string Peat

[matthewY]

anyone in wellington know where I can pick up "strings" of Peat for fish tank use? Looking at trying to breed some cardinals using the information on this site (http://www.fnzas.org.nz/articles/fish_a ... g_the_fry/).

The only ones I can find at the fish shops are the powder ones.

cheers

[supasi]

Most pet shops sell peat in small bags(brooklands brand i think) it sort of looks like fine tea.

Put some of this in a small net bag or old pantihose and hang in tank. thats what i do for my tetras and it works great.

Although i get strange looks when i go buy pantihose at supermarket,lol

[matthewY]

wasnt sure where I read this (maybe the cited artical) but I thought theres a chance to get it in a form that looks like a dried up moss (for hiding the eggs from parents). maybe teh stuff I'm looking for isnt around but I know of the ones you are talking about, just it wouldnt quite achieve the same effect.

Might resort to using moss for the job since thats what most people use but ideally Peat along the floor of the samll tank :-)

[Matthew]

The peat in the "dried up moss" form would be sphagnum moss. It is the breakdown of this moss that forms the peat.

That article was written by Bryan Jones a number of years ago. He supplied large numbers of tetras including cardinals, rummy nose and neons to the pet stores in Auckland.

I managed to see his breeding set up prior to him closing it down. His secret was to keep the conductivity of the water low and to sit the peat in fresh rainwater for a period of time prior to using that water in his breeding set up.

I never saw him use any moss in his tanks - the parent fish would scatter the eggs through the tank and then they would be removed for reconditioning. The fry would hatch and he would begin feeding them - I think he goes into detail about this in his article.

I am sure Bryan would be willing to give some advice if needed.