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| ARTICLE INFORMATION: Author: Loh Kwek Leong Title: How to Make a Spawning Mop Summary: Detailed photographic instructions. Contact for editing purposes: email: Loh "Timebomb" at: timebomb@pacific.net.sg Date first published: 2004 Publication: Loh's web site www.killies.com Reprinted from Aquarticles: |
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How to Make a Spawning Mop by Loh Kwek Leong of Singapore
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Buy a skein of acrylic yarn. Choose a yarn that is dark in colour as it would be easier to
find the eggs later. Soak the whole skein in boiling water for a while to sterilise it and
to remove any residue dye. Soaking the skein in boiling water will also make it easier for
the mop to sink in water. 
Find a hardcover book, the length of which should be about the height of your breeding
tank. Cut off a small strand of yarn and lay it across the width of the book. 
Wind the yarn around the length of the book. Go round about a hundred times. Cut off the
yarn from the skein. 
Using the strand of yarn that was laid across the width of the book, tie a knot somewhere
in the middle.
Flip the book over and cut the yarn somewhere in the middle. 
What you get now is something like a mop. 
Use another short strand of yarn to tie the mop somewhere near the top. I
If you want the mop to float, tie a piece of cork on top of the mop. Your floating
spawning mop is now complete. 
Many thanks to William Shenefelt for the information on his website at:
"http://shene.killi.net/home.html", from which I learnt how to make a spawning
mop.