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I bit the bullet and bought 9l of amazonia just about half an hour ago, so I don't think they're out QUITE yet, but I do think they're getting close...Tank looks good!
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I bit the bullet and bought 9l of amazonia just about half an hour ago, so I don't think they're out QUITE yet, but I do think they're getting close...Tank looks good!
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octanejunkie
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I'm suspicious of the DW I picked up. I'm not sure what it is, exactly, and my LFS told me it might mold over but my inverts and otos will love it.
So conflicted... I love the size, look and detail of this piece, but I'm NOT in love with the idea of potentially moldy wood in my premiere tank
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Brian_Nano12g
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That DW is fine.. it's exactly the same type as the one I'm re-using in my build. It still mold over a bit in the beginning but Otos, nerites, and shrimp will eat it. Also a little manual removal will help. If it fits in a large pot, you can boil it too.
Billbug68
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I'm suspicious of the DW I picked up. I'm not sure what it is, exactly, and my LFS told me it might mold over but my inverts and otos will love it.
So conflicted... I love the size, look and detail of this piece, but I'm NOT in love with the idea of potentially moldy wood in my premiere tank
Lots of wood usually develops a moldy white film the first few weeks of being submerged. It goes away, though. You may want to just soak it now and get it over with...
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octanejunkie
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Good to know... can you send over some Serengeti dung beetles to help out with mold abatement?
;P
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octanejunkie
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I'd like to boil it out but not sure I have a pot large enough...
Will soaking alone suffice? I tend to boil things I don't understand
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octanejunkie
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I'd just soak it in a bucket. You can pour boiling water on it, if you'd like. I'm soakin me some rocks as we speak!
Good stuff there Bill, yer rockin the orange homer buckets
This piece is big... won't fit in any bucket. Thinking about soaking in the bathtub over the weekend while my daughter is w her mom and I am with my GF
I think I might want to trim it before I soak it... bandsaws and wet material don't mix well
Billbug68
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It needs to be trimmed? I thought it looked pretty good as is. But if you do, yes, trim it before you soak it...
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octanejunkie
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I want to trim the base where it was cut so that it appears "more natural" and easier to hide the cut behind some plant or rock
BTW, what has been your success with glueing moss to rock?
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Brian_Nano12g
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I thought you were going to use the moss blender/yogurt method to get the moss on the rocks?
Jkeating8
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I've had really good success glueing moss to wood and rock. I used the loctite water resistant super glue gel.
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octanejunkie
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I'm going to do both... but the yogurt blend was primarily for the wood, I didn't think it would "bond" to the rocks well, petrified wood ain't the most porous rock I've seen.
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octanejunkie
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Gotcha... If you're lookin to cover the whole rock, use one of these...
[Picture of bath sponge]
It's petrified wood, I just want to do the "table tops"
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octanejunkie
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Good to know
Do you dry the moss first? (stupid question I think)
Also, Petco is having a FREE shipping day today only, FWIW
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octanejunkie
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Picked up some S. repens from a SCAPE member yesterday, 23 clippings
Here they are floating with P. stratiotes in my now defunct grow bucket
HINT: the S. repens are the darker green leaves
They were submerged so I plan to transition them to emersed for my DSM, starting this weekend (hopefully)
Anyone have any advise on how to transition them best?
Here they are floating with P. stratiotes in my now defunct grow bucket
HINT: the S. repens are the darker green leaves
They were submerged so I plan to transition them to emersed for my DSM, starting this weekend (hopefully)
Anyone have any advise on how to transition them best?
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Jkeating8
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Nope. Just apply and wait a couple minutes, them dunk in water and it will be fine.
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octanejunkie
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I played around with the wood for this tank prepping to setup this weekend.
I added a piece of manzanita that I picked up at the August SCAPE meet from CK Fish World in West Covina, CA.
Here is what I am thinking of for the wood. Please pardon the background
I think I want to cut this end of the wood down a bit...
The substrate will slope from the back, where the cut end of the wood is, to the narrow front end of the tank as it will be a 2-sided tank between 2 rooms. I might be able to pile the soil high enough against the back wall to hide most of the cut and just plant around it
Comments and feedback welcome
I played around with the wood for this tank prepping to setup this weekend.
I added a piece of manzanita that I picked up at the August SCAPE meet from CK Fish World in West Covina, CA.
Here is what I am thinking of for the wood. Please pardon the background
I think I want to cut this end of the wood down a bit...
The substrate will slope from the back, where the cut end of the wood is, to the narrow front end of the tank as it will be a 2-sided tank between 2 rooms. I might be able to pile the soil high enough against the back wall to hide most of the cut and just plant around it
Comments and feedback welcome
