-Stott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Todd Crail" <farmertodd_at_buckeye-express.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 11:02 AM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- Plant anchors
> Hi Stott,
>
> When I was still dealing with gravel, I used the 100% lead free solder. I
> think it was antimony? You can get a nice roll of it for $6 at the local
> hardware store and have all the anchors you could ever dream of. It's
> easily managed with a pair of needle nose plier (both cutting that bending
> to fit). Never had any trouble with it degrading either. I still find
them
> now and then both in the gravel and in sand when I move tanks around. Now
I
> just use it to weigh down airstones.
>
> HTH
> Todd
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stott Noble" <stottn_at_ncgconsulting.com>
> To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 11:21 AM
> Subject: NANFA-- Plant anchors
>
>
> > Hi all-
> >
> > Has anyone developed a creative method for anchoring stem plants in a
> planted
> > native tank? I've always used those lead (actually magnesium I think)
> strips
> > that you twist around a bundle of plants and weights them so that they
> sink.
> > They all seem to eventually disassociate themselves from the plants and
> work
> > their way down into the substrate never to be seen again. (There are
> probably
> > twenty-five pounds or so in the bottom of my tanks!) I'm going out this
> > morning to gather some ludwigia from a local spring but the thought of
> > stopping off at the LFS to pay $4.99 for .15 worth of magnesium has me
> hoping
> > for a better solution. Any thoughts?
> >
> > -Stott (admitted list lurker)
> >
> > ^^^^^^^^^^
> > O
> > o
> > ><)))'>' -Stott
> >
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