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Re: Coretex lids was RE: riccia fluvitans as anti-jumping device?

        Where do you buy Coretex?

Jay Moylan

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Lains" <david at zfin_org>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 12:28 PM
Subject: Coretex lids was RE: riccia fluvitans as anti-jumping device?


> Hello All
>
> Last night I made my first Coretex lid and it works great!  It is a light
> weight, cheap, translucent plastic that is used to make signs.  It is
double
> walled with cross wall like corrugation and costs about $10 for a 4x8
sheet.
> It only takes a few minutes to make a bunch of lids, they are break proof
> and lack the edges of death that a lot of my glass lids have.  I used a
> utility knife and a straight edge to cut them.  I cut feeding doors into
it
> that make life easy.  Not as natural as a ricca lid but if you cut them
> tight a 6 lbs gularis couldn't jump out.
>
> Tanks
> David
> <}}}><
>
> ><{{{>-----Original Message-----
> ><{{{>From: owner-killietalk at aka_org [mailto:owner-killietalk at aka_org]On
> ><{{{>Behalf Of Doug Karpa-Wilson
> ><{{{>Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 2:39 PM
> ><{{{>To: killietalk at aka_org
> ><{{{>Subject: riccia fluvitans as anti-jumping device?
> ><{{{>
> ><{{{>
> ><{{{>Hey,
> ><{{{>
> ><{{{>I've been thinking about Riccia as a floating plant for fry
> ><{{{>to hide in and
> ><{{{>it occurs to me that it might also work well to keep adults
> ><{{{>from jumping
> ><{{{>since it can form kind of a thick mat on top that would just
> ><{{{>be hard to
> ><{{{>jump through if solid.  The fish could get on top, but then
> ><{{{>they wouldn't
> ><{{{>be able to get enough speed to get very high.  Just a
> ><{{{>thought.  has anyone
> ><{{{>has experience with this?
> ><{{{>
> ><{{{>Doug
> ><{{{>
> ><{{{>1821 S. Maxwell St.                     Department of Biology
> ><{{{>Bloomington, IN 47401                   Indiana University
> ><{{{>(812) 331-0299                          Bloomington, IN 47405
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> ><{{{>
> ><{{{>
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