EP Minerals "Floor Dry"

DeftAnesthetik · 10-13-2009, 02:41 AM

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Originally Posted by tnsser

Can I get this at Home Depot?

Not that I know of, but I don't shop big boxes. It's an automotive product. I would check NAPA or AutoZone. My wife works at an independent industrial service/supply company so thats where I got it.

JennaH · 11-01-2009, 09:10 AM

this is the same stuff we use at work for cat litter (i work at an animal hospital). you didn't have an issue with how dusty it is? it seems like a mess dry but maybe not so much when it's wet.

bradac56 · 11-01-2009, 09:26 PM

Cleaning substrates is easy as long as you do not have a bag of fish setting next to the tank when you set it up

I don't rinse any of my substrates I just dump it in the tank until I have an even 3 inches, then put a dinner plate in the middle and start my water pump up and keep the hose in the middle of the plate. Once the water hits the substrate it kicks up the really fine dust up into the tank which I blow out into the air.

Once the tank is full (and cloudy) I hook up one or two small power heads down near the substrate pointing up and towards the middle that keeps the partials in the water column and out of the substrate then it's just a matter of turning on the canister filter and walking away for a day. I also plant my tanks after I fill them with quick growers (I keep a tank full of them just for new setups) after the water is clear I add a well colonized sponge filter to get the canister populated quicker.

The trick is to plan ahead and not get the fish until you have the tanks ready. I will admit to keeping a couple emergency/hospital tanks cycled just encase of the dreaded impulse buy.

- Brad

DeftAnesthetik · 11-07-2009, 06:15 AM

Just as a bit of an update to this. I now have this in three tanks and am really liking it. A few drawbacks.... 1. If your a rinser (like me) this takes what seems like FOREVER to run clear. 2. Its very light, and easily tossed up by anything that goes rooting. I set up my 26g bowfront and capped with 1.5" of geosystem black all was beautiful until I put the fish in. I have 2 dragon goby's that love to burrow.
My next re-scape will be my 20gal shrimp tank, I think I will try 1" of floor dry as the bottom and then 1" of sand then 1" of whatever I can find that I like (diggin the geosystem, its black, cheap and bottom feeder safe)

DeftAnesthetik · 11-07-2009, 06:17 AM

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Originally Posted by bradac56

I will admit to keeping a couple emergency/hospital tanks cycled just encase of the dreaded impulse buy.

- Brad

Uh Oh, I have the same illness, maybe its a pandemic.

11-01-2009, 09:10 AM	#17 (permalink)
JennaH Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: mesa, AZ Posts: 182	this is the same stuff we use at work for cat litter (i work at an animal hospital). you didn't have an issue with how dusty it is? it seems like a mess dry but maybe not so much when it's wet. __________________ *4 8 * 15 * 16 * 23 * 42**

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bradac56 Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (5/100%) Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Blue Springs, MO Posts: 673	Cleaning substrates is easy as long as you do not have a bag of fish setting next to the tank when you set it up I don't rinse any of my substrates I just dump it in the tank until I have an even 3 inches, then put a dinner plate in the middle and start my water pump up and keep the hose in the middle of the plate. Once the water hits the substrate it kicks up the really fine dust up into the tank which I blow out into the air. Once the tank is full (and cloudy) I hook up one or two small power heads down near the substrate pointing up and towards the middle that keeps the partials in the water column and out of the substrate then it's just a matter of turning on the canister filter and walking away for a day. I also plant my tanks after I fill them with quick growers (I keep a tank full of them just for new setups) after the water is clear I add a well colonized sponge filter to get the canister populated quicker. The trick is to plan ahead and not get the fish until you have the tanks ready. I will admit to keeping a couple emergency/hospital tanks cycled just encase of the dreaded impulse buy. - Brad __________________ Proud member of the Heart of America Aquarium Society and the International Betta Congress VICTOR PIMP #58 - VTS-253A-320 x2, VTS-253D-320.

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11-07-2009, 06:15 AM	#19 (permalink)
DeftAnesthetik Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 16	Just as a bit of an update to this. I now have this in three tanks and am really liking it. A few drawbacks.... 1. If your a rinser (like me) this takes what seems like FOREVER to run clear. 2. Its very light, and easily tossed up by anything that goes rooting. I set up my 26g bowfront and capped with 1.5" of geosystem black all was beautiful until I put the fish in. I have 2 dragon goby's that love to burrow. My next re-scape will be my 20gal shrimp tank, I think I will try 1" of floor dry as the bottom and then 1" of sand then 1" of whatever I can find that I like (diggin the geosystem, its black, cheap and bottom feeder safe)

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