Loach Motel

"Tynk" wrote in message
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Dunno off hand other than cut up and gluoed to gether pieces of ABS
pl;astic pipe., I use ABS as its black, and does not stick out like a
sore thumb as PVC pipe does.............but either way it can be
painted and toned down just fine with krylon Fusion or regular old
Krylon paint. I neve rput any of the so called aquarium decorations in
my setups as none are very realistic looking or else they are too much
$$$$$$ and I tend to stick with natural stuff or items that are real
that "could" have fallen in the water like a clay flowerpots
etc.................

* I have natural stuff too but this little barrel, once covered with a fine
coat of algae, looks pretty good and those fish that like to hide love it.
I'll look for ABS on my next trip to HD or Lowe's. I stop in both places
regularly looking for plant sales.

..Any of the realistic decorations just cost too
much for osmehting that is mass produced as such and comes from
CHINA.............no less. Although from time to time Petsmart does
have quite a few decorations on clearance price. I picked up 2 nice
large tree trunks/ with roots etc, that listed previously for $59.99
for a mere $9.99.............the bumblebee cats, and cichlids and
rope fish love them...............

* I never see sales like that here on decorations, just on fish once in
awhile.

Yesterday our local Deathco had tons
of stuiff on sale...........and if one did not know any better one
wouild think they are gouing out of business.(wishfull thinking) Its
been well over 6 weeks since they had any fish in their tanks and
there is still signs stating that aquatic section is closed for
maintenance.............yet nothing has been done there in over a
month........probably closer to 2 months. I was looking for some
frozen mysids, which they did not have anyhow..........and looking in
Deathco was a last ditch effort...........Deathcos tanks are so algae
covered and full of micro bubbles and rotted dead fish its
disgusting............

* One of our Deathco stores are not real great but the other one, in
Nashville, is much better with employees that actually *SURPRISE*....
care!!! The better one doesn't have a great selection of fish. Their fish
dept. is very small but the few times I was there their selection and number
of bettas was outstanding.

One would think they would at least clean out
the tanks of dead bodies and drain and clean them while they are
down.......Then again perhaps they are fixing to revamp the store, and
do like they did the last time...........put all the fish tanks etc
they have their stock in out back and hope someone hauls them off for
them................Guess I need to call my old buddy who is still an
Asst Mgr there and see what is what ....

* Your state must have different laws as to how trash is handled. Here
where I live it all goes in to some kind of huge dumpster no one can access.
Only the monster bales of cardboard are accessible but no one would want
them. No one would even be able to lift them.
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RM....
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
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