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Re: [APD] Online driftwood sellers
I have not purchased driftwood myself. The idea of
spending $50+ (a decent peice) on a piece of old dry
wood is a bit beyond me. I try to collect drift or
bog wood myself. I soak it for about a month then
scrub/boil it. For boiling, generaly about half hour
minimum. It stains the water sometime for a week,
depending on the wood type. Though I haven't had any
trouble others have mentioned this may be more risky
than getting buying it.
Scott RH.
--- Benjamin Hong <bkhong at rogers_com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm new to the world of aquarium plants and
> aquascaping and such, but have
> fallen deeply in love with the idea of designing
> aquatic environments. The
> one thing I'm finding it difficult to sort out is
> the use of driftwood, and
> the trustworthy places to buy it online (as it's not
> readily available in
> the shops where I live).
>
> I've found one place that seems alright:
> http://www.aquariumdriftwood.com/
> but I thought I'd ask about potential others...plus
> maybe some insight into
> this particular seller.
>
> Also, is it generally considered bad practise to
> collect driftwood of my own
> to use in an aquarium? Of course, I assume a
> boiling treatment would be a
> must, but if there are any other things to keep in
> mind (assuming that this
> is an okay practise) I would be happy to know!
>
> Thanks! I'm glad I found this resource.
>
> Ben Hong
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: Aquatic-Plants Digest, Vol 9, Issue 35
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> Today's Topics:
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> 1. Flourish Trace (300bowler at cox-internet_com)
> 2. Re: Cutting Glass (Robert Zink)
> 3. Re: Cutting Glass (Steven Pituch)
> 4. Re: Cutting Glass, or I feel your Pane (David
> Grim)
> 5. Chloramines in my tap water (Douglas Guynn)
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>
> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 7:36:06 -0500
> From: <300bowler at cox-internet_com>
> Subject: [APD] Flourish Trace
> To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
>
> Hi Everybody,
>
> After many years of enjoyment, I find myself having
> to get out of the live
> plant hobby for the time being. I have put up for
> auction on eBay a factory
> sealed Professional sized bottle of Seachem Flourish
> Trace which I never got
> around to using. I also have some opened 500 ml
> bottles of Seachem
> Flourish, Trace, Iron, Phosphorous, Potassium, &
> Nitrogen with quite a bit
> left in each that I was using that we can maybe work
> a deal for if there are
> any dedicated Seachem users looking for a good deal.
>
> The auction for the professional sized bottle of
> Flourish Trace has started
> out at $15 which I know is lower than what it can be
> had for at on-line pet
> stores, and much lower than local pet stores. Just
> perform a search for
> "Seachem Flourish" on eBay and it will take you
> right to it.
>
> Once again, sorry for peddling my stuff here, but I
> just hate for it to all
> go to waste. Not to mention that it may help
> someone get some quality stuff
> at a good price.
>
> Thanks for reading!
>
> Mike G.
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 09:00:26 -0400
> From: Robert Zink <bonsai at hrcreditunion_net>
> Subject: Re: [APD] Cutting Glass
> To: APD List <aquatic-plants at actwin_com>
>
> Hi Steven,
>
> You wrote:
> > Of course I would never dream of
> > using a glass cover on any of my aquariums.
>
> Why is that?
> --
> Thanks,
> Bob
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 09:18:38 -0500
> From: "Steven Pituch" <spituch at ev1_net>
> Subject: [APD] Re: Cutting Glass
> To: <Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com>
>
> Steve wrote:
> > Of course I would never dream of
> > using a glass cover on any of my aquariums.
>
> Bob wrote:
> > Why is that?
>
> Hi Bob,
> Because personally I feel the best way to relate to
> your own planted
> aquarium is to have the top open and the plants
> growing out of the tank.
> Once you experience it you may never go back to
> glass covers. See:
>
http://users.ev1.net/~spituch/Steve's%20Page/Aquarium/125gal_biotope/125gal_
> biotope.html
>
http://users.ev1.net/~spituch/Steve's%20Page/Aquarium/biotope%20general/biot
> ope%20general.html
>
http://users.ev1.net/~spituch/Steve's%20Page/Aquarium/hardware/fish%20room/s
> unroom.html
> Just my personal preference.
>
> Steve Pituch
> http://users.ev1.net/~spituch/a.html
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 10:31:48 -0400
> From: "David Grim" <grim1214 at bellsouth_net>
> Subject: [APD] Re: Cutting Glass, or I feel your
> Pane
> To: <aquatic-plants at actwin_com>
>
> A Mom and Pop glass shop might be able to do your
> cutting with on-hand scrap
> really cheap. I recently bought a Perfecto 56 gallon
> column tank, and had to
> make a glass lid for it. There is a big price break
> between 1/4" and 1/8"
> glass around here, and none of the shops here stock
> 3/16". Special order
> only. Perfecto lids are 1/8" anyways, so this Mom n
> Pop shop cut me a 30"x5"
> and a 30"x9" piece of 1/8" for $5.
>
> It took the guy literally about 30 seconds to do
> both of them.
>
> If you can do 1/8" you might be able to get it done
> on the cheap, just have
> your measurements ready.
>
>
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