require
quarantine or some physical conditioning before attempting to breed or introduction to a
community situation.
Before and during the entire shipping fish are not fed any food to minimise the waste
being produced while fish are bagged and in transit.
Fish may arrive to you, or your LFS looking hollow bellied and washed out.

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Bag of F.gardneri day of arrival 13/08/2010, clearly these little fishes have been fasting for a while.

Refrain from feeding huge amounts of food immediately, any aquarium you add your
new fish to will need to adjust to accommodate its new occupants and their waste so
overfeeding would not be a good idea.
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