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Subject Author Date Minature aquariums robotiser 07-15-2006  Re: Minature aquariums Andrew Gratton 07-16-2006  Re: Minature aquariums robotiser 07-17-2006  Re: Minature aquariums Marksfish 07-17-2006  Re: Minature aquariums Marksfish 07-17-2006  Re: Minature aquariums robotiser@googl... 07-17-2006  Re: Minature aquariums Steve 07-17-2006  Re: Minature aquariums robotiser@googl... 07-18-2006
Posted by on July 15, 2006, 4:32 pm Please log in for more thread options http://www.minnokubes.co.uk/home-or-office.htm I thought someone started a business like this in the past, and it was ruled to be cruel. What happened to allow them to be sold again? Posted by Andrew Gratton on July 16, 2006, 11:56 am Please log in for more thread options Hmmmm would have to agree they do look very small , but they would just about be suitable for a Betta but thats all , having seen some of the things people have kept Bettas in before > http://www.minnokubes.co.uk/home-or-office.htm > > I thought someone started a business like this in the past, and it was > ruled to be cruel. What happened to allow them to be sold again? > Posted by on July 17, 2006, 4:36 am Please log in for more thread options Andrew Gratton wrote: > Hmmmm would have to agree they do look very small , but they would just > about be suitable for a Betta but thats all , having seen some of the > things people have kept Bettas in before I was wondering whether a complaint to the RSPCA was in order. If I recall correctly, people complained when some American-sourced miniature (note, I can spell miniature) aquariums were put on sale and they were banned. Posted by Marksfish on July 17, 2006, 9:02 am Please log in for more thread options >If I > recall correctly, people complained when some American-sourced > miniature (note, I can spell miniature) aquariums were put on sale and > they were banned. > I think those aquariums were recalled because they were death traps. There was a fault in the electrical system which could give a nasty jolt. From what I understand, I don't think any of them were imported to the UK, although with places like ebay, who knows?? I notice the minnokubes come complete with two white cloud mountain minnows, hardly satisfactory for a shoaling fish!! Mark Posted by Marksfish on July 17, 2006, 9:20 am Please log in for more thread options Just had a response from Matt Clarke at PFK: [quote]Hope you're well. Aaaargh! Thought we'd seen the last of these flipping things. They were on sale a few years back I seem to recall. We got an instruction manual sent to us from a similar product which had some bizarre suggestions in it, including mentioning that the fish were likely to die eventually and could be preserved in the tank by replacing the water with glycerine - quite bizarre. Thanks for the tip off anyway. I'll see if I can write a news story on this. Hopefully it will educate some of the uninformed people likely to buy these that they are not a good idea.[/quote] Preserve with glycerine???? Could I get away with trying that on my wife :0) Mark www.marksfish.me.uk Similar Threads Posted Aquariums ltd October 5, 2007, 10:50 am Seabray Aquariums? March 19, 2006, 3:13 pm Cooling Aquariums In Summer Time? June 18, 2005, 3:03 pm