20 Lb 100% Pure Granular Bentonite Clay for Koi Goldfish Ponds water Plants PKF

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20 Lbs 100% Pure Granular Bentonite Clay for Koi Goldfish Ponds water Plants
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100% Pure BENTONITE CLAY "Koi Clay"
20 LB UNIFORM GRANULES
Plugs holes in Ponds
Expands over 30 times its original size and weight
Attracts and Removes toxins such as pesticides, free radicals and heavy metals from pond
Brightens Koi and Goldfish Colors
Natural Algae Reducer
Improves water quality and clarity for your fish
Aids in Scale Development
Improves Skin Quality, Brighter Whites, Deeper Reds
Easily Dissolves in Water and absorbs into fish through gills body and digestion
Enhances production of enzymes in all living organisms
Improves Skin Quality, Brighter Whites, Deeper Reds
Adds Trace minerals to plants and fish
Beneficial to Plants, Fish and Filters
Fish live healthier and longer lives
Natural Bentonite Clay
Origin, mineralogy and properties
Bentonite Formation - Millions of years ago, during the Cretaceous period, the western United States experienced extensive volcanic activity due to the tectonic convergence of the North American and Pacific plates. During long periods of eruptions, immeasurable amounts of ash were disgorged into the prevailing easterly winds as the Pacific plate was forced under the North American plate deep into the earth’s crust. Over millions of years, the ash was repeatedly deposited in the mineral rich Mowry sea and interbedded with eroded silts and sediments. Slowly, the glass component of the ash was chemically altered in these low energy marine environments and consolidated into distinct layers of clay, often associated with Zeolite beds, marl, sandstone as well as shale and mudstone.
As plate drift continued, the North American plate was lifted and folded into mountains, typified by the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming. The Mowry sea drained and ash deposition subsided as the clay / silt formations were heaved upwards. The Black Hills and the Bighorn mountains were two areas thrust up during this period. These areas were eroded and weathered over time, exposing numerous clay beds that are commercially mined today.
Definition - The term "Bentonite" is generally applied to the colloidal clays originally associated with the Cretaceous Benton Shale outcrops near Fort Benton, Wyoming. In the late 1880’s, the "clay of a thousand uses " was first called Taylorite, after William Taylor; one of the first commercial producers of the product in the Rock River area. Finding that name already taken, the clay was renamed for the Benton formation in which the outcrop was found, i.e. Bentonite.
Mineralogy – Bentonite is not itself a mineral name, but more correctly, it is a smectite clay composed primarily of the mineral Montmorillonite. Montmorillonite is a three layer mineral formed of several layers of tetrahedron and octahedron sheets, electrostatically held together by isomorphic interlayer cations. As the electrostatic attraction is low, exposure to polar fluids will cause the formation of a monomolecular lattice of water between the silicate layers. The basis behind bentonite swelling is that several layers of water dipoles can form into weak "stacked" tetrahedral structures, causing the silicate layers to separate - this is termed intercrystalline swelling.
Particle Charge - Each crystal of Montmorillonite has a large net negative charge. Thus it tends to attract any positive ions (cations), such as Calcium or Sodium ions, to its surface. If the majority of these cations are Sodium, it is commonly referred to as a Sodium Bentonite (Montmorillonite). If the majority of the ions on the clay surface are Calcium, it is referred to as a Calcium Bentonite (Montmorillonite). The net negative charge is located inside the crystal itself. Therefore, cations tend to be attracted to the surface of the particle in an effort to neutralize the charge. The edge of the crystal has a few positive charges thus attracting negatively charged ions or molecules.
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