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GOLDFISH KOI POND POWDER®CALCIUM BENTONITE

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Do you want healthy, brilliantly colored koi and goldfish?

Of course you do!! Make your water sparkle

Help get rid of decomposed organic carbon (DOC the rotting matter in your pond), suspended algae (green water)and pollution

Improve your fish's digestion. Get more nutrients into their body and help them eliminate toxins

Make your plants flourish

Let your filter system relax a little

Well if you can handle a tablespoon (or teaspoon) you can achieve this and even more.

Just a little bit in your pond each week and nice things will begin to happen.

GOLDFISH KOI POND POWDER ®

The best thing to happen to decorative ponds since water was invented

Supplementary treatment. Not meant to replace normal pond care.

GOLDFISH KOI POND POWDER ® brand calcium bentonite

is sold in three different sizes

US Postal Service Flat-rate Priority Shipping

Shipping is the same price for each size

So to save you money multiples are only available in the 16.5 pound size

USA shipping $14.00 Canada & Mexico shipping $31.00 Other Worldwide shipping $47.00

Bentonite/Montmorillonite

Calcium bentonite and Sodium bentonite have similar properties

However Calcium bentonite is a non-swelling clay

Only Calcium bentonite should be used in lined ponds

Bentonite and montmorillonite are used interchangeably. Montmorillonite is a mineral which is the major component (70% to 90%) of bentonite clay.

Bentonite contains a balance of minerals in their natural colloidal form, making it easily assimilated. These minerals enhance the production of enzymes in all living organisms.

Bentonite enhances water quality, replenishes and enhances the minerals in your water that have been depleted, either by your local utilities or by excessive filtration, and remove certain wastes.

Bentonite improves the lustre and skin quality of koi as well as heightening the color. Added to food it is claimed to aid digestion and increase the koi’s ability to assimilate the vitamins and minerals required in their diet.

Bentonite enhances the color, luster and activity of any fish, not just koi. So whatever kind of fish you keep in your backyard pond they will be happy you added bentonite to their environment.

Koi keepers have always acknowledged that bentonite is necessary to replace the natural minerals lacking in koi ponds and lost by the filtration process.

The koi in Japan are grown in mud ponds and due to the mineral content of the clay they thrive and are able to develop to their full potential before being harvested.

Natural mud ponds are lined with sodium bentonite to seal them. It was also discovered that feeding small quantities to koi and occasionally bathing then in it or adding regulated dosages to the pond resulted in wonderful and significant effects on their color and luster.

The minerals in bentonite are composed of hydrous aluminum silicates in extremely small particles. They take up water between their layers, causing swelling, and change the interlayer spacing according to the mineral variety. In addition to inorganic exchange reactions, they react with and absorb some organic liquids, like amines, dissolved organic compounds DOCS, glycols, glycerols, and other polyhydric alcohols. This results in the removal of some harmful substances from your water.

For the koi hobbyist bentonite is used directly in the pond water each week in the recommended dosage. The pond will clear in about in a few hours, depending on the amount of organic material in the pond, but the bentonite will remain active and will make the water sparkling clear. Don't be worried in a new pond if the water does not clear in a day or two.

Bentonite can also be mixed with food. Some fanciers moisten the pellets and roll them in bentonite and some just mix the powder with paste type foods. This is an excellent idea because it simulates the koi feeding continuously off mineral rich particles on the floor of mud ponds.

In Malaysia and other parts of the world there has been a surge of koi aquaculture and many of the ponds are concrete, plastic or rubber and as a result the colors on the koi are more subdued. But after regular use of bentonite you should be able to see that skin luster is improved, white skin becomes whiter, colors become brighter, the koi's appetite will increase and water quality will improve.

Bentonite clay also aids digestion, helps to reduce solid waste products in the water and traps unwanted non-nutritive substances such as pesticides and other potentially harmful substances. The scum on the pond can be reduced and perhaps eliminated by using bentonite.