The rest of my fish want help now before its to late!!

[Mzungu]

Re: The rest of my fish want help now before its to late!!

I'm ignorant when it comes to using soil in aquariums, so...does that mean that this particular mix would be safe, or not? Thanks...

[guppymax]

Re: The rest of my fish want help now before its to late!!

I think it is a bad idea to use products with so much organic content. These contents will decompose to form ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates. They may also lower PH with tannins. I first thought this was clay clouding the water. Now I would remove this product and use something else.

max

[jbicb3]

Re: The rest of my fish want help now before its to late!!

What scared me in the statement above is the fact they use bark from saw mills. Some barks are toxic to people, so I would think concentrating it in an aquarium would not be a good thing to do. The stuff I use in my tanks is CHEAP Texas Organic Top Soil. It has some pencil sized wood pieces in it, and an occasional nail, but I think it's mostly just scraped off the surface of the ground. I haven't had any fish kills using it, and I've go it in all 3 of my tanks.

Jerry

[guppymax]

Re: The rest of my fish want help now before its to late!!

Jerry,

What you are talking about sounds like ground up pallets mixed with dirt/clay. Those are usually dried out pretty well before they loose their value as pallets so they are mostly pulp. If they did not have anything toxic to fish on the pallets they should not release much. With a planted tank I would think the ammonia, nitrites and nitrates would just be fertilizer. I think it is only with fish that those are a problem.

max