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English translation: community tank

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German term or phrase:Aussetzaquarium
English translation:community tank
Entered by: Henning Bochert (X)

10:04 Feb 7, 2007
German to English translations [PRO]
Zoology / Aquarien
German term or phrase: Aussetzaquarium
This is the original line: "...sitzt an einem Tisch zwischen aufgetürmten COMPUTER-RACKS und BILDSCHIRMEN, daneben AUS- und UMSETZAQUARIEN." The context is a person breeding fish and working with different types of tanks to release or move the fish. There must be some special vocabulary.
Henning Bochert (X)
Germany
Local time: 23:35
community tank
Explanation:
As a one-time aquarist, this was the term I used for the aquarium in which my fish were usually kept, crresponding, I would imagine to your "Aussetzaquarium", while the "Umsetzaquarium" I called a "transfer tank", into which fish were put when the main tank and its furnishings were being thoroughly cleaned.

I used to bail the water carefully out of the main tank, then add the fish to that gradually.
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David Moore (X)
Local time: 23:35
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community tank


Explanation:
As a one-time aquarist, this was the term I used for the aquarium in which my fish were usually kept, crresponding, I would imagine to your "Aussetzaquarium", while the "Umsetzaquarium" I called a "transfer tank", into which fish were put when the main tank and its furnishings were being thoroughly cleaned.

I used to bail the water carefully out of the main tank, then add the fish to that gradually.

David Moore (X)
Local time: 23:35
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Asker: That is excellent! Big help, thanks so much!

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