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Re: [Killietalk] Granulated peat

To: "kyle stark" <kylestark at earthlink_net>, "killifish discussion list" <killietalk at aka_org>
Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Granulated peat
From: "Karl Doering" <kilikarl at wowway_com>
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 19:05:46 -0500
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Canadian sphagnum peat moss you can buy in any garden center. & a bail 3.8 
Cubic feet runs around $10.00 & that would last you a year.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "kyle stark" <kylestark at earthlink_net>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 4:56 PM
Subject: [Killietalk] Granulated peat


> Hello,
>
> Does anybody know a good source of bulk granulated peat - the kind that is 
> sold as filter media? Or maybe as a safe gardening mulch?
>
> I found a couple of very cheap boxes at a thrift store in retail Fluval or 
> Sera packages for aquarium filter use and put it in a few of my small 
> tanks as a substrate. Cleaning these tanks has become a breeze, since it 
> can be rinsed out through a standard fish net and put back in the tank. 
> The amber color (so most peat additives?) returns to the water in a couple 
> of days. As a regular 'sludge' peat cooker and water changer I would like 
> to find an easier way to do this for something less than $10/500 grams. 
> Somebody's gotta be making this stuff by the ton. And Scheel's peat 
> maintenance (rejuvination) method in ROTOW is way too scary for me.
>
> Also - I want to thank everyone again who pitched in re the columnaris 
> problem I had with a tank of gold australes. In a tank of 12 breeders it 
> immediately eradicated 8 of them. The good news (for the lone male anyway) 
> is that 3 females also survived. Quarantine, a little salt and softened 
> water were the only treatment I had - the perscribed treatments weren't 
> available locally. This very small population had some inherent resistance 
> in a few I guess. For the 4 survivors it's like it never happened.
>
> Anyway ... granulated peat moss?
>
> Thanks,
> Kyle
>
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>>Message: 1
>>Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 11:25:40 -0500
>>From: "Karl Doering" <kilikarl at wowway_com>
>>Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Cheap method of making foam filters?
>>To: "Vincent Sbarra" <killydad at hotmail_com>, "killifish discussion
>> list" <killietalk at aka_org>
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>>My personal choice. Never own a sponge filter. Picture attached. Just fill
>>with course gravel. Every 2 weeks dump rinse in cool water put back 
>>in.NONE
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Vincent Sbarra" <killydad at hotmail_com>
>>To: "James (Jim) Darlack" <JMDarlack at yahoo_com>; "killifish discussion 
>>list"
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>>Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 8:18 AM
>>Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Cheap method of making foam filters?
>>
>>
>>> Get open cell foam from a fabric store (padding) or Home Depot (air
>>> conditioner seal). Cut to size. Punch a hole through it using a 
>>> sharpened
>>> pipe. Plug the bottom of the hole with a glass marble or rounded stone
>>> (the
>>> extra weight at the bottom will be appreciated). Insert a pvc or civic
>>> pipe
>>> that has some holes drilled in the side. Insert a air tube. Put in tank.
>>> Vince
>>>
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>>> From: "James (Jim) Darlack" <jmdarlack at yahoo_com>
>>> Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 4:49 PM
>>> To: <killietalk at aka_org>
>>> Subject: [Killietalk] Cheap method of making foam filters?
>>>
>>>> Hi Killi Nuts,
>>>>
>>>> Anyone have a cheap, and easy method to make foam filters?
>>>>
>>>> I have seen simple methods of making box filters out of margarine tubs,
>>>> using sand, or other compounds.  How about box filters?
>>>>
>>>> Granted, they are fairly cheap depending on the tank size.  However...
>>>> cant help think that materials can be purchased cheaply in quantity, 
>>>> and
>>>> a
>>>> little ingenuity used for construction.
>>>>
>>>> I tried converting a foam toilet bowl cleaner, purchased for a buck 
>>>> from
>>>> a
>>>> dollars store.  it worked great... until part of the foam deteriorated.
>>>> Fish didnt mind it. But it was constructed of the wrong type of foam.
>>>>
>>>> Jim, Sterling, VA.
>>>>
>>>>
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