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[APD] Zinc weights



I believe Wright Huntley wrote this email section below:

> I have never seen a zinc plant weight. All I have ever seen are lead. 

Take a look at http://theaquariumwiki.com/Lead
there are photos of them.

 > Zinc is not really soft and malleable, like lead.

Mine are.
Perhaps that is why they mix Magnesium in with it?

Here is a photo of them.
http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Image:Lead_strips.jpg
Take very little effort to bend them.

They're marketed as 'Lead Weights' in the UK but actually say they contain 
Zinc/Magnesium.

Funny old world isn't it? :-))


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