Oxquo Posted November 3, 2005 Report Share Posted November 3, 2005 I am wondering what oven baked clays have ben sucessful around here. I here there are atleast two that are safe but that is all the info I know so far. Kiln drying is possible but but not all those clays are safe for fish either. I am guessing the clay used in terra cotta pots could be available in Canada but have yet to find it. What can I say, it's winter and time to improve the seasonally neglected aquariums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted November 3, 2005 Report Share Posted November 3, 2005 There was some discussion on the Aquatic Plants Digest a couple of years ago about Redart (or was it Red Art) clay. You could Google "Aquatic Plants Digest" and run a search in their archives for red art or redart clay. I remember them talking about the difference between the two - or maybe they were saying they're the same thing... I can't remember. There was a guy in Vancouver who was making his own fertilizer clay balls - sent a few my way when I bought a bunch of plants from him a few years ago. Try Googling "Steve's planted tank" - I think that's where I found him... Hope this helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wandj Posted November 3, 2005 Report Share Posted November 3, 2005 I am currently using a clay cave I made in my plecos tank. It's been in there about 4 months. No deaths. I can't remember the name of it, but it comes in a brick. I made sure it said "non-toxic". I found it at Michaels. (Craft store). Earth clay. Don't remember anymore about it. I would not try it again because after baking it far longer than I should, it still seemed "'soft". But it didn't kill any fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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