Oak Leaves

[Paul Jarvis <pjarvis at uidaho_edu>]

Hi all,

It seems to me there was a discussion last year about the use of dried oak
leaves to acidify tank water.

Since I moved here (the Pacific Northwest) we have an abundance of oak
leaves.

Because of all the talk about the use of peat as a spawning media...has
anyone ever thought of using ground up oak leaves?

Couldn't you crush the oak leaves and boil them in water to remove some of
the acid then use the resulting "mush" for spawning annuals? 

By crushing the leaves you could control how fine or coarse you want the
material to be.

How about used ........ coffee grounds?

Star Bucks gives away used coffee grounds.

So what if the fish are a bit wide eyed and jittery!

Just wondering!

Time to go while my grad students change the water and collect the eggs
automaticly!

:)

Paul Jarvis
Assistant Research Scientist
Aquaculture Research Institute
University of Idaho
208-885-2823
pjarvis at uidaho_edu


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