Re: [Killietalk] peat pellits

["Nick Ternes" <woodland_gardens at gmail.com>]

How do you keep it in a spawning container?    Milled sphagnum doesn't
settle out of water very quickly.  (hell, it doesn't settle out of the air
quickly either, dust masks are required when using it during any automated
horticultural process)  That would be one black tank if used for
Austrolebias or other divers.  Even my nothos get coarse peat all over the
tank.  While I will agree that because of it's softness it would be an
excellent storage medium, I couldn't imagine using it as a spawning medium.
Of course I'm a spoiled horticulturist who gets free high quality coarse
peat every spring.

Nick Ternes
Oostburg, WI
WAKO
AKA

On 12/11/06, Fred Behrmann <athensaquatics at juno_com> wrote:

> Hi Richard, Does anyone use Nodampoff Brand horticulturally milled
> sphagnum moss? I think it's the best stuff available for true annuals! I
> gave a talk a few years ago at Danbury Aquarium Society(DAS) and the TWO
> members(William Cole, Anton Vuckich) who wanted to try their hand at
> breeding a true annual killiefish got the same results from using this
> brand as I had been. HUGE hatches. I'm so impressed by this stuff that I
> gave my $68 per 1000 ( 1972 price) box of peat pellets away. The Mosser
> Lee product was costing me $27 a 2 bushel ( 7 lbs.) bag. It is from
> Michigan ( not Canada) and so pure (all above ground parts ,no roots)
> that it MUST be boiled to accept water but when it does it can hold 40
> times it own weight in water. It even squeezes different than the
> Canadian crap. Much softer, more like a newly made 100 strand
> Acrylic(Orlon is a Dupont registered name) Mop. Like Rosario says "
> someday I'm gonna write a book".   Now her comes the commercial but
> without the disclaimer;  Get your ass over here and I'll give you a trial
> size portion.    Sincerely,  Fred Behrmann
>
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