Path: utzoo!hoptoad!uunet!lll-winken!gryphon!richard
From: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Re: Resealing & Tubiflex Worms
Summary: easy pie
Keywords: questions on above
Message-ID: <3894@gryphon.CTS.COM>
Date: 8 May 88 05:32:09 GMT
References: <7892@ihlpa.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton)
Organization: Trailing Edge Technology, Redondo Beach, CA
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In article <7892@ihlpa.ATT.COM> singlar@ihlpa.ATT.COM (Singlar) writes:
>Does anybody know if a do-it-yourself
>resealing job is a good idea on an older tank?  I have seen inexpensive
>tubes of silicone aquarium sealant on the rack at pet stores (not to
>mention one of the local drug stores as well as one of the local hardware
>stores).

It's a LOT cheaper at hardware stores. PetShops are real rip-off
joints. Bascially if you can but whatever you need elsewhere, it
will be cheaper.

>It seems this would be a cheap alternative to having it
>professionally done. 

If the tank just leaks from a joint, cut away as much of the old
sealent as you can with a razor blade, and just put a fillet of
sealent along the edge. It needs about 24+ hours to cure
completely, but in all honesty, I've got away with 6 hours
if a bit of heat was applied (light bulb).

The only think to watch out for is "Bathtub sealent" Silicone
cement comes in many colors, and the white sometimes contains
a small amount of arsenic to retard fungus in bathtub applications.

>Also, it was mentioned in another article that tubiflex worms often
>cause disease in certain fish.  What's the deal with tubiflex worms?
>What types of diseases do they spread and why?  Are only certain fish
>susceptible?
>

The disease seems to be hemmorhagic septicema (sp) or "the crud".
It manifests itself as reddish fins, and may spread a reddish cast
all over the tail region of the body. Just before they croak 
they turn a nice pretty red all over.

I havn't experienced this disease while not feeding tubifex.

No fish seem to be immune from it. Too bad, because fish really like
them. Oh well. Frozen bloodworms are better anyway.



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richard@gryphon.CTS.COM                          rutgers!marque!gryphon!richard