Clay Cat Litter

[markandhisfish]

i just got 4 bags of 100% pure clay cat litter for my planting substrate , silly question i know, but do i have to wash it before i use it?

 

[Bobtastic]

Think Truck will have to answer that one for you... But I will add my own question... Do you have to cap the cat litter with sand? or can you leave it exposed to the water column?

 

[ian]

from what i have read, because i never used cat litter, you don't wash it before you put in and you do cap it with other substrate.

 

[markandhisfish]

im capping it with black sand .

 

[squiggley]

I've have used/using two types of cat litter.

i) Tesco value - grey colour. I just poured it into a empty bucket from a height of two feet to remove the fine dust. When water is added to it it will go expand and go soft. I then capped it with sand. Plants grew well in it but its very messy to remove and re-scape with.

ii) Tesco Premium - red colour. This needs to be wash very well as it has a deodorizer added and is very dusty. This has a look of akadama but is a lot harder and hasn't soften at all. This I didn't top at all and holds plants down well and doesn't make a mess like the above. Plants are doing well

 

[markandhisfish]

i bought pets at home 100% natural clay cat litter

 

[bae1994]

nope you dont wash it and yep you do cap with sand

 

[markandhisfish]

good stuff cheers . sand arrived today so its all going in , plants are ordered too. finally its starting to come together .