Someone gave me a bunch of fluorite from their old aquarium and I was
wondering if I could use it as a substrate for my pond along with
river rock?
Seems its used a lot for planted aquariums so I think it should be ok
in my pond which just has goldfish and koi in it.

Cheers,
Chris

On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:45:19 EST, Dude wrote:

Someone gave me a bunch of fluorite from their old aquarium and I was
wondering if I could use it as a substrate for my pond along with
river rock?
Seems its used a lot for planted aquariums so I think it should be ok
in my pond which just has goldfish and koi in it.
Chris

In my local club we highly recommend no substrates on the bottom as it just
collects debris. Many of us have bottom drains that feed to the filter so
all debris sweeps out of the pond. Substrate would impede that plan. ~ jan
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Zone 7a, SE Washington State
Ponds: www.jjspond.us

On Feb 15, 9:22 pm, ~ jan wrote:
On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:45:19 EST, Dude wrote:
Someone gave me a bunch of fluorite from their old aquarium and I was
wondering if I could use it as a substrate for my pond along with
river rock?
Seems its used a lot for planted aquariums so I think it should be ok
in my pond which just has goldfish and koi in it.
Chris

In my local club we highly recommend no substrates on the bottom as it ju
st
collects debris. Many of us have bottom drains that feed to the filter so
all debris sweeps out of the pond. Substrate would impede that plan. ~ ja
n
------------
Zone 7a, SE Washington State
Ponds:www.jjspond.us

Yeah I installed a bottom drain a few months ago when I redesigned my
pond for like the 4th time. Right now the liner is bare. I now have
some plants in it and some nice drift wood.

Bare liner + slight slope to drain = clean bottom

bare liner + koi + pump + net to keep out leaves = clean bottom

On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:26:16 EST, Phyllis and Jim wrote:

Bare liner + slight slope to drain = clean bottom