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Re: [APD] Re: Online driftwood sellers -- Fwiw



Fwiw, Wilma, besides her charitiable help with her
organization, has been a good supporter of the hobby and
AGA. 

Also, Aquariumdriftwood.com has made a donation in one of
the early years of the AGA contest.

Scott H.
--- Benjamin Hong <bkhong at rogers_com> wrote:
> My!  Just the mere mention of driftwood seems to spark
> quite a bit of talk!
> Aquariumdriftwood.com seemed to me at first to be one of
> the better choices,
> but alas they only ship within the USA (I'm in Canada). 
> Wilma, on the other
> hand, is being quite helpful with the whole issue, and I
> do like to support
> someone who is genuinely helpful...not to mention the
> good cause she
> represents.
> 
> Thanks to everyone for your help!
> Ben
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Today's Topics:
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>    1. Re: Online driftwood sellers  (Kurt Wiedenhoeft)
>    2. RE: Online driftwood sellers--free shipping at AD!
> (Gomer)
>    3. Where to get Driftwood (Thomas Barr)
>    4. Re: Aquatic-Plants Digest, Vol 9, Issue 36
>       (AuntieFran at comcast_net)
>    5. Dragon's tail fern? (James Foley)
> 
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 12:32:24 -0400
> From: "Kurt Wiedenhoeft" <kurt at saskia_com>
> Subject: [APD] Re: Online driftwood sellers
> To: <aquatic-plants at actwin_com>
> 
> I ordered some large pieces of driftwood from
> www.aquariumdriftwood.com,
> and was very happy with them. I also ordered some smaller
> pieces that I
> ended up not using because they didn't really work in my
> tank. But two
> super extra large pieces (or something like that) for
> something like $50
> each were just the thing for my 265. They arrived a bit
> mangled by UPS,
> mostly because the pieces were so large and it wasn't
> really packaged
> that well, but after I screwed the broken piece together
> (with a
> stainless screw) everything was fine again. Yes, shipping
> was not cheap,
> but I'd rather not have to deal with boiling/soaking.
> 
> While we're plugging vendors, I wanted to mention that I
> bought a large
> number of plants from www.aquariumplant.com, and was also
> very pleased.
> Good, large, plants and good service. I bought a "giant
> mother"
> Echinodorus rubin that is the showpiece of my tank. I was
> almost stunned
> at how big it was.
> 
> On the other hand, I ordered some plants and flag fish
> from
> www.floridadriftwood.com and was not pleased with the
> service or the
> merchandise. The fish were packed in a very small bag,
> and one had died
> on the way (one day). The $20 "mother" sword plant was
> not much larger
> than a $5 sword from aquariumplant.com, and what's far
> worse, it was
> infested with a lot of snails and black beard algae. I
> had to bleach
> soak it, and the plant has never really recovered. Also,
> I ordered 10
> Echinodorus tenellus for $10 that arrived, literally, in
> something like
> a 1.5" square, flat, plastic bag. Each plant had maybe
> two half inch
> leaves. What a joke! Also, I have to mention that it took
> about three
> weeks to get everything, despite being in the same area
> code and being
> told twice it would ship in a day or two. I realize every
> place has
> problems sometimes, and this could well have been a
> combination of bad
> circumstances for the vendor.
> 
> Kurt
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 09:56:44 -0700
> From: "Gomer" <iegomer at hotmail_com>
> Subject: RE: [APD] Online driftwood sellers--free
> shipping at AD!
> To: "'aquatic plants digest'" <aquatic-plants at actwin_com>
> 
> For those who didn't notice, Aquariumdriftwood.com is
> having a special for
> memorial day:D
> 
> FREE UPS ground shipping on driftwood orders and $5
> shipping UPS 2day for
> plants.
> 
> I had to take advantage of that deal!  Will know in about
> a week how the
> wood is
> 
> -_Tony
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 15:46:31 -0400
> From: "Thomas Barr" <tcbiii at earthlink_net>
> Subject: [APD] Where to get Driftwood
> To: aquatic-plants at actwin_com
> 
> 
> Forget buying driftwood on line, come to the plant fest
> and get all you
> take home.
> Folks could not take enough wood that we had last year.
> We also will be going to a place that has about an acre
> or so of wood and a
> ton or so of petrified wood.
> Rodman Res. has more wood than your boat could ever
> handle and I have
> premission to remove it also long as no saws are
> involved.
> Free for the taking.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Tom Barr
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 19:59:06 +0000
> From: AuntieFran at comcast_net
> Subject: [APD] Re: Aquatic-Plants Digest, Vol 9, Issue 36
> To: aquatic-plants at actwin_com
> 
> I'd like second Giancarlo's recommendation of Wilma
> Duncan!  She's great to
> work with - will email pictures of specific pieces, the
> prices are right,
> and profits go to a very worthwhile cause (as mentioned
> on her website).
> 
> --
> Growing old is inevitable;
> growing up is optional.
> 
> 
> 
> > Message: 7
> > Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 11:51:18 -0400
> > From: "Giancarlo Podio" <gp at isaconsulting_com>
> > Subject: [APD] Re: Online driftwood sellers
> > To: <aquatic-plants at actwin_com>
> >
> > Wilma sells some nice driftwood too, just send her an
> email and she'll
> send
> > you pictures of what she has, or look at what's
> pictured on her website.
> She
> > ships it dry, not waterlogged which makes it far more
> economic than heavy
> > waterlogged pieces. Making it sink obviously requires a
> little more time
> but
> > I was happy with what I got and I paid far less for it
> than I had
> expected.
> >
> > http://www.jayscustomcomputers.com/wilma/
> >
> > Hope that helps
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 5
> Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 19:43:01 -0400
> From: James Foley <foleyjames at shaw_ca>
> Subject: [APD] Dragon's tail fern?
> To: aquatic-plants at actwin_com
> 
> My supplier just got this new plant in, so I ordered a
> couple just to see
> what they were.
> I was expecting a terrestrial fern of some sort, but what
> I recieved was a
> small moss of some sort. It looks very similar to java
> moss, but is an
> incredibly light green, and very thick.
> I hope to get a picture up for tomorrow.
> Has anyone heard of a similar plant or know anything
> about them?
> 
> Regards,
> James
> 
> 
> 
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