LauraMO 10 Posted October 15, 2002 Share Posted October 15, 2002 Tomorrow night my Cubs will be making the Rain Forest in a Bottle project featured in this month's Program Helps (8 OCT 2002). Among the ingredients is charcoal (finely ground). I'm having a hard time finding this in stores. I finally tried Petco, where a small box of "carbon" costs a fortune (remember, I have 14 boys & it's anyone's guess who many will show). Does anyone know if just crushing plain ol' charcoal briquettes will work for a terrarium, or should I just skip this ingredient? Link to post Share on other sites
fboisseau 10 Posted October 15, 2002 Share Posted October 15, 2002 Did you try a garden shop. Not one at a department or hardware store, but one that specializes in gardening supplies, that is where I got some last time I needed it. I do not know if regular charcoal will work, I think that the activated charcoal has a different structure to increase the surface area to present to the water. Link to post Share on other sites
LauraMO 10 Posted October 15, 2002 Author Share Posted October 15, 2002 I tried a local nursery this morning who referred me to the local pet store, who referred me to a couple of nurseries across town that "might" have what I need. I'm at a point where I don't want to spend an hour or two driving all over for just charcoal dust. Link to post Share on other sites
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