Re: Medications and peat moss..

[Scheele Juergen <juesche@earthlink.net>]

Hi Alan,
peat is not known for absorbing medication, impurities, etc.
Peat is used to enrich water with acid as well as releasing antibacterial
substances and humid acid which are contributing to the
overall health of your fish & Plants !
Check out the link, it will give you enough information
on how to use peat and it's effect.
You also can check the archives of THE KRIB for
peat applications.

http://www.mindspring.com/~nestor10/trials/peat_trials.htm

Juergen

ALAN SMITH wrote:

> The stuff I used is white and is for potable water..it is basicly like the
> material used on uv filters...it may not be PVC..may be ABS plastic..do not
> know...running a month now and no fatalities...since I have been running
> these filters my fish have been spawning more than before the use of
> these...they must like the brown gold color and the ph is more stable now
> also..just need to know if the peat will absorb any medication if I need to
> use any at some time.....
>
> Al
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: "Yvan Alleau" <yalleau@OCE.ORST.EDU>
> To: <apisto@listbox.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 10:14 PM
> Subject: Re: Medications and peat moss..
>
> > can you just use any kind of PCV? I thought just "alimentary quality" PCV
> > could be used, the other being eventually toxic.
> >
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> > "When you're far from everything, you're getting closer to the essential"
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "ALAN SMITH" <alsmith1@mindspring.com>
> > To: <apisto@listbox.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 6:23 PM
> > Subject: Medications and peat moss..
> >
> >
> > > I was wondering if peat will remove any medication from the water..such
> as
> > > any sulphur drug or any of the parisite medications...I have made some
> > great
> > > peat filters for my blackwater fish out of 4 inch PVC pipe..each filter
> > > holds 2 pounds of peat..you can use just about any media you want in
> them
> > > also...sponge, carbon, whatever you want..but I did not know if peat
> > absorbs
> > > any type of medications...
> > >
> > > Al Smith
> > >
> > >
> > >
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