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Re: Lego in Fish-tanks
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Wed, 18 Apr 2001 06:28:10 GMT
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Yep, definitely clean really well any items you introduce to fish tanks.
Mold release? oil? huh...that's interesting. Thanks....Eric


In lugnet.build, Mike Timm writes:
> On Mon, 9 Apr 2001 06:03:31 GMT, "Eric Sophie" <Legomaster@gobi.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Does anybody have Lego in their fish tank? Once, long ago I had a fish tank,
> > I built a windmill and weigh'd it down with some rocks, I positioned the air
> > pump tube under the gavel near the bottom of the windmill and when the air
> > bubbles came out they caught the fins of the windmill and caused it to turn!
> > I had a little gold fish that liked to "hang-out" in the main house. He (it)
> > would stick it's head out of the door and just sit there, my gold fish was
> > happy! Did any of you do somthing simular?
> > 
> > P.S. At the time my Mom let me have another fish tank, because I promised
> > not to feed the fish peanut butter again. I told her that the fish looked
> > hungry!
> > I guess that was a bad Idea!.....Eric
> 
> Getting back to the original subject, I know this has come up before
> and I believe the consensus was you want to use clean bricks, well
> rinsed.  New bricks have mold release, a sort of oil.  This could be
> bad for the fish :^)
> Try searching for the previous discussion( I'm too lazy :^)
> Mike



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  Re: Lego in Fish-tanks
 
(...) I think it's more of a wax. It's why new bricks don't stay together very well. But if you give them a thorough washing they become less slippery and stick together better. The mold release is a waxy substance that lines the insides of the (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-01, to lugnet.build)

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  Re: Lego in Fish-tanks
 
(...) Getting back to the original subject, I know this has come up before and I believe the consensus was you want to use clean bricks, well rinsed. New bricks have mold release, a sort of oil. This could be bad for the fish :^) Try searching for (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-01, to lugnet.build)

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