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Old 03-19-2008, 06:52 PM
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Subsitute for Hydroton

I can't find hydroton anywhere and I don't really want to order it. Are there any subsitutes for it that works just as well?
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Well, I asked the same question, there isn't really a subsitute. It absorbs water and lets it back up and creates humitity. Here are two links.


http://lllreptile.com/store/catalog/...-clay-pebbles/

http://www.amazon.com/Hydroton-Grow-...5971006&sr=8-1

To tell you the truth, I would buy the 10L because its more of it and its cheaper. But if you don't have a Amazon account you can use the first one. Hope this helps.

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I cannot find any place that sells hydroton and has overnight shipping!!
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Well, LLLReptile has pretty fast shipping, got mine if three days.
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Old 03-19-2008, 07:47 PM
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You don't want to pay overnight shipping for it. Priority Mail should work just fine since you'll have it in two days.

I have some to sell, but don't have any "official" bags for it yet.
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That would work.
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somebody who knows better can chime in here.
But, i heard that red brick is basically the same as hydroton?
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Hmm, I wonder, but since the Hydroton is Clay? Is brick made out of clay?
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Old 03-20-2008, 10:57 AM
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It's not. Hydroton is lightweight expanded clay aggregate. (LECA on the dart frog forums.) My fifty pound bag of it takes up a lot more room than fifty pounds of bricks.
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Try
http://www.blackjungle.com/Merchant2...egory_Code=SUB
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