NANFA-- Re: Kitty Litter...

dakota (dakota6_at_mindspring.com)
Sun, 13 May 2001 09:42:19 -0500

Dan, the reason kitty litter is used in the bottom layer of planted tanks is
that it helps bind up the nutrients from the water and thereby letting the
plants roots take them up eaiser.
Or something like that.... :O)
Charles A.
----- Original Message -----
From: <NATURNUT_at_aol.com>
To: <dakota6-at-mindspring.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2001 10:36 PM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- U/G and plants?

> Charles,
> Thanks for your input. I just have one more question, how smal is
too
> small for sand particle size for UG filters? __Dan

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