which LFS sells Flourite

[vinz]

Went to Petmart, but they are out of stock. Aquamart did not have stock last week and it does not look like they are going to get any soon.

Anybody knows which other LFSes carry Seachem Flourite?

Thanks.

[joe]

oh man, i was about to go down to petmart ... so far, these are the only 2 places that sell them (indicated by the forumers here) ...

[Addie]

Hi Vincent,
use to see Seachem Flourite Red at Superstar at NTUC Downtown East. Someone asked about it too in buy and sell last week. Can call them to check it out.

[loupgarou]

so vinz, where did you get your supply from?

[Simon]

Eaquanature local online store, they do delivery for purchase above $100

[vinz]

Thanks Addie, Simon.

Chris, Got mine from Petmart the weekend before last. In one week, they sold out.

[vinz]

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Eaquanature local online store, they do delivery for purchase above $100
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What the ...!?!?!?! Internet service must be damn expensive... they are quoting $65 for 7kg. I got it from Petmart at around $40 each.

[loupgarou]

***. they quoted me $55, so I bought from aquamart at $45 (yeah, like they have stock, first time I asked for it from them. 3 mth waiting time...)

[vinz]

Chris, who quoted you $55? Petmart?

Anyway, just checked out some of the prices of eAquaNature;
- Flourish range 250ml - $14
- Equilibrium 300g - $15
- Equilibrium 600g - $25.50

Btw, they seem to have ALL sizes:
- Flourish range at 100ml, 500ml, 2l, 4l, 20l.
- Equilibrium at 3.2kg, 4.8kg and 24 kg, but it's the old formula listed on the webby)

[loupgarou]

yes. pet mart did. (in december), maybe gulf war crisis drop prices. heh

[vinz]

Ok, emailed Seachem which got Eric Quak of Eralco, the local distributor, to contact me yesterday. Eric was quite nice, I called him in the morning and he restocked Petmart in the same afternoon so I can go back there to get it (Eralco doesn't do retail).

I asked him which shop stocks Flourite and he didn't know of the top of his head, but seems like the 2 I went to are the 2 bigger retailers.

[bclee]

Vinz, do you have any idea if they have Oynx Sand?

I kinda prefer the black colouring over the flourite.

BC

[vinz]

BC,

Yes, Eric dropped of a few packs of Onyx Sand too. 2 on shelves (or rather, floor) when I left last night but there might be more in their store room.

[loupgarou]

My tank is comprised of like
22kg of lonestar + 5 bags of fluorite red (35kg)
1 bag of fluorite (7kg) and 1 bag of onyx sand (7kg)

= 49 + 22 = 71kg of substrate.

my substrate layer is 3.5 inches high..
think how much washing I did.. heh

--
I don't really recommend onyx sand, when washing it, it has a consistency more like sludge/porridge/slurry, really fine. heh

[Plantbrain]

I add ground peat to the onyx to counter the KH rise. Whenthe peat wears out, so does the onyx's effects on the KH.
I use about a handful per sq 25cm of tank bottom. I also add fresh detritus from a vacuumed tank(the mulm that settles on the bottom of the bucket)at a liter of decanted mulm per sq 25cm.

This jump starts any tank. The same procedure is applied to a the flourite/sand/laterite etc tanks.

Regards,
Tom Barr