How long to boil Coconut shells?

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See subject. Do I just boil for 2 or 3 minutes or should I boil longer?

The Skeptical Aquarist says to steep over night. Do I pour boiling water over the shell and let it sit over night? Obviously I don't boil it all night.:confused:
 
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hi Skittyfish, steeping overnight just allows any color to leach out of the shell so it doesn't turn your water brown. You only need to boil it for 2-3 minutes. I've never done this personally so I can't recommend an amount of water to steep it in. You could ask the nut...I mean skeptic :rolleyes: by pm'ing him (he's on this forum on occasion - wetmanNY) but I'm afraid you'll get a page or two on how to make a cup of tea, which one is better for your fish, etc... :eek: !
 
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I hear my name taken in vain...

When the Skeptical Aquarist suggests "steep" --what he really means, is "steep."

As for boiling the coconut shells, it depends. If you're going to fill them with ricotta and eat them, you'd better boil them all night long.

Sorry to be so long-winded in general...

heh heh heh heh...
 
Now, I am a smart woman, but I don't drink tea. So i just boiled them in a big pot until the water no longer looked like tea. I only put a small piece in the aquarium with willow moss tied to it. So far so good. I will add the rest today or tomorrow. (got one shell nearly whole:eek: , not quite sure how I managed that).

Now all I have to do is decide what I am going to get to live in them....Kribs or Apistos.

Thanks nut... I mean Wetman:D
 
Bought one about a month ago and didn't boil it at all; just washed it off and stuck it in the tank! No problems whatsoever, not even staining but it is in a 125 so that's probably why. Best of luck!
 
I did the same when I got my pair of kribs rinse it and put it in my 29G tank without any trouble didn't turn my water brown or any thing know I have my kribs fry swimming around in it;) good luck!:D
 
Originally posted by wetmanNY

Sorry to be so long-winded in general...
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Long-winded???? Informative is what I would say. Truth be told, I like it!

Skittyfish, sounds like you've got it. Nice jab to the New Yorker by the way. Are you smart because you don't drink tea? I thought only women drank tea anyway. Goes to show you how smart I ain't!

Try asking kribs vs. apistos in the cichlid forum. You may get more responses there.
 
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Are you smart because you don't drink tea? I thought only women drank tea anyway. Goes to show you how smart I ain't!
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:D SSSShhhhh. Careful with the "tea" jokes. Faramir or some other twit from "across the pond" might be lurking. ;)
 
I knew I was going to get a lotta ribbing when I posted about "Tea with the tetras." But I did learn that green tea is better for them than Earl Grey.

(IThe used teabag in the filter is really about about the tannins in tea that keep iron available to plants, bind Ca and Mg thus mildly softening water blah blah etc etc...)
 
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