"Tom Hale" wrote in message
om...
First, sorry for the multiple cross-posts.
Second, sorry about the length.

I have a 55g Tall homemade tank that has about 3" of Laterite and

Anecdotal, but I set up a couple of tanks with Laterite/gravel mix and
was constantly having problems with keeping the water clear. My solution
was eventually to dump the Laterite/gravel and restart the tank with only
a new bag of the same gravel used before. Worked for me. Now when I
want to toy with specialty gravel, I use Flourite.

NetMax

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Thanks in advance.

T.