Re: [GSAS-Member] Rocks

[Trish <snips36@yahoo.com>]

You had said you lost 2 fish from Bangkok....had you
brought them back yourselves?

I am asking because we are going to Thailand in April
for 18 days total, and staying for a few days in
Bangkok. I wanted to know if you knew what the
requirements were to bring back fish.

Thanks!

Trish

--- Kathy and John Weber <katiejuan@charter.net>
wrote:

> well thank you john...i will remove the charcoal
> from my canister 
> filter...see if i see improvement....recently went
> through a bout of 
> angelfish aids...i guess it is a gall bladder
> parasite...lost 2 fish ...from 
> Bangkok..i was grieving for awhile...this hobby is
> tough sometimes...and 
> expensive...thanks again, john
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Ruhland" <john@drruhland.com>
> To: "Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat"
> <gsas-member@thekrib.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 8:01 AM
> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Rocks
> 
> 
> > Regarding the safety of H2O2, when my fish have
> ich, I add 1/2 ml of H2O2 
> > per gallon of water. I do this daily, for at least
> 2 days after I see no 
> > more ich. Even if a small amount of H2O2 stays in
> the wood, your fish will 
> > be OK.
> >
> > It is a little more expensive than chlorine
> bleach, which is why it is 
> > used in developing nations for all sorts of
> things, but in the US, most of 
> > us should be using H2O2, as we are already
> responsible for most of the 
> > global warming emissions.
> >
> > I'm sure someone from the club will give you
> further suggestions about 
> > what to do for the algae. It is almost surely some
> mineral imbalance. 
> > Maybe too little of a single nutrient or several
> nutrients. If you are 
> > using a charcoal filter, you might experiment with
> not using it. I took 
> > charcoal out of my 72 gallon tank filters.
> > John
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Jan 13, 2006, at 7:33 AM, Kathy and John Weber
> wrote:
> >
> > hey John...read your e mail...im new to the
> chat...i am having a problem 
> > with brush algae...i have a 100 gallon aquarium
> freshwater ....with 16 
> > huge angel fish...some algae eaters, a bottom
> feeder, etc. ...i have a 
> > large canister filter with a UV and 2 undergravel
> filters.
> >
> > the ph is perfect, no nitrites...i monitor all and
> more each week....i 
> > have lowered my lighting to less watts
> >
> >  the algae grows on glass, plants,
> driftwood....just everything!..the 
> > algae eaters (siamese, florida flag fish...etc)
> will not touch it..i guess 
> > they prefer bloodworms and brine shrimp.
> >
> >
> > about once every  2 months, i have to remove all
> the plants, soak them in 
> > a solution of 20/1 of water and bleach...take out
> the driftwood, detach 
> > the ferns that is growing on it and allow the wood
> to remain in the sun 
> > for 3 days...it kills the algae of course.
> >
> > reattach the ferns...the process seems to take all
> the fun out of having 
> > an aquarium.
> >
> > my question to you is...will hydrogen peroxide
> kill the algae?  if it does 
> > and is not harmful to the fish...i could soak the
> driftwood in the 
> > stuff....would not take 3 days in the sun...you
> understand that the wood 
> > will absorb the hydrogen peroxide...so it cant be
> harmful to the 
> > fish...thanks for your time...john
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Ruhland"
> <john@drruhland.com>
> > To: "Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat"
> 
> > <gsas-member@thekrib.com>
> > Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 7:13 AM
> > Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Rocks
> >
> >
> >> In my earlier days, I was reprimanded for picking
> up rocks at
> >> Yosemite. It is not a good idea to take rocks
> from parks.
> >> At least in National Parks, there can be quite a
> penalty.
> >> Some popular hiking places I've been hiking in
> German mountains
> >> looked like people have been taking rocks for
> thousands of years -
> >> few loose rocks.
> >>
> >> If you feel a need to bleach, I'd suggest using
> hydrogen peroxide.
> >> It's breakdown products are water and oxygen, so
> no risk to
> >> the environment, yourself, and the fish. You can
> get two 32 ounce bottles
> >> at Costco for a few dollars.
> >> John
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Jan 12, 2006, at 6:16 PM, Trish wrote:
> >>
> >> I do the same...everytime were are near a river,
> I
> >> have to go rock collecting! We go every year
> camping
> >> at Silver Springs....when we make our day trip to
> the
> >> river, I bring our back pack....Cameron doesn't
> like
> >> carrying it though...sometimes I get a bit
> carried
> >> away. LoL!
> >>
> >> I bring them home srub off any dirt there may be,
> and
> >> soak them in bleach, rinse them well, very
> well....let
> >> them air dry a couple days on a towel, then in
> they
> >> go. Thats it.
> >>
> >> Ya gotta love the price!
> >>
> >> Trish
> >>
> >> --- Holly <holly@ourglasshouse.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> 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-----
> >>> From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com
> >>> [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
> 
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