What is Koi Clay used for?

[sissy]

There is a difference I found out after talking to ponddigger that clay' s come from different areas one is bentonite and there is calcium clay and one that is montmorillonite that is calcium clay .He stated that bentonite is OK but the others are better

 

[tbendl]

Get a bag and jump up and down on it to crush the litter.

And make sure to record it, you know for educational purposes! Teehee

 

[Mmathis]

Well, just for kicks, I added some of the "Fuller's Earth," WallyWorld kitty litter to the bog yesterday. No additives, unscented, non-clumping. It seemed to dissolve down pretty fast.

 

[tbendl]

You sure party like a rock star TM... LOL

 

[bettasngoldfish]

Did someone mention something about a rock star here?

 

[Mmathis]

I have a bunch of rocks, but can always use more. No rock stars here, but I'll take what I can get!!

 

[Lisak1]

We use koi clay every few weeks. The fish love it - they line up to swim through it when I pour it in. (I add a few tablespoons to the watering can, fill it with water, mix it up and pour it in.) It really helps to settle any debris that gets stirred up when I'm done messing in the pond.

 

[Mmathis]

I was ordering from Amazon, so decided to tag on some to try out.

 

[sissy]

Remember if you plant in kitty litter it is doing the same thing but it does not have calcium in it ,that is the main difference .

 

[Meyer Jordan]

I may be wrong, but Sodium Bentonite is the form used for sealing ponds and wells as it will swell (clump), and is used in 'clumping' cat litter. Calcium Bentonite does not swell and is what is used in plain cat litter. From my sources, Koi clay and plain cat litter are one and the same.

 

[Mmathis]

I may be wrong, but Sodium Bentonite is the form used for sealing ponds and wells as it will swell (clump), and is used in 'clumping' cat litter. Calcium Bentonite does not swell and is what is used in plain cat litter. From my sources, Koi clay and plain cat litter are one and the same.

I have some plain old unscented, non-clumping kitty litter and it lists "Fuller's Earth" as the ingredient. From what I read, Fuller's Earth can be a mixture of several different things, so unless it states it on the label, I wouldn't count on it's having a majority of Ca Bentonite. But that's just the litter I happen to have [from WallyWorld], so different brands could have different contents.

 

[sissy]

True because when i was looking for it I read about 4 different brands that I saw that say they were plain kitty litter and I was amazed, thought plain meant plain .green bags, red bags, blue bags and yellow bags and all different .Even pet store brands were different and ones in dollar store were different .I know when I owned my cat Pussy Galore he was allergic to all the kitty litters and had to get paper shredder to give him litter that would not infect his feet .He was spoiled rotten .

 

[Meyer Jordan]

I have some plain old unscented, non-clumping kitty litter and it lists "Fuller's Earth" as the ingredient. From what I read, Fuller's Earth can be a mixture of several different things, so unless it states it on the label, I wouldn't count on it's having a majority of Ca Bentonite. But that's just the litter I happen to have [from WallyWorld], so different brands could have different contents.

Fuller's earth is any clay material that has the capability to decolorize oil or other liquids without chemical treatment.[1] Fuller's earth typically consists of palygorskite (attapulgite) or bentonite.[Hosterman, John W.; Sam H. Patterson (1992). "Bentonite and Fuller's Earth Resources of the United States". U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1522 (U.S. Government Printing Office).

Calcium Bentonite.....is the main active ingredient of fuller's earth, probably one of the earliest industrial cleaning agents.R.H.S, Robertson, 1986. Fuller's Earth. A History of calcium montmorillonite. Volturna, Press, U.K., ISBN 0-85606-070-4

 

[addy1]

My pond is full of koi clay, I use bags, lots of them, of kitty litter, if it has the same ingredient as koi clay. Which it sounds like it does.

 

[MitchM]

Clay is an an excellent adsorber of excess nutrients.
We have a gravel driveway and roads here and a lot of clay dust gets blown into the pond, which I'm thankful for.
Some clay can have a surface area of 800 square meters/gram.
Here's an interesting article on clay:
http://www.soilminerals.com/Cation_Exchange_Simplified.htm