Re: [Killietalk] mop floats

["Stan Perkins" <stanperkins at academicplanet_com>]

To make wine corks or any cork float longer dip in polyurethane or acrylic
paint and hang to dry. Age in water without fish for a few days - changing
water frequently.

Stan Perkins
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "M. LeDuc" <ducker_3 at yahoo_com>
To: "killifish discussion list" <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Killietalk] mop floats


> I still like the wine bottle cork method!!! Put one in
> last year... still floating!!
>
> Just made a new mop 2 days ago.. and I think I need
> another cork for that one.  Hm, perhaps tonight I'll
> "find" one.
>
> -Mike
> Acton, MA
>
> --- "Kray, Edd" <Edd_Kray at rf.doe.gov> wrote:
> > I'll have to try the canisters. I've been using
> > pieces of Styrofoam
> > pulled of old boxes to float my mops. I went to the
> > Lowe's last year and
> > for the first time actually paid for a dozen corks.
> > After a few months
> > they became waterlogged and my mops were sinking, so
> > I've gone back to
> > using the pieces of styro.  At least they stay
> > afloat forever.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Lains [mailto:david at zfin_org]
> > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 10:45 AM
> > To: killifish discussion list
> > Subject: RE: [Killietalk] Second weird question du
> > jour
> >
> > Film canisters work great and you can get a whole
> > bag of them at a time.
> >
> > I either put the stings used to tie the mop inside
> > the can and close it
> > (you'll get a little water it the can due to
> > capillary action) or just
> > tie
> > the stings around it.  The black ones are my
> > favorite for dark tanks and
> > the
> > clearish white ones look better in brighter tanks.
> >
> > Best fishes
> > David
> >
> > ><{{{>-----Original Message-----
> > ><{{{>From:
> > killietalk-bounces+david=zfin_org at aka.org
> >
> ><{{{>[mailto:killietalk-bounces+david=zfin_org at aka.org]On
> > Behalf Of
> > Doug De
> > ><{{{>Silva
> > ><{{{>Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 7:18 PM
> > ><{{{>To: killietalk at aka_org; unclescott at prodigy_net
> > ><{{{>Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Second weird
> > question du jour
> > ><{{{>
> > ><{{{>
> > ><{{{>Down here medicine vials are expensive, about
> > $2.00 a vial.
> > ><{{{>
> > ><{{{>I am a cheap dude, and I'm only a kid, so
> > that's my excuse!
> > ><{{{>
> > ><{{{>Doug
> > ><{{{>
> > ><{{{>-------Original Message-------
> > ><{{{>
> > ><{{{>From: Scott Davis; killifish discussion list
> > ><{{{>Date: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 7:04:48 PM
> > ><{{{>To: killifish discussion list
> > ><{{{>Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Second weird
> > question du jour
> > ><{{{>
> > ><{{{>One of the cheapest floats for mops (and one
> > which should be
> > ><{{{>increasingly
> > ><{{{>obvious to too many of us) was used by a show
> > participant at
> > ><{{{>the Michiana
> > ><{{{>show. Medicine vials (presumably previously
> > soaked a bit in
> > ><{{{>warm water)
> > ><{{{>snapped on to a couple of the mop threads
> > worked great!
> > ><{{{>
> > ><{{{>Duh! (The sound of an idea hitting home.)
> > ><{{{>
> > ><{{{>All the best again...
> > ><{{{>
> > ><{{{>Scott
> > ><{{{>
> > ><{{{>The Chicago killie show, still only in three
> > days! Rosario
> > ><{{{>LaCorte, lots of
> > ><{{{>killies, multitudes of neat killie people.
> > http://chika.aka.org/
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> > ><{{{>
> > ><{{{>
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