Biozome?

[jarich]

Originally Posted by Aaron_S

I've been away and I wanted to make a comment on this part in particular.

The difference between the animals in burrows and the animals in our homes is that they are in small containers compared to what they get in the wild. They can move from one burrow to the next. ALSO, they get the SAME air flow on a regular basis. It's not like us, where we go out to the mall, work, dinner. Leaving the house. Our animals do not.

I personally would not use this product. If the OP wants to then by all means but if a sickness arises I better not see a thread on it.

When did you become the thread police, Aaron?

I see you completely blew by the important part of my comment, that all clay contains silica and therefore your argument didnt make much sense. The soil in your backyard contains it, which no one in this thread seems to have a problem with, including yourself. The silica is a non issue.

The only one who came up with anything useful was Frank, when he said that the manure could contain salmonella. However, Im not sure if Frank caught that the manure was composted. Commercially composted manure will reach a temperature that kills salmonella. Its generally composted to get rid of the smell, but has the nice ancillary benefit of also killing off things like Salmonella. And if this is a big worry, make sure sterilize your reptiles too as many of them already have Salmonella. While your at it, never eat chicken again..or eggs.

Corey, by the way, I thought you had a deal going where you weren't going to comment on things you dont know about for sure. This is one of those things, so please stick to that deal.

Either way, Im pretty sure the OP has already made a decision so there seems little point in continuing this thread.

[Corey209]

Originally Posted by jarich

Corey, by the way, I thought you had a deal going where you weren't going to comment on things you dont know about for sure. This is one of those things, so please stick to that deal.

Either way, Im pretty sure the OP has already made a decision so there seems little point in continuing this thread.

Everything I said was researched. Jobe's has bad reviews for not being a true organic fertilizer and not even being that beneficial. I found two ingredients that proved this wasn't organic and I listed them. You could make a natural bioactive substrate cheaper and easier then using this crap product.

[jarich]

Originally Posted by Corey209

Everything I said was researched. Jobe's has bad reviews for not being a true organic fertilizer and not even being that beneficial. I found two ingredients that proved this wasn't organic and I listed them. You could make a natural bioactive substrate cheaper and easier then using this crap product.

Research is much more than just looking at customer reviews from some random website. You need to know more about the subject before being able to distinguish what is good information from what is junk on the internet. Which is why you didnt understand that what you were saying wasnt true.

Also, your two ingredients arent right. One of them, potassium chloride, is perfectly acceptable in organic products as it is a component of sea water. In scientific terms, it is not an organic compound, which is probably where you got mixed up. It has no carbon atoms in it and so is considered an inorganic compound. However, that has nothing to do with it being considered usable in an organic classification like this, which is a common use of the word and totally different from chemistry. The second, ammonium sulfate, doesnt actually appear to be in this particular product but in this company's other product called "fertilizer spikes".

'Natural bioactive substrate' you make yourself isnt technically organic either, and whether or not this product is technically organic was never the question anyway.

Like I said, until you know what you are talking about, its probably best to stick to your deal.

[Aaron_S]

Originally Posted by jarich

When did you become the thread police, Aaron?

I see you completely blew by the important part of my comment, that all clay contains silica and therefore your argument didnt make much sense. The soil in your backyard contains it, which no one in this thread seems to have a problem with, including yourself. The silica is a non issue.

The only one who came up with anything useful was Frank, when he said that the manure could contain salmonella. However, Im not sure if Frank caught that the manure was composted. Commercially composted manure will reach a temperature that kills salmonella. Its generally composted to get rid of the smell, but has the nice ancillary benefit of also killing off things like Salmonella. And if this is a big worry, make sure sterilize your reptiles too as many of them already have Salmonella. While your at it, never eat chicken again..or eggs.

Corey, by the way, I thought you had a deal going where you weren't going to comment on things you dont know about for sure. This is one of those things, so please stick to that deal.

Either way, Im pretty sure the OP has already made a decision so there seems little point in continuing this thread.

I'm the thread police since people don't like to take advice...

I read what you said and I refuse to believe "oh everything has it so it's GOT to be okay." I have yet to read a soil MSDS that states what this product does. There could very well be different levels of it between to the two products based on the different places it could come from.

Personally, I would steer clear of it.