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Re: [APD] Twigs?



Won't using copper sulfate risk leaching copper into the aquarium?


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From: Richard J. Sexton <richard at aquaria_net>
To: aquatic plants digest <aquatic-plants at actwin_com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 2, 2007 10:44:35 PM
Subject: Re: [APD] Twigs?


At 02:23 PM 5/1/07 -0700, you wrote:
>I was at the Vancouver Public Aquarium this weekend and I saw they had a
>really interesting Checkerboard Dwarf Cichlid set-up which was
>interesting for two reasons:
>1. Stocking: They had allot of checkerboards in the tank, I think it
>must have easily been one checkerboard per 25cm^3 of tank bottom!
>2. Twigs & Branches: They'd used twigs and very small branches (diameter
>less than 4cm) to create lots & lots of territory markers for the
>cichlids, which is how I'm guessing they managed to get so many dwarves
>into the tank without a blood bath.
>
>My query is where can I get similar branches and twigs that would be
>suitable for a South American set-up and that would not float?  I've
>never seen any size or shape of bog wood smaller/finer than the
>chunk/lumps of bogwood that's at least the size of your fist offered for
>sale at stores...
>
>Cheers,
>
>Daniel

Use waterlogged sticks from a river if you like to live dangerously,
or let some dry sticks soak they they are waterlogged. Or glue them
with silicone to a couple of large flat rocks.

You should disinfect any wild wood - soak in copper sulphate and a hydrochloric
acid rinse will kill anything.

Alum and salt would probably do the trick too.


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