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Tank setup problem - Kitty litter substrate "puffing up"
I've always been curious about the advice to use kitty litter in
aquaria. It's a totally uncontrolled product - there are no standards for it at all. Some include glues to make the stuff clump when wet, others contain unmentioned stuff to allow it to soak up liquid better, others chemicals to deactivate our sense of smell ... Further, it's intended to be disposed of after use, not used for anything else. It can contain absolutely anything! Personally I buy only things that are rated fish safe. Even then I still get stung occasionally (like the Jungle Labs fungal treatment I just used that cleared the fish fungus fine but killed off all the Brazilian elodea while leaving other plants untouched!) |
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Tank setup problem - Kitty litter substrate "puffing up"
hi
kitty litter can work extremely well..... i really didn't want this to be about that this is a kitty litter without additives that's been tried many times this particular brand especially it's just clay, no additives....... in most cases, the very cheap kinds of unscented non-clumping litter are just plain clay you can even check the archives of this group or read at the Krib etc etc you can read about it it works well for gardening as well - instead of perlite or clay balls |
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Tank setup problem - Kitty litter substrate "puffing up"
There does not need to be much control, it's simply clay if you get
unscented etc. I've used it with great success back in the mid to late 1990's. Clay is the cheapest absorbant around so that's why it's been used to clean up oil spills, cat waste etc. The water absorption is normal. The cloudiness tends to go away after a day or 2. I do not suggest adding Jobes, you can, but if they pull uprooted plants, you can plan on an algae bloom soon afetr unless a large water change is done asap. Regards, Tom Barr |
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Tank setup problem - Kitty litter substrate "puffing up"
thanks - i'm going to try rinsing and restarting it with half the
litter that's in there now - i think i'll leave the jobe's in and see what happens - although some of it will most certainly be scooped out |
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