Making Your Own Fake Plants

[fourthtimelucky]

I'm thinking polyester rather than cotton to try and minimise risk of dye leaching out into water. Has anyone done this before? Any tips?

 

[fourthtimelucky]

bump

 

[Lateral Line]

I have always made spawning mops from "knitting cotton". These are artificial plants of a sort I suppose. Dark green works best. Don't use wool yarn, it can't cope with the hot water you use to sterilise between spawnings.

 

[fishstick]

I'm thinking polyester rather than cotton to try and minimise risk of dye leaching out into water. Has anyone done this before? Any tips?

I think you are right to try polyester rather than cotton. When I tie my moss onto bogwood I use cotton thread because I know that in 3 weeks time or so the cotton will have dissolved leaving the moss attached. Aquarium water mushes up cotton.

 

[doresy]

When I tie my moss onto bogwood I use cotton thread because I know that in 3 weeks time or so the cotton will have dissolved leaving the moss attached. Aquarium water mushes up cotton.

OOOOOOOW..... that's a good tip Deserves it's own posting me thinks

 

[fourthtimelucky]

Righty ho.
First step I think will be soaking a few offcuts of various fabric in jars of tank water to see what happens to them then!