It's Friday

[LizStreithorst]

Ron, does Tom Barr sell his wood on Aquabid?

[wsantia1]

...yeh...but I'm really liking the pace...when I was working it was Go-Go-Go all the time...it's taken some time to get here..

...visited Stan and Barb for a few minutes to see what they've done to their 75g tank... Barb likes to move the plants around a lot....and wonders why they don't grow like mine...I keep telling her to quit moving them around so much...

...came back home and started working on the manzanita branches...arranging and gluing some of them together...

That's really nice wood you have there Ron.

...Thanks, Willie...Mansanita is in the heath family (Rhodies, laurels,Azaleas, Blueberries)...it has that distinctive reddish tones mixed with the tan under the thin skin bark...it grows at and above 4000' out here...Tom Barr collects and sells a lot of it...

Ron, I have a small 15 inch piece of Mansanita without bark that seems to develop a fuzz of some sort after sometime in the water. I've heard that it is not harmful to the fish but I find it unsightly. Have you ever/seen something like that on your Mansanita?

...it happens with most woods, Willie, when first submerged....not to worry, it is just a fungus and will go away eventually...It creates a biofilm of living microscopic organisms that some fish and shrimps will feed on...

Thanks Ron. Good info.

[Ron Sower]

...yeh...but I'm really liking the pace...when I was working it was Go-Go-Go all the time...it's taken some time to get here..

...visited Stan and Barb for a few minutes to see what they've done to their 75g tank... Barb likes to move the plants around a lot....and wonders why they don't grow like mine...I keep telling her to quit moving them around so much...

...came back home and started working on the manzanita branches...arranging and gluing some of them together...

That's really nice wood you have there Ron.

...Thanks, Willie...Mansanita is in the heath family (Rhodies, laurels,Azaleas, Blueberries)...it has that distinctive reddish tones mixed with the tan under the thin skin bark...it grows at and above 4000' out here...Tom Barr collects and sells a lot of it...

Ron, I have a small 15 inch piece of Mansanita without bark that seems to develop a fuzz of some sort after sometime in the water. I've heard that it is not harmful to the fish but I find it unsightly. Have you ever/seen something like that on your Mansanita?

...it happens with most woods, Willie, when first submerged....not to worry, it is just a fungus and will go away eventually...It creates a biofilm of living microscopic organisms that some fish and shrimps will feed on...

Thanks Ron. Good info.

...You can also take the wood out and brush the film off and return it to the tank...as it recurs, repeat until no more...