Re: [APD] Twigs?

["Joel Fizette" <sentientpuppet at gmail_com>]

I think I remember reading somewhere that copper sulphate is used to control
algae...
Now are you saying to mix hyrochloric acid and copper sulphate together?
I'm planning on collecting some wood soon.
would a bleach bath do just as well?


On 5/2/07, Richard J. Sexton <richard at aquaria_net> wrote:
>
> At 02:23 PM 5/1/07 -0700, you wrote:
> >I was at the Vancouver Public Aquarium this weekend and I saw they had a
> >really interesting Checkerboard Dwarf Cichlid set-up which was
> >interesting for two reasons:
> >1. Stocking: They had allot of checkerboards in the tank, I think it
> >must have easily been one checkerboard per 25cm^3 of tank bottom!
> >2. Twigs & Branches: They'd used twigs and very small branches (diameter
> >less than 4cm) to create lots & lots of territory markers for the
> >cichlids, which is how I'm guessing they managed to get so many dwarves
> >into the tank without a blood bath.
> >
> >My query is where can I get similar branches and twigs that would be
> >suitable for a South American set-up and that would not float?  I've
> >never seen any size or shape of bog wood smaller/finer than the
> >chunk/lumps of bogwood that's at least the size of your fist offered for
> >sale at stores...
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Daniel
>
> Use waterlogged sticks from a river if you like to live dangerously,
> or let some dry sticks soak they they are waterlogged. Or glue them
> with silicone to a couple of large flat rocks.
>
> You should disinfect any wild wood - soak in copper sulphate and a
> hydrochloric
> acid rinse will kill anything.
>
> Alum and salt would probably do the trick too.
>
>
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