Originally posted by somefinnfishy Didnt wash mine a bit the cloud just took an extra 5-6 hrs to clear and once it settles the fine particals dont surface offten even when replanting and digging around.
Really???? I washed and it took DAYS to clear! I never thought I'd get crystal clear water. Now, 7 months later, it still gets messy if I have to uproot a happy plant with extensive roots. If I do something like pull up all my Mayaca, it will be so cloudy that I can barely see as I'm replanting.
The trick is to be able to leave it alone to settle out. That may take 24 hours. Then a thorough siphoning of all the surfaces.
Then you turn on the filter!
Dupla gives the impression that "Duplarit" --as mined in Sri Lanka and packaged for them-- is the only genuine laterite!
There are some links and a discussion of what laterite is (cat litter is laterite too) at www.skepticalaquarist.com under "Substrates" in the Setting Up folder.
Originally posted by wetmanNY The trick is to be able to leave it alone to settle out. That may take 24 hours. Then a thorough siphoning of all the surfaces.
I just added my flourire last night after rinsing it. The water clouded as expected, but there is a thin layer of silt on the top of the bottom. It kind of looks like cocoa powder. Is this normal?
When you say "a thorough siphoning of the surface", do you mean removing this silt.
