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Plant Weights

To: "Aquatic Plant Digest" <aquatic-plants at actwin_com>
Subject: Plant Weights
From: "John T. Fitch" <JTFitch at FitchFamily_com>
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 17:17:11 -0400

Dave Gomberg wrote:
> At 03:48 AM 6/1/01 "John T. Fitch" <JTFitch at FitchFamily_com> wrote:
> >Subject: Plant Weights
> >Dave Gomberg wrote:
>
> Why would you do that?  Iron is an essential nutrient.  Just leaving them
> in there to rust will do no harm.

I was referring to the "lead" weights that sometimes come with bunched plant
stems.  My LFS gave me a dozen, which they would otherwise throw in the
trash.  Dipping them in PlastiDip was to avoid the possibility of any lead
dissolving in the acidic tank water.

John T. Fitch
Web Page: www.fitchfamily.com

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