Territoons
Aquarium Advice Freak
I have an in-home private childcare/preschool. I have three fish tanks in my classroom. One fish tank has ghost shtimp and snails in it, one tank has three large goldfish in it, and one fish tank has a large angle fish, some zebra danios, a few mollies. NOthing spectacular, but we enjoy them.
Suddenly one of the myriad of INSPECTORS that come to my house to dream up things to make my life miserable has decided that my angel fish is an "exotic pet", and she wants "health certificates" for my fish, or the tanks.
I have called around and asked PetSmart, and another LFS, and they do not have any paperwork that certifies fish tanks. One of the people I spoke to thinks this is a ludicrous idea, and says that he has set up lots of aquariums in health care facilities, and there is no "heath certifications" that he is aware of.
I have searched the internet, the health department for California, and I can find NOTHING. Does anybody out there have any idea what I might do, or where I might look?
Also, if the children are NEVER allowed to touch the water (they aren't even allowed to feed the fish), is there ANY KIND OF DISEASE that could spread to children? Airborne?
And would my $1.19 angelfish, purchased at a local fish store when he was about 1 inch long, but has since grown to be about 6 or 7 inches long, constitute an exotic animal? I don't think so. But I don't know how to "prove" that.
BTW, this same lady wrote on her report that my ghost shrimp were hermit crabs.
signed,
SUPREMELY FUSTRATED
P.S. there may be some fish tanks for sale soon.....which would be a real shame for my kids.
Suddenly one of the myriad of INSPECTORS that come to my house to dream up things to make my life miserable has decided that my angel fish is an "exotic pet", and she wants "health certificates" for my fish, or the tanks.
I have called around and asked PetSmart, and another LFS, and they do not have any paperwork that certifies fish tanks. One of the people I spoke to thinks this is a ludicrous idea, and says that he has set up lots of aquariums in health care facilities, and there is no "heath certifications" that he is aware of.
I have searched the internet, the health department for California, and I can find NOTHING. Does anybody out there have any idea what I might do, or where I might look?
Also, if the children are NEVER allowed to touch the water (they aren't even allowed to feed the fish), is there ANY KIND OF DISEASE that could spread to children? Airborne?
And would my $1.19 angelfish, purchased at a local fish store when he was about 1 inch long, but has since grown to be about 6 or 7 inches long, constitute an exotic animal? I don't think so. But I don't know how to "prove" that.
BTW, this same lady wrote on her report that my ghost shrimp were hermit crabs.
signed,
SUPREMELY FUSTRATED
P.S. there may be some fish tanks for sale soon.....which would be a real shame for my kids.