RE: Oak leaves

["Bill Wallace" <bwallace at mitra_com>]

No, you cannot use dried up poison oak leaves without it affecting you (and dont EVER burn poison oak leaves, dried or not).  However, it would probably work just fine for the fish.  Other than humans, very few animals are affected by poison ivy/oak.  If you did use them, then just putting your hands in the aquarium would probably be a problem for you, so I wouldn't advice it.

Bill

-----Original Message-----
From: John Wubbolt [mailto:BigJohnW at webtv_net]
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 2:50 PM
To: killietalk at aka_org
Subject: Re: Oak leaves


Ok, now here goes a truly stupid question.....

I know you have to use dried oak leaves, old ones that is, not the new
ones off the tree, something to do about what the new ones leach off
into the water.....   now heres the stupid question part, ....... can
you use old dried up Poison Oak leaves with no harm to either you or
your fish?   Not that i intend to do so or use it my tap water is fine
without having to use oak leaves to soften it or lower pH..... just was
curious if a Poison Oak leaf would effect fish after it had been dried
up....??  Anyone know?

John

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