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Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Granulated peat
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Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 19:19:12 -0500
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Look for the ones without any pesticides or mold inhibitors.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karl Doering" <kilikarl at wowway_com>
To: "kyle stark" <kylestark at earthlink_net>; "killifish discussion list" 
<killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 7:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Granulated peat


> 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>
>>>
>>>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
>>>>
>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>> 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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References:
- [Killietalk] Granulated peat
  - From: kyle stark
- Re: [Killietalk] Granulated peat
  - From: Karl Doering

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