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Re: [GSAS-Member] Fw: polly drums

A water syphon driven by your home faucet


Clay Hess
787 Fuselage Systems Integration Manager and Team Leader
425-931-4322

----- Original Message -----
From: Connie Carlson <nwconniec@hotmail.com>
To: gsas-member@thekrib.com <gsas-member@thekrib.com>
Sent: Tue Sep 16 15:33:52 2008
Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Fw: polly drums

OK, Ill bite - what is a Python, besides something that eats much more than 
fish?
CC

----Original Message Follows----
From: Laurel Larsen <laurelthequeen@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member 
chat<gsas-member@thekrib.com>
To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat <gsas-member@thekrib.com>
Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Fw: polly drums
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:06:14 -0700

I don't know why you guys don't just use Pythons to change your
water!?  Sure the water's straight from the tap, but if it's hard, you
add dissolved buffer in while you fill, if it's not, you're good to
go!  Plus no buckets ever again!

On Sep 15, 2008, at 10:06 PM, Connie Carlson wrote:

 > Well, not to beat a dead horse since I have been off email all
 > weekend,
 > BUT, I got an email today from Jason Smith (the original contact on
 > the
 > Craigslist ad) that they do indeed have some left!  Thanks Phil for
 > your
 > initial confirmation, and details...
 >
 > Sounds like a great deal and pretty safe to use for fish.  Jason did
 > respond
 > that it was industrial strength H2O2, but I agree that sunlight and
 > some
 > good water dilutions will be more than adequate, and who needs algae
 > in
 > their tanks anyway.
 >
 > As for Cliff hauling around 5-gallon buckets - more power and many
 > fishy
 > kudos to you!  Dont you have tanks on a big shelf though?  How do
 > you get
 > water into the higher tanks without spilling most of the water on
 > the floor?
 >  Relatively OK if you have a wipeable surface ; mine are over carpet.
 > Right now I am standing on a rickety ladder while lifting the 5-gals
 > overhead to put them on the topmost shelf, then siphoning in the clean
 > water.  I just have fearful visions of a 5-gal self-induced gatorade-
 > style
 > baptism one of these days...  a pump would feel so much safer!  The
 > Olson
 > rig WAS impressive.  ;+)  But I digress.
 >
 > Cheers,
 > Connie
 >
 > ----Original Message Follows----
 > From: Trish <snips36@yahoo.com>
 > Reply-To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member
 > chat<gsas-member@thekrib.com>
 > To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat <gsas-member@thekrib.com
 > >
 > Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Fw: polly drums
 > Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:20:46 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 > Once the peroxide has been mixed with that amount of water is is
 > diluted so
 > much I wouldnt think it would matter....
 >
 > When I was working and we needed say 20 vol peroxide for hair color,
 > and we
 > only had 40 vol, you can go half water, and half peroxide to get the
 > correct
 > vol you want. So adding a small amount to a tank I wouldnt think it
 > would
 > hurt the fish....because of the water volume.
 >
 > Trish
 >
 >
 > --- On Sun, 9/14/08, Laurel Larsen <laurelthequeen@gmail.com> wrote:
 >
 >> From: Laurel Larsen <laurelthequeen@gmail.com>
 >> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Fw: polly drums
 >> To: "Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat"
 > <gsas-member@thekrib.com>
 >> Date: Sunday, September 14, 2008, 4:16 PM
 >> Hydrogen peroxide disburses into oxygen and water once
 >> it's subjected
 >> to light I think.  There should be no problems putting fish
 >> or food
 >> stuff in them, unless the containers aren't
 >> food-certified.
 >>
 >> On Sep 14, 2008, at 4:12 PM, Susan Welenofsky wrote:
 >>
 >>> If it's hydrogen peroxide that's been in them,
 >> that is a bleaching
 >>> agent. I
 >>> wouldn't worry about it so much. Put a goldfish in
 >> there if you are
 >>> really
 >>> concerned.
 >>>
 >>> Susan
 >>>
 >>> -----Original Message-----
 >>> From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com
 >>> [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of
 >> Mark Dorward
 >>> Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 9:28 AM
 >>> To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
 >>> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Fw: polly drums
 >>>
 >>> Either way,
 >>>                   your going to want to do a Bleach
 >> dip on em'  to be
 >>> safe..
 >>> I personally wouldn't use any barrels that had any
 >> sort of chemicals
 >>> in them
 >>>
 >>> for sure.
 >>> I've had ones that you can smell the food that was
 >> previously in
 >>> them but I
 >>> always
 >>> ask prior to getting them as well..  I am very
 >> cautious about these
 >>> since I
 >>> use them
 >>> for Pre-treatment of all my water for my Discus....
 >> FWIW....
 >>>
 >>>
 >>> ----- Original Message -----
 >>> From: "Clifford Miller"
 >> <clifford@clevergeek.com>
 >>> To: "Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member
 >> chat" <gsas-member@thekrib.com
 >>>>
 >>> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 10:56 PM
 >>> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Fw: polly drums
 >>>
 >>>
 >>>>
 >>>> I was thinking of giving that warning myself-- if
 >> you have no
 >>>> experience
 >>>> with these types of containers, they're often
 >> used for importing food
 >>>> items like olives, but they're also often used
 >> for things like
 >>>> antibacterial soap.
 >>>>
 >>>> Needless to say that can be a big problem for your
 >> fish, even after
 >>>> you
 >>>> think you have it rinsed out.
 >>>>
 >>>> Just a heads up!
 >>>>
 >>>> Cliff
 >>>>
 >>>>
 >>>>
 >>>>
 >>>>> What was in them originally?
 >>>>>
 >>>>> -----Original Message-----
 >>>>> From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com
 >>>>> [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On
 >> Behalf Of Doerr, Jesse
 >>>>> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 11:10 PM
 >>>>> To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member
 >> chat
 >>>>> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Fw: polly drums
 >>>>>
 >>>>> Man, with one of those I could setup a sump
 >> bigger than all of my
 >>>>> tank
 >>>>> capacity combined!
 >>>>>
 >>>>> Jesse Doerr
 >>>>>
 >>>>> Field Service Engineer
 >>>>> FEI Company
 >>>>> (503)267-9620
 >>>>> jesse.doerr@fei.com
 >>>>>
 >>>>> -----Original Message-----
 >>>>> From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com
 >>>>> [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On
 >> Behalf Of Mark Dorward
 >>>>> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 8:59 PM
 >>>>> To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member
 >> chat
 >>>>> Subject: [GSAS-Member] Fw: polly drums
 >>>>>
 >>>>> Sounds like these are a Freebie !!!!!
 >>>>>
 >>>>>
 >>>>> ----- Original Message -----
 >>>>> From: Greg Richardson
 >>>>> To: michaelohl@comcast.net ; Mark Dorward
 >>>>> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 6:45 PM
 >>>>> Subject: polly drums
 >>>>>
 >>>>>
 >>>>>
 >> http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/zip/837215516.html
 >>>>>
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