Tony Swinney
Member
So the Manzanita is on its way !
Firstly I'd like to say a huge thanks to Tom for all his time and effort in collecting all the wood, packaging it, and paying for the shipping from the US. Also, big thanks to ukaps for initially reimbursing Tom for the full amount, so that no one member has to cover it.
There is about 25kg of wood coming over with the longest pieces being about 28" / 72cm, and to give you an idea of size, this arrangement of manzanita is made up of 3 branches, is about 60cm x 60cm, and weighs just under 1kg, though it is completely dry.
The transatlantic shipping costs are £130 for the 25kg, so there'll be a charge of £5.20 per kilo of wood, plus any shipping costs on to you. We're only paying for transport costs, the wood itself is free ! This can be paid to ukaps via Paypal, using the "Donate" link at the bottom of the forum pages.
Once the boxes arrive here, Dan and I will sort out distribution. Collection would be great, from either my place in Surrey (KT11) or from Dans place in Daventry (NN11) as you would then get to choose the bits you want. Otherwise we will choose as well as possible for you and post it out (cost will be about £10 per box, though a few nano pieces would be cheaper !) Aside from getting everyone together in one place and having a mad scramble for it, theres no easy or "fair" way to do this so please bear with us ! If you arent in a hurry for it, we can bring it along to both the Oli Knott demo at TGM in September, or the Festival of Fishkeeping in October.
Dan has locked the other threads on this, and I've collated the 'wanted' posts from them into this list below - please could you all confirm that these details are still correct, as its been a while since this started.
Cheers
Tony
Updated 18:30, 25/6/09
Thomas McMillan: 2 - 3kg, 10 - 45cm
Tonser: lots of bits up to around 70cm.
SteveUK: tiny to medium 5 - 50cm
SamC: 15-30cm straighter pieces about 8 - 10.
Glenn Eldridge: pieces for 70cm , something like sample above
johnny70:small-medium 10-50cm, branchy and straight bits
Ejack: a few pieces, 3-4 roughly 30-40cm long
SimonD: 2 or 3 lengths 40 - 70cm combination of branched/straight. Whatever I'm sure it'll be good and can make it work!
YzemaN: Enough to fill a 4 footer. I've been quite envious of the 180G "pesky" tank in Tom's living room
Verminator: 5 to 6 pieces between 40-60cm in length for a 3ft setup. Aiming for root like system with Echi's in the near future.
SuperColey1: £25 worth ( <40cm)
StuWorrall: 2 - 3kg, nano & up to 80 cm
Dave Spencer
Garuf: Gnarly weather worn up to 22"
John Starkey: all sizes
Whimdriven
Piemonster
Binsky 1973: centre pieces for a 48"
Linsflier: Pieces for 96"
Fishkeeper: 30 - 70 cm, 2-3kg
xweeqtx: small gnarly branchy bits
LondonDragon: ???
Hunter01: 2 lots like sample above, plus nano bits
Firstly I'd like to say a huge thanks to Tom for all his time and effort in collecting all the wood, packaging it, and paying for the shipping from the US. Also, big thanks to ukaps for initially reimbursing Tom for the full amount, so that no one member has to cover it.
There is about 25kg of wood coming over with the longest pieces being about 28" / 72cm, and to give you an idea of size, this arrangement of manzanita is made up of 3 branches, is about 60cm x 60cm, and weighs just under 1kg, though it is completely dry.
The transatlantic shipping costs are £130 for the 25kg, so there'll be a charge of £5.20 per kilo of wood, plus any shipping costs on to you. We're only paying for transport costs, the wood itself is free ! This can be paid to ukaps via Paypal, using the "Donate" link at the bottom of the forum pages.
Once the boxes arrive here, Dan and I will sort out distribution. Collection would be great, from either my place in Surrey (KT11) or from Dans place in Daventry (NN11) as you would then get to choose the bits you want. Otherwise we will choose as well as possible for you and post it out (cost will be about £10 per box, though a few nano pieces would be cheaper !) Aside from getting everyone together in one place and having a mad scramble for it, theres no easy or "fair" way to do this so please bear with us ! If you arent in a hurry for it, we can bring it along to both the Oli Knott demo at TGM in September, or the Festival of Fishkeeping in October.
Dan has locked the other threads on this, and I've collated the 'wanted' posts from them into this list below - please could you all confirm that these details are still correct, as its been a while since this started.
Cheers
Tony
Updated 18:30, 25/6/09
Thomas McMillan: 2 - 3kg, 10 - 45cm
Tonser: lots of bits up to around 70cm.
SteveUK: tiny to medium 5 - 50cm
SamC: 15-30cm straighter pieces about 8 - 10.
Glenn Eldridge: pieces for 70cm , something like sample above
johnny70:small-medium 10-50cm, branchy and straight bits
Ejack: a few pieces, 3-4 roughly 30-40cm long
SimonD: 2 or 3 lengths 40 - 70cm combination of branched/straight. Whatever I'm sure it'll be good and can make it work!
YzemaN: Enough to fill a 4 footer. I've been quite envious of the 180G "pesky" tank in Tom's living room
Verminator: 5 to 6 pieces between 40-60cm in length for a 3ft setup. Aiming for root like system with Echi's in the near future.
SuperColey1: £25 worth ( <40cm)
StuWorrall: 2 - 3kg, nano & up to 80 cm
Dave Spencer
Garuf: Gnarly weather worn up to 22"
John Starkey: all sizes
Whimdriven
Piemonster
Binsky 1973: centre pieces for a 48"
Linsflier: Pieces for 96"
Fishkeeper: 30 - 70 cm, 2-3kg
xweeqtx: small gnarly branchy bits
LondonDragon: ???
Hunter01: 2 lots like sample above, plus nano bits
