Re: oak leaves

["Max Gallade" <mgallade@hotmail.com>]

Adam,
I collect only dead ,dried up leaves in the fall.
I boil them for a few minutes to get rid of any dirt ,bacteria before I ad 
them to my tanks.I usually collect two large trashbacks full of larger 
leaves from an old Oak tree.Those will last me for a year.
Check out:
http://showcase.aquatic-gardeners.org/?&op=showcase&category=1&vol=-1&id=2
This is one of my Oak leave tanks.I currently breed A.trifasciata quite 
succesful in this tank.
HTH
Max

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----Original Message Follows----
From: "Adam G" <apisto99@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: apisto@listbox.com
To: apisto@listbox.com
Subject: oak leaves
Date: Sat, 04 May 2002 04:35:58 +0000


Hi everyone,

I'm in the middle of setting up a breeding tank, and I was reading through 
some of the old threads on using oak leaves as ground cover and a way to 
lower pH.  The leaves are really starting to come out on the trees here in 
Connecticut, and I'm curious about using oak leaves.  Does it matter what 
time of year you "harvest" leaves?  Other than boiling the leaves for 30 
minutes to get rid of any nasties is there anything else that needs to be 
done?

Thanks and have a great weekend,
Adam


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