Comments on: Aquarium Sand Substrate http://www.aquariumslife.com/aquascaping/planted-aquarium-substrate/sand-substrate/ Aquarium Fish Ressources And Aquaria News Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:21:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Brad Clarkston http://www.aquariumslife.com/aquascaping/planted-aquarium-substrate/sand-substrate/comment-page-1/#comment-11122 Brad Clarkston Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:47:58 +0000 http://www.aquariumslife.com/?p=4391#comment-11122 Have you used SoilMaster Select (SMS) or Lesco's new product line Turface? They have a much higher CEC rating and costs half the price here's the CEC breakdown on the more common substrates for a comparison: CEC Values: sphagnum peat moss..100.0 meq./100g SMS and/or Turface.............29.8 meq./100g Kitty Litter........27.0 meq./100g ADA I...............24.7 meq./100g Topsoil.............24.3 meq./100g Fluorite............1.7 meq./100g Sand................<0.1 meq./100g Have you used SoilMaster Select (SMS) or Lesco’s new product line Turface? They have a much higher CEC rating and costs half the price here’s the CEC breakdown on the more common substrates for a comparison:

CEC Values:
sphagnum peat moss..100.0 meq./100g
SMS and/or Turface………….29.8 meq./100g
Kitty Litter……..27.0 meq./100g
ADA I……………24.7 meq./100g
Topsoil………….24.3 meq./100g
Fluorite…………1.7 meq./100g
Sand…………….<0.1 meq./100g

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