Re: NANFA-- Re: grapevines in fishtanks

William Allen jr. (billandbonnie_at_peoplepc.com)
Fri, 6 Apr 2001 22:46:26 -0500

I have heard that Asian breeders provide bunches of dried WILLOW roots for
goldfish in ponds to spawn on. Similar effect?
----- Original Message -----
From: Duncan Mahoney <dmahoney_at_usc.edu>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 8:31 PM
Subject: NANFA-- Re: grapevines in fishtanks

> I have never tried dried grapevines in a fishtank but I think it has the
> potential to look pretty cool. One thought, I have heard of woodworkers
> who got sick from pesticide exposure while working orchard woods (apple,
> pear...) and it was determined that the source was the wood dust, which
was
> was heavily tainted with whatever the tree had been sprayed with over the
> years. Given the ongoing contreversy over pesticide use on table grapes,
I
> would suggest organic grapevines or a test tank with "expendable" fish.
HTH
>
> Duncan
>
>
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