Don
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Post by Don on Oct 3, 2012 15:11:51 GMT -5
 Yup, that's what my favorite local jasper/agate is being turned into by the claim owner. ity bitty little pieces of gravel for your fish to poop on. lovely. RIP a beautiful stone. At least indian blanket jasper was crushed up into chunks big enough to still cab.
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electricface
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by electricface on Oct 3, 2012 23:00:28 GMT -5
That sucks. Sorry to hear.
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Minnesota Daniel
freely admits to licking rocks
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Post by Minnesota Daniel on Oct 4, 2012 2:36:13 GMT -5
Are you sure that's what he's selling it for? He has actually found a buyer that will package and sell it for that purpose? As a long time aquarist I can tell you with certainty that crushed jasper or agate is not appropriate for aquarium gravel. It's actually wrong. The sharp edges of the gravel will cause inflammation of the sensitive barbels of bottom feeding catfish and loaches. This leads to infection by bacteria or fungus, and the fish lose their barbels altogether. They use the barbels to find food, so without them they won't last very long. This is pretty widely known -- it's in all the books -- the info is on the web. I'd be surprised if even the big box pet stores or Walmart would try to sell it.
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Post by beefjello on Oct 4, 2012 8:00:43 GMT -5
I'm guessing they give it a little tumble first to take off the edges? Too bad.. is this the Pipeline stuff?
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Don
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Post by Don on Oct 4, 2012 11:30:29 GMT -5
Are you sure that's what he's selling it for? He has actually found a buyer that will package and sell it for that purpose? As a long time aquarist I can tell you with certainty that crushed jasper or agate is not appropriate for aquarium gravel. It's actually wrong. The sharp edges of the gravel will cause inflammation of the sensitive barbels of bottom feeding catfish and loaches. This leads to infection by bacteria or fungus, and the fish lose their barbels altogether. They use the barbels to find food, so without them they won't last very long. This is pretty widely known -- it's in all the books -- the info is on the web. I'd be surprised if even the big box pet stores or Walmart would try to sell it. Yeah, I'm pretty sure. I got the info right from the horses mouth. Beef, yeah this is the pipeline stuff. What pisses me off about it is that the claim owner can't tell the good stuff from the bad judging by his choice of the material he was cabbing up. I would have figured that he would have at least pick out the prime stuff and set it aside, but he doesn't appear to know what the prime stuff looks like. frustrating. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2012 12:19:23 GMT -5
Educate him!
Find out the gravel price and offer that for uncrushed material.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Oct 5, 2012 12:48:34 GMT -5
Thats what people do around here,offering the same price he gets per ton to get whole agated and petwood from the rock quarries and pits.
They usually take the offer!
Saves on their equipment too...............Worth a try I say.........Good luck!
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Oct 5, 2012 17:19:53 GMT -5
Oh man, that's a shame! I got some some pipeline stuff from Jamie and it's real pretty. If I'm not wrong, a guy once ground up the main deposit of Morgan Hill Poppy for road fill because he was pissed off at trespassers that came on his for the gemstone.....Mel
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