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    Where can you get safe for aquarium clay pots? How can you tell if they are safe and not leaching lead or some other toxins?
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    Default Re: clay pots

    terra cotta is safe
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    Yup, any terra cotta.................Home Depot, Lowes, Walmart, Pikes, on and on.
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    Quote Originally Posted by warlock4169 View Post
    terra cotta is safe
    Ditto...
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    I do a boil on mine just to be safe.
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    I used clay pots from Lowe's for over a year and never had a problem
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    What do you all use to seal the hole/s on the bottom of the pots?
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    Just cut a piece of plastic (like a fish bag) big enough to cover the bottom and run a little bit up the inside of the pot. Then fill the pot with what substrate you plan on using.
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    yup, I bought a bunch of clay pots from the end of summer sale, for about $1 each and there aren't any problems. I bought them as 'breeding cones' but the Discus don't seem to care for them.
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    Default Re: clay pots

    another way to cover the bottom hole is to layer the bottom of the pot with filter pad. This allows for easy draining of the pot if you decide to remove from tank.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CrazyAngels View Post
    another way to cover the bottom hole is to layer the bottom of the pot with filter pad. This allows for easy draining of the pot if you decide to remove from tank.
    Now I like that idea! How about cutting up one of those green scrub pads for the kitchen. The ones that are about 1/4" thick. It wouldn't compress like some filter material would.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bugman View Post
    Now I like that idea! How about cutting up one of those green scrub pads for the kitchen. The ones that are about 1/4" thick. It wouldn't compress like some filter material would.
    I was talking to a breeder and he once did an experiment were he took 10 sponges he bought and sqeezed them in water,and I don't remember exactly,but 2-3 gave off soap bubbles.I like the idea of not compressing,but I'd stick with the filter pad.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill63SG View Post
    I was talking to a breeder and he once did an experiment were he took 10 sponges he bought and sqeezed them in water,and I don't remember exactly,but 2-3 gave off soap bubbles.I like the idea of not compressing,but I'd stick with the filter pad.
    Not a sponge, these guys...........http://www.amazon.com/Scotch-Brite-G.../dp/B000BARG8S

    No soap. I've used them for years when cleaning out tanks and never seen them pre-soaped.
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    I geuss what I was getting at that if they're not ment for aquarium use,you don't know what kind of controls are used in manufacturing them.I was using the sponge's as an example.I should have been more clear.
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