I am going to take your advice, and the advice of many others, learned here,
you can rinse enough to get the biggest of dist off, but aggitation just
creates more... makes sense, especially now, when after breaking a tank
down, and rebuilding it, I've learned that flourite, breaks down over time,
and dissolves.... because, I know I had more in there when I started... So
now I've got the fun task of having to add some flourite to my already
rebuilt, rearranged on a daily basis, 29g, barely planted....

all, and every peice of advice taken and duly noted... :-)

I love this group!!!

RedForeman ©®


"Mary Alice Kropp" wrote in message
t...
The thing with Flourite is that the more you bang it around (stir, shake,
etc) while "rinsing," the more you are going to scrape the pieces together
and cause more dust to flake off. Give it a decent rinse, in a strainer
or
colander or on a screen- till the water coming off is somewhat cleaner,
then
put it in the tank. Anything that ends up in the water settles out really
fast- I've never even had it take more than a day. And you want to keep as
much of the stuff in the tank as you can- no sense rinsing some useful
bits
down the drain!

-Mak
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