My ammonia didn't spike at all. live rock is in, did your ammonia spike with this sand?
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I had LR & this LS, but still had to throw in a Baggie of fish food overnight to get the spike. I used a snack sized ziplock bag, put some holes in it with a pin, put in some freeze dried plankton and put it in the tank. By morning it stunk to high Heaven & I had a good ammonia spike. Took out the Baggie and the cycle began. Hope this helps!
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Yes if your tank is not already cycled it wont have the beneficial bacteria necessary to handle the bio-load in the "live" sand.
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I saved it, I'm adding a little soil and some fertilizer to it and using it again. I originally used miracle grow soil(it was on sale) and potting soil with a little regular soil mixed in. We'll see how it goes this year. bought 2 more - now have 5 of them. Put them up on plywood on saw horses - so they are higher up - lots of rabbits.
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when i got this sand i did the same thing the only difference is that i started with salt water if you have your filter in just change them and get your salt in it will clear up it just takes long you just need to be patient lol
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Per their website, this product contains no active ammonia. I dispute the "most people". I didn't care--I just wanted a better cleaner for tinted auto glass, my flat-screen, and my computer monitor.--and one that worked to remove the junk and not streak. This product works.
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Yes! I had the same experience. I thought about contacting the manufacturer, but wondered if mine was just a fluke. It may be because it's unprocessed? It's almost like sand.
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I'd recommend adding KH and GH, otherwise you should be fine. Also, give had great luck fishless cycling with Dr Tims ammonia (really cheap on Amazon).
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Sounds like something wrong with the stone. When mine arrived it was fine, no smell and no chalky residue.
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I purchased this for my garden for potash. However, it says not to be used in food gardens. I did not see this on the description, if it is there. Not sure what you would use it for if not in a garden so I returned it. I don't think there is any nitrogen in this product...only potash.
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Did you ever do this test? I am very interested to know if the residue comes from the water or your feet. I have a water distiller and I can get a residue left from our tap water (without putting my feet in it).
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I've never experienced that before! :-o That sounds disgusting! I've ordered it online and bought it from Traders here in CO and fortunately did not have that experience! So sorry, AG!!
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I got the Crystal litter because of the urine clumps getting stuck in the grid. I have mixed it with the other litter and it seems to help my problem. hope this helps
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No I didn't . I put the rocks and sandy soil on a pot as per the directions and put the "stick " in the dirt gave it water and waited for it to bloom! I also brought the same back from Hawaii and they all bloomed within 2 weeks of planting. I'm in Florida so perhaps our climate helped in the bloom.
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Did you add "Stable" in the gas after the last run? It is most likely a gummed up carb, because of todays crap gasoline.
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mine cleared up after just a couple days. I ran my filter & skimmer & mixed it with rinsed sand that wasn't alive.
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I haven't had that unfortunate experience. My Flojet has worked pretty well. It should grind up most non-solid stuff. Long fibers might be a problem.I learned to tip the Flojet up during the last rinse, after I found small amounts of non digested seeds and grit at the bottom of the dump hose. There might be some small fibers or hair left on the cutters.Definitely not a real pleasant task!
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To tell you the truth I haven't seen anything floating. I will check again and respond. I would return it if you're not sure.
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I just bought this and tried it today. We have lots of rocks - big, little, and large sizes. Soil is sandy/loamy like. Yes it drags up rocks that are close to the surface. No way around it. Even using the smooth side... still brings up rocks. I gather if one continues to use it, eventually maybe no more rocks?