Re: attn Tony K. Re: Plastic Boxes Styrene

["James Randall" <rover1043 at msn_com>]

Hi all, Jim Here in frozen upstate ny. Check with JEHMCO they have tiny foam 
filters made for killi tanks. I have them in my 21/2s. I also use  filters 
made from pvc tees .(thanks Dave Ramsey, see his site) Jim Randall






>From: Chris Browning <fisher25000 at yahoo_com>
>Reply-To: killietalk at aka_org
>To: killietalk at aka_org
>Subject: attn Tony K. Re: Plastic Boxes Styrene
>Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 12:48:05 -0800 (PST)
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>I have been thinking of using these for a while now, but have yet to find a 
>good way to filter them. What method do you use? All sponge filters I have 
>seen are too tall, and all box/corner type filters I have seen can inhale 
>fry. Thanks
>  Tony Kline <tkline at sunlink_net> wrote:In a recent post Wright Huntley 
>wrote:
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><manufacturers seem to go to the extra trouble of annealing them so they
>don't tend to break as easily. Malaysian and other SE Asia tanks have not
>been worth much in my fishroom. YMMV. [They crack up early.] Read the
>bottom moulded label.>>
>
>I recently bought eight 1.25 gallon clear plastic critter tanks for $ 2.39 
>each. The tanks are Penn-Plax New World Habitat "Critter Keeper" type with 
>full lid, handle and an access trap door. After reading Wright's comments I 
>noticed that these tanks are made in....."Thailand exclusively to Penn-Plax 
>engineering specifications".
>I like them a lot and have been using them to raise up fry. I have them 
>planted and filtered, etc.
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>Now I'm wondering if they will become brittle with time. Maybe they are not 
>a good deal??
>
>TIA for any comments Wright or others would care to make.
>
>Tony Kline, AKA KKG
>Northumberland, PA
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