Coconut shells
 

I've cleaned out the fruit from a coconut and boiled the shell. I plan to
put this in my tank for additional shelter. Before I do has anyone any
experience of doing this. Any feedback most welcome.

TIA - Dave
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Dave Scott
Hampshire, England

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Let the shell dry completely.
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I've cleaned out the fruit from a coconut and boiled the shell. I plan to
put this in my tank for additional shelter. Before I do has anyone any
experience of doing this. Any feedback most welcome.

TIA - Dave
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Dave Scott
Hampshire, England

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Dave S wrote:
I've cleaned out the fruit from a coconut and boiled the shell. I plan to
put this in my tank for additional shelter. Before I do has anyone any
experience of doing this. Any feedback most welcome.

Sure, once it's clean the stuff id pretty much inert. No worries. I've
got a couple here I've been carrying around for about 20 years (don't
ask me what kind of idiot takes coconuts shell with him when he
moves).

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In article ,
Dave S wrote:
I've cleaned out the fruit from a coconut and boiled the shell. I plan
to
put this in my tank for additional shelter. Before I do has anyone any
experience of doing this. Any feedback most welcome.

Sure, once it's clean the stuff id pretty much inert. No worries. I've
got a couple here I've been carrying around for about 20 years (don't
ask me what kind of idiot takes coconuts shell with him when he
moves).


LOL, the same kind of 'idiot' who keeps the wooden crates the aquariums
were shipped in (for my next move), and has a collection of several
hundred pounds of various types of gravel and rocks spread over a dozen
lined milk crates (rocks and gravel can get very expensive with big
tanks), and don't get me started on my spare parts boxes ;~).

I almost wonder if some fish wouldn't pick the coconut shell clean from
the inside?
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"Dave S" wrote in message
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I've cleaned out the fruit from a coconut and boiled the shell. I plan to
put this in my tank for additional shelter. Before I do has anyone any
experience of doing this. Any feedback most welcome.

TIA - Dave
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Dave Scott
Hampshire, England

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I've used coconut shells for as long as I've had fish. I take the coco out
of the nut, and give them a scrub, and that's it. Some catfish love to graze
of the hair, so I leave it on. It usually takes about 2 weeks and they're
smooth as a baby's bottom. Some people boil them before using them, but I
never did and has had no problems with that. Mind you, the boiling might be
a good idea :)

JG wrote:
Let the shell dry completely.

No need
The coco fat is eaten by ancistrus etc faster than you can think

roy

"Dave S" wrote in message
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I've cleaned out the fruit from a coconut and boiled the shell. I plan to
put this in my tank for additional shelter. Before I do has anyone any
experience of doing this. Any feedback most welcome.

TIA - Dave
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Dave Scott
Hampshire, England

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Thanks for all of your replies - as usual the info is most useful. One other
question: I've boiled the shell a number of times and there's still
colouring in the water. Is this normal?

TIA - Dave

Could be messy and cause a lot of pollution in the tank - I'd rather eat it
myself.
"Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk" wrote in message
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JG wrote:
Let the shell dry completely.

No need
The coco fat is eaten by ancistrus etc faster than you can think

roy