I lived in MA for 10 years. I wonder about ken too. I saw he has grandkids, so maybe he just wanted to retire & get $$ out of his biz. It's funny, once I went to buy some stuff at his house & his parents were bagging fish food in the basement. OMG, the smell made my eyes & nose water like crazy! A very nice man, generous with his time & patient with any amount of questions. I talked to his wife several times at meets too.
Jake, maybe try looking on The Planted Tank or Aquatic Plant Central. Monster Fish Keepers? Tom Barr? Maybe a landscape place? The plant people often tend to like manzi skinny branchy wood these days. I was given a nice but very large "stump" from a club friend but it was 7 years before I actually used it. She had moved away but I invited her to an open house when my club came to help set up my "big girl" tank (still no fish). I also have a fairly large manzanita branch, another cross club gift. I've soaked it as best I could a couple times but it's never made it into a tank, still on the patio...
So do you want a stump or a long branched piece? I know you're moving but maybe a stream-side hike & you might find something? That's how I met a young guy in MA. My husband & I found a nice log by a reservoir & were carrying to the car when we were accosted by "I hope that's going in a fish tank!". We stopped to talk & I gave him plants later & he was on AC for a while...I forget his name...
Keep your eyes & ears open. Do you have a club in TN? Everything's been on covid hold but it's starting to get better...
Jake, maybe try looking on The Planted Tank or Aquatic Plant Central. Monster Fish Keepers? Tom Barr? Maybe a landscape place? The plant people often tend to like manzi skinny branchy wood these days. I was given a nice but very large "stump" from a club friend but it was 7 years before I actually used it. She had moved away but I invited her to an open house when my club came to help set up my "big girl" tank (still no fish). I also have a fairly large manzanita branch, another cross club gift. I've soaked it as best I could a couple times but it's never made it into a tank, still on the patio...
So do you want a stump or a long branched piece? I know you're moving but maybe a stream-side hike & you might find something? That's how I met a young guy in MA. My husband & I found a nice log by a reservoir & were carrying to the car when we were accosted by "I hope that's going in a fish tank!". We stopped to talk & I gave him plants later & he was on AC for a while...I forget his name...
Keep your eyes & ears open. Do you have a club in TN? Everything's been on covid hold but it's starting to get better...
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