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Laterite Recipe ?
Just setting up a new tank and adding Laterite to the substrate. My existing
substrate in my old tank has none. The Laterite I purchased is the "granular" kind. I would like to add some to my existing tank. Was not able to get the Laterite "balls". Is there a "recipe" for making your own from the granular Laterite? What would be the best way to add to existing substrate in an established tank? Thanks! |
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Laterite Recipe ?
The laterite is an iron/aluminium rich clay. although granular it will
dissolve in water. I laid my laterite on the bottom of the tank then covered it with 1/8" gravel. the laterite balls are made by wetting the granules enough so that you form a workable clay then baking it in the oven. I think the krib has an thread of messages on it. "Bill Davis" wrote in message om... Just setting up a new tank and adding Laterite to the substrate. My existing substrate in my old tank has none. The Laterite I purchased is the "granular" kind. I would like to add some to my existing tank. Was not able to get the Laterite "balls". Is there a "recipe" for making your own from the granular Laterite? What would be the best way to add to existing substrate in an established tank? Thanks! |
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Laterite Recipe ?
"Haywire" wrote in message
ble.rogers.com... The laterite is an iron/aluminium rich clay. although granular it will dissolve in water. I laid my laterite on the bottom of the tank then covered it with 1/8" gravel. Laterite will not dissolve in water. Anything than might dissolve would have been leached out of the material long ago. Laterite is a highly weathered, tropical soil which has had everything soluable leached out of it over thousands of years due to natural weathering. Iron and aluminium are pretty much all that is left. It will mix with water, to form a "mud", but it doesn't dissolve. James Purchase Toronto |
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Laterite Recipe ?
hehe,
good point, it doesn't dissolve, my apologies. "James Purchase" wrote in message able.rogers.com... "Haywire" wrote in message ble.rogers.com... The laterite is an iron/aluminium rich clay. although granular it will dissolve in water. I laid my laterite on the bottom of the tank then covered it with 1/8" gravel. Laterite will not dissolve in water. Anything than might dissolve would have been leached out of the material long ago. Laterite is a highly weathered, tropical soil which has had everything soluable leached out of it over thousands of years due to natural weathering. Iron and aluminium are pretty much all that is left. It will mix with water, to form a "mud", but it doesn't dissolve. James Purchase Toronto |
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