Re: [APD] Twigs?

["Wise, Nicholas" <Nicholas_Wise at eon-us.com>]

Just make sure you anesthetize the wood first.




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Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 11:00 AM
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Subject: Re: [APD] Twigs?

The safest way to sterilize wood is to boil it.  That also helps to
saturate it with water so it will sink better.  I don't know of any pest
that can survive boiling water.

Vaughn

On May 3, 2007, at 3:09 AM, Joel Fizette wrote:

> I think I remember reading somewhere that copper sulphate is used to 
> control algae...
> Now are you saying to mix hyrochloric acid and copper sulphate 
> together?
> I'm planning on collecting some wood soon.
> would a bleach bath do just as well?
>
>
> On 5/2/07, Richard J. Sexton <richard at aquaria_net> wrote:
>>
>> 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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