driftwood....one piece...? nope

#1 Guest_Valkyrie_*

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Posted 29 August 2004 - 12:53 PM

went to the river today...just needed one or two pieces of driftwood...
high waters last month washed heaps of wood to shore...
i filled the back of the jimmy with unique pieces ,big and small...

now i need more tanks

and anti-itch meds ,i walked thru this weed called cow itch...guess what

MOO

i itch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i have a rash on the front of my legs from it..ew...

#2 JeffB

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Posted 29 August 2004 - 12:56 PM

Sound like a good excuse to buy more and bigger tanks to me.

Sorry bout the itching. Is cow itch anything like Itchweed.

Jeff

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Posted 29 August 2004 - 01:03 PM

i have a 90 g purchase planned and a 46 that needs driftwood...
i have enough wood for about 8 more tanks....lol

cow itch grows along streams and rivers,thick stems covered with fine little hairs ,the hairs have some kind of sappy stuff on the tips (from what i was told) and little white flowers... brush against it and first you itch a little...then intense burning and itching...the only relief really (for a bad case) is standing in fast running water...
mine isn't so bad that i can't stand it,but the itch and burn are kinda intense atm...and looks like i have a disease..lol

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Posted 29 August 2004 - 01:28 PM

it's official...my neighbors have declared me insane...
just because 1/4 of my garage roof is covered with driftwood atm...pfft.
i needed someplace with full sun to dry it!
then i got bleach and scrub then soak it in fresh water and then it should b safe

#5 Stab

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Posted 29 August 2004 - 01:44 PM

QUOTE (Valkyrie @ Aug 29 2004, 07:28 PM)

it's official...my neighbors have declared me insane...

Did you just move into that place, like few days ago? I simply can't imagine that it would take anyone more than a couple of days to declare you insane and menace to society. So don't blame it on the driftwood

#6 Guest_Valkyrie_*

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Posted 29 August 2004 - 01:51 PM

lol
nope i live here a few yrs...i just don't associate with 99.9% of the people in this town... no one here knows me

laying wood out on a garage roof def draws interest tho..lol

#7 Stab

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Posted 29 August 2004 - 02:05 PM

Don't flatter yorself thinking that you're unique. I lay my wood on the garage all the time

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Posted 29 August 2004 - 02:14 PM

didn't i tell you before that i have no need to flatter myself,that's what the little people are for...

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Posted 29 August 2004 - 02:18 PM

QUOTE (Valkyrie @ Aug 29 2004, 02:28 PM)

Make sure you soak if for atleast a month. The longer the better but atleast a month. A month should make it safe for the tank but it will still leach stuff so watch your ph level.

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