Re: [GSAS-Member] Speaking of filters, how do you polish your water?

[dave@cheapfishstuff.com]

LOL - not quite what I meant, but it serves me right for being terse :-)

Here's what I've always been concerned of:

The piping and tubing bringing water to our refrigerator is a good
example.  It's specifically made of plastics (or other polymers, or brass)
that don't leach harmful chemicals into the water as it passes. As
opposed, say, to the water bottles containing bisphenol A (BPA) that have
started to be a concern, because the BPA leaches from the plastic even at
room temperature and has been linked to chromosome damage and hormone
disruption. (Part of that paragraph was shamelessly copied & pasted from
other sources)

I remember various times where crockery or dinnerware imported from
various countries ended up making the news for the glazing containing
lead, and being pulled from the market for safety reasons.

I've always tried to keep my aquaria pretty "food safe," making sure
nothing I put in it is likely to slowly contaminate the water.

I've had new pillows occasionally that absolutely reeked of solvent used
to make the foam when I first pulled them out of the bag, and SO... that's
what I was thinking of when I asked the question.

:-)

> What does one consider to be food safe materials?  The only things in my
> tank I would consider consuming are the fish, plants and water.  Pretty
> bare tank if that's all I kept in it I think.
>
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> Clay Hess
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> Sent: Thu Nov 12 17:48:47 2009
> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Speaking of filters, how do you polish your
>       water?
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> Does anyone here worry about using non-food-safe materials in the
> aquarium? I've always avoided them for fear of leached toxics.
>
>
>> I use pillow fill too...works well.  Saved myself a bundle.
>>
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>> From: "Hostetter, Kypros" <hostetter2003@lawnet.ucla.edu>
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>> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Speaking of filters, how do you polish your
>> water?
>>
>> I buy polyester pillow fill at sewing supply places its cheaper than
>> aquarium branded filter floss.
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Bryan Nichols
>> <nicholsbryan@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> I use filter floss. You can pack it fairly densely and it will get a
>>> lot
>>> of
>>> very small particles. Keep in mind that the denser it is packed the
>>> faster
>>> it will plug up. They sell it really cheap at places like big als and
>>> dr
>>> foster and smith.
>>>
>>>
>>> -Bryan
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Matt Staroscik <matt@wrongcrowd.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> > I have a Fluval 404 on my 90 gal tank. I am pretty happy with it, it
>>> has
>>> > never clogged or leaked. But with the stock coarse sponge filters it
>>> also
>>> > doesn't do a great job of getting the fine bits out of the water. I
>>> can
>>> > always see plenty of specks circulating in my tank, especially after
>>> I
>>> have
>>> > fed the fish and they zoom around the bottom kicking up the muck.
>>> >
>>> > I have plenty of free baskets in the canister for media. Any tips on
>>> what
>>> I
>>> > should try adding?
>>> >
>>> > MS
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