Re: [GSAS-Member] Albino Bristlenoses Update

[John Ruhland <john@drruhland.com>]

I have put all different rocks, plants in soil, and even logs from the
ocean in our pond out front, and the goldfish really thrive.
The same with the 10 gallon at my daughter's daycare. I took "dirty" 
rocks
straight from outdoors and put them in, and the fish are very healthy.
Some of their diet comes from algae, so that is analagous to us eating 
vegetables.
I remember a Native American woman once told me that eating a little 
natural clay
occasionally was healthy. I do use clay in my practice, but as much for 
binding toxins
as for the minerals it contains.

I might not put outdoor soil in with a $50 discus, because they are 
pretty sensitive, yet even then,
we can strengthen the immune system of even weaker species with the 
food and
nutrients we feed the fish.

You may ask Susan W for her fish food recipe. The only fish I have lost 
(after the initial
start-up errors when I first got into the hobby) have been due to 
aggressive behaviour
during mating / guarding offspring. They have mostly been eating her 
frozen food,
but also extra vitamins and minerals. Most recently, I saved my 
Salvin's Cichlid who had
been mangled by another fish, by adding:
Tea Tree oil,
Vit A
Vit B
Vit C
Vit D
Vit E
B-Complex (stress vitamin)
LOTS of sea salt
Epsom Salt (MgSO4)
an anti-fungal herb
homeopathic remedies for shock
and turning the temp up to 83 degrees.

1/3 of his tale was gone, about 25% of his skin was gone, and fungus 
had appeared
on the sores prior to my taking these steps.
He is still alive, although so timid I rarely see him.


John




On Jan 12, 2006, at 3:14 PM, Holly wrote:

Yup, I scrub the rocks before boiling or soaking and then let them dry 
on a
towel for a few days.  The only problem is when I run into a rock that 
seems
to consist entirely of sediment.  I scrub and scrub, but the layers keep
coming and coming, and it feels grainy all over.  I huck those ones 
back in
the creek :)

Holly

-----Original Message-----
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Subject: RE: [GSAS-Member] Albino Bristlenoses Update

They sell a lot of slate-type rock at Home Depot.

I've used many different kinds of rocks in my aquarium with no problem. 
I
just scrub them off good and let them air dry.

Susan

-------------- Original message --------------
From: "Holly" <holly@ourglasshouse.com>

> I collect rocks from local streams. I bring a backpack lined with a
> garbage back and some latex gloves. When I get them home I boil them
> in a stock pot, and then place them in my aquarium. Rocks, that are
> too big to boil I have soaked in bleach water and then rinsed well.
> I've been using local rocks for years and never had any problems. I
> love the price, but I also find them very beautiful.
>
> Phil Edwards implied that biotopes with multiple colors of rocks, or a
> mix of smooth and irregular edges is inaccurate. I find red, orange,
> brown, black, and even a little green all in the same spot. I also
> find very smooth, rounded rocks along with jagged, broken rocks with
> no roundness to them. I even have a nice, big piece of petrified wood.
> Maybe that would make some biotopes look wrong, but apparently
> Issaquah is very diverse :)
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Matt Staroscik
> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 12:46 PM
> To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Albino Bristlenoses Update
>
> On the subject of these fish, does anyone have a good source of rocks
> to make caves out of? My tank has plants and driftwood, but it doesn't
> have any really good hiding places now that I look carefully. The best
> option is the shadowed underside of a driftwood branch, a location my
> new male bristlenose has already found. But clearly now, I need more
> caves for my various critters.
>
> I think I will pick up some slate from Denny's Pet World for starters,
> LMK if you have other ideas.
>
> Thanks,
> Matt
>
>
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