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Re: [APD] Soil Screens



Is this stuff worse thean Flourite? If not, just put it in
dry and rinse only the top 1/2 - 1 inch. Still a lot on a
big tank but not much to sneeze at for smaller ones. ;-)
sh


--- Jerry Smith <jerrytheplater at hotmail_com> wrote:

> Jerry
> 
> I have made my own screens using galvanized woven wire
> cloth of various mesh 
> sizes. Make a bottomless and topless box out of 1x6 pine,
> cut the cloth to 
> fit and then nail strips of 1/4 inch plywood onto the
> bottom to hold the 
> cloth in place. I finish mine with boiled linseed oil and
> let it dry for a 
> day or so. I have screened all of the substrate in my
> present tanks with 
> these screens and have not experianced any problems with
> any zinc which 
> could have been abraded by the screening process.
> 
> If you want stainless steel go to McMaster-Carr at
> www.mcmaster.com. They 
> sell 304 and 316 stainless as well as a number of other
> alloys. Catalog # 
> 85385t818. Search for this and you will be in the section
> of wire cloth. 
> Pick your size and alloy.
> 
> They also sell the seives but they are very expensive
> compared to making 
> your own. A 12 inch dia by 4 inch deep sieve in the size
> range we would want 
> in brass costs $108.92. They have Galvanized steel
> wire-cloth Riddles with 
> plywood sides for about $30.00 Catalog #3285k35 or
> polyethylene frames cat. 
> # 3415k17 for $45.00. My homemade ones work great.
> 
> Jerry Smith Bloomingdale, NJ
> 
> 
> >Message: 1
> >Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 22:29:32 -0700
> >From: Jerry Baker <jerry at bakerweb_biz>
> >Subject: [APD] Soil Screens
> >To: aquatic plants digest <aquatic-plants at actwin_com>
> >
> >Does anyone know of local stores that might carry soil
> screens? I have
> >tried garden/landscape supply places and such, but no
> luck. I want to
> >try my luck at screening out some good river sand from a
> local river and
> >see what that stuff looks like.
> >
> >--
> >Jerry Baker
> 
> 
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