Peat moss will contain decomposed sphagnum remnants, and is oftentimes labeled as "sphagnum peat moss". It depends on the source but you can pretty much count on Canadian peat coming from Sphagnum bogs.
But you can get sphagnum moss itself dried out as milled or as "long fiber sphagnum" (LFS)...even live Sphagnum is available (although I wouldn't recommend this for aquariums)...they're just at different stages of life/decomp. The stuff shown in the pictures in post #179 looks more like LFS than traditional peat.
Thanks for the quick replies, jpappy and dogfish. Hehe, no worries on the specific parts, just a question I've been curious about for some time, I do appreciate the clarification. None of my tanks have been created like the one before it, constantly trying new things!
Ever since I stumbled across this journal I have to tell you - this tank haunts me. Literally horrifies me to the point where I can't look away! But I will try dirt with my next tank because of you.Thanks for the nightmares.
just found this, interesting read, hum.... where do I have room for more tanks, rat poop, dog poop, ferret poop, cat poop...... rats and the ferrets eat well, could use self junk food fed kid poop.....
Wow... RIP Toxic Ten, you were an awesome experiment. Thanks so much for dutifully documenting this for us DogFish, it was great to check in on now and then, I look forward to seeing what you get up to next.
Just a quick chime in about pet food. My cats eat raw. Venison and or Rabbit. This can be bought frozen and we cut it up and thaw as needed(natures variety) The biggest problem with "dry" pet food esp. for cats is that it sets up a water imbalance in their system. It's like if you and I ate a bowl of dry cereal for the rest of our lives. There is also thought that dry food has a link to diabetes in cats. The biggest changes in having cats on a raw diet...the litter box does not smell at all. Also the amount of fecal matter is SOOOOO tiny compared to an animal that eats dry. Also they only drink water a couple times a week. I just wanted to post this to back up BARF and also get the word out.
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