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Re: Peat

The stuff I use that is free is Willow root. you can find it in any stream
that has willow trees next to it. It is almost the same as the fluval stuff.
In Anderson IN the home of EXK the best killi group in the country has a
peat processing plant I will have to check it out. Our local peat is far
better than that stuff from the north.


Al Anderson
killiman at indy_net
317 253 2170
317 466 1615 FAX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wright Huntley" <huntley1 at home_com>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 6:45 PM
Subject: Re: Peat


> Fluval (the filter folks -- Hagen?) sell German fibrous peat as an
expensive
> filter medium. Lee gets it really, really cheap ($5). Around here, that
tiny
> packet is usually $7-8.
>
> It's a by-product of the agricultural peat business. It's essentially all
> the coarse stuff they comb out and throw away when baling peat. German
> hobbyists can go get it easily (free, I think), so we encourage them to
use
> it as packing material when we exchange fish.
>
> We need to find a Canadian with ties to the peat business here, so we
could
> get it as readily as the Danes and Germans appear to. It is wonderful
> spawning and hiding medium for many kinds of killies.
>
> I have and use a lot of it, from previous European box exchanges at BAKA.
> Royal and Bill or any others traveling in Germany from here also stuff any
> spare space in their luggage with it. Someday a DEA agent is going to...
:-)
>
> Wright
>
> Al Anderson wrote:
> >
> > What is Fluval type peat and what part of the world does it come from?
> > Al Anderson
> > killiman at indy_net
> > 317 253 2170
> > 317 466 1615 FAX
> >
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