Fish: Re: [tropical fish club] Re: Planted tank ?'s

You Tube: Celt4400 for some of my stuff. There is some other stuff
there too but you don't have to look at. Where would you like me to
post the pictures?
Bill

On 31-Aug-12 08:35, Donna King wrote:
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> I agree we all love photo's!
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> Donna
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> >________________________________
> > From: Cari <cahyman@yahoo.com <mailto:cahyman%40yahoo.com>>
> >Re: Planted tank ?'s
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> >Sure, please post pics!!
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> >Sent from my iPhone
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> >On Aug 30, 2012, at 10:48 PM, Bill Davies <wedavies@ptd.net
> <mailto:wedavies%40ptd.net>> wrote:
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> >I may be mistaken however I believe that muriatic acid is a dilute form
> >of hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid). Copper in any form,
> >hydrochloric or any other acid, is at best risky. I have been a fish
> >keeper for over 40 years and have never had to resort to these extreme
> >measures. Yes, I have washed out a few tanks in my day however I never
> >regretted doing that. It was a new beginning. If any of you readers
> >would like to see my handywork please mention it.
> >
> >On 30-Aug-12 17:41, Tim Hills wrote:
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> >> I have "recovered" a tank that had a Copper solution used in it and
> >> stained the silicone blue. Afterwards ghost shrimp thrived in that
> tank.
> >>
> >> Muriatic (concentrated Hydrochloric) Acid, the kind used for etching
> >> concrete will dissolve out the remaining Copper. Neutralize the tank
> >> with strong Thiosulphate afterwards.
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> >> I would NOT recommend anyone who isn't familiar with the safe handling
> >> of strong acids to even think about it though. Cu Sulphates and Oxides
> >> can also be reduced to Chlorides with standard bleach but plan on
> having
> >> your tank sitting full of fixer for a week or so after.
> >>
> >> Tim Hills
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> >> On 8/30/2012 15:02, Dawn Moneyhan wrote:
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> >> > Just a quick warning about this stuff... not all fish can tolerate it
> >> > either. Some fish, in particular scaleless (loaches, some kinds of
> >> > catfish, etc) are very sensitive to anything with copper in it.
> >> > Copper also leaves a residue in the silicone, so once it is used in a
> >> > tank then there is very little chance of any inverts (shrimps,
> snails,
> >> > etc) of any species to survive in that tank in the future. I wish
> >> > these companies would put proper and complete warnings on these kinds
> >> > of products.
> >> >
> >> > Dawn
> >> >
> >> > Dawn Moneyhan
> >> > Aquatics Specialist/Nutritionist
> >> > To learn more about me go to
> >> > http://www.helium.com/users/449334
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