Re: Lead weights

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• Subject: Re: Lead weights
• From: krombhol at felix_TECLink.Net (Paul Krombholz)
• Date: Sun, 17 Dec 1995 16:41:14 -0600

>
>From: Zeb Swinney <zeb at capital_net>
>Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1995 18:44:17 GMT
>Subject: lead in tank?
>
>I've seen the small lead stips that are wrapped around the stem of plants to
>keep them ancored down.  Will the lead harm the plants or leach into the
>water and hurt the fish?  It is toxic to humans and I am leary of putting it
>in my tank but it would be useful to ancor the plants without using the peat
>blocks.  Are there any other alternatives?
>
I don't trust those lead strips either.  Besides, bunch plants should not
be planted with a whole lot of stems all wrapped together.  They should be
spread out a bit more.  I weigh the stems down with small pebbles

Paul Krombholz                  Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, MS  39174

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