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Charles
February 27th 06, 10:25 PM
I've read about them, never used them.

do I just get yarn from the fabric store? I wonder if there are
chemicals used in the yarn preparation that would be harmful to the
fish.
Koi-Lo
February 27th 06, 11:53 PM
"Charles" > wrote in message
...
> I've read about them, never used them.
>
> do I just get yarn from the fabric store? I wonder if there are
> chemicals used in the yarn preparation that would be harmful to the
> fish.
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I used green and brown knitting yarn from Wally*World one year when I didn't
have enough hornwart to go around. Rinse it well before using. It didn't
harm anything. I wrapped it around cheap dowels from Home Depot.
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Richard Sexton
February 28th 06, 09:10 PM
In article >,
Charles > wrote:
>I've read about them, never used them.
>
>do I just get yarn from the fabric store? I wonder if there are
>chemicals used in the yarn preparation that would be harmful to the
>fish.

Yes. use 100% acrylic, dark green or dark brown, boil after
they're made to leech the dye out. When the water doen't go
a nast color after you changhed it a few times after boiling
it the it's safe.

Any color will work but white and light blue ones I've
seen look awful.


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Charles
March 1st 06, 06:41 PM
On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 21:10:00 +0000 (UTC),
(Richard Sexton) wrote:

>In article >,
>Charles > wrote:
>>I've read about them, never used them.
>>
>>do I just get yarn from the fabric store? I wonder if there are
>>chemicals used in the yarn preparation that would be harmful to the
>>fish.
>
>Yes. use 100% acrylic, dark green or dark brown, boil after
>they're made to leech the dye out. When the water doen't go
>a nast color after you changhed it a few times after boiling
>it the it's safe.
>
>Any color will work but white and light blue ones I've
>seen look awful.


Thanks, off to the store to get some.