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PostPosted: Sep 18th, '06, 16:39 
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I've recently put two PVC pipes in one of my indoor aquariums to give the warring perch hiding spots. Its working ok, but makes my tank look ugly. I was thinking of cutting down a hessian sack and wrapping it around the PVC pipe. Does anyone know if there is any nasty treatment of hessian? Now that i think of it where would i even get a hessian sack :shock: its not like our spuds come in them anymore :shock:
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Seriously, this cant be healthy.
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You could try an army surplus supply store for a camouflage net - second thoughts that's probably treated with a fire retardant :cussing:
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I've recently put two PVC pipes in one of my indoor aquariums to give the warring perch hiding spots. Its working ok, but makes my tank look ugly. I was thinking of cutting down a hessian sack and wrapping it around the PVC pipe. Does anyone know if there is any nasty treatment of hessian? Now that i think of it where would i even get a hessian sack :shock: its not like our spuds come in them anymore :shock:
Hi steve a lot of fish and chip shops still buy there spuds in bags still
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would something like a piece of shade cloth work or fibreglass fly wire to break up the silhouette?
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The hardware shop should have it on a roll!
Sell by the metre.
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spotlight has it by the metre as well. Bit dusty and fibrous I would have thought
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Old terracotta flowerpots?

I am even using old coffee mugs for the yabbies at school!
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I have soaked it before and the water turned a yellowish brown colour... but not sure as to the safety of it all re your fish... it is supposed to be a 'natural' fiber though.
I still like the smaell of it, reminds me of day on the farm as a kid :D
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All of the ideas so far are good, but if it's aesthetics you are concerned about why not get rid of the pvc altogether and use something else to make a structure for them?

My mate's tank has some beautiful flat riverstones which he has positioned to make some tunnels and alcoves for the fish to hide in. Can be a bit harder to source I guess but the end result looks fantastic. I'll get a pic if I remember...
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Rocks don't burn :evil5:
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ROFLMAO!!!
Yep, they sure are getting to know ya mate
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EllKayBee wrote:
Rocks don't burn :evil5:


That is GOLD! :P
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thanks all

Les, did you know you can burn diamond if you get it hot enough? It, afterall, only carbon :shock:
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dude, if you've got enough diamonds to start burning experiments, maybe just send somemy way and I'll find something to do with them
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Get some slate tiles (seconds, broken ones etc) from the tile joint and make some structures from them.
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