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Sir, that's illegal in most states, I won't be apart of that.
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Are you going to use Aqua soil in your build?
Are you going to use Aqua soil in your build?
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I'm using aquarium gravel to gain elevation where I need it but the entire tank will be caped with a few inches of seachem flourite dark.
Waters tank used Aqua soil and that may be the difference in getting the plants to carpet faster. I have a couple bags I plan on using as well as power sand in my planted tanks.
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It may be, the flourite is a larger grain. I've read plants will carpet, but like the eco complete I've used before it can be tough to plant in. small rooted plants like hair grass can be hard to stick in it. I was going to go aquasoil but have such a hard time paying the price for it. Plus I figure I'll have plants in this tank pretty quick and the aquasoil tends to have a massive ammonia spike when first being filled.
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I'm actually seriously considering going organic potting soil instead of gravel for a base layer. I'm just not sure if I want to fight tannis that comes with that.
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That is not a bad price at all, compared to some of them. I may end up regretting the larger grain flourite. I guess if I start to plant and don't like it I could take the plants back home and buy some and redo the scape.I saw this product recommended by one of the aquascaping YouTube vloggers (can't remember which one). I'm using Aqua Soil and Tropica Aquarium Soil in mine...
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I used the fluval before as well, good stuff.
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@neoGeorge, @Lowell Lemon, @Waters (me and @crusso1993 already talked about it) what do yall use for your water? RO, RODI, tap? My initial thought was RO, but wondering if anybody uses RODI and just uses fertilizer?
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Well the tap water is really bad, like really really bad so I wont go that route on a planted. I use tap on my 180 fresh fish only, but not a planted.
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Ok @crusso1993, first one in the books. I’ll edit this later with an updated weight.
Edit, down 5.5, 309.5
Edit, down 5.5, 309.5
Not an expert but I will be using RODI. Our water is very hard so I want to control that and other mineral content. Using Aquasoil and Powersand for both a CO2 injection high tech as well as a low tech tank. I have 22 gallon Aquamaxx, 60P ADA, and a 32 gallon Landen tank. Not sure what tanks I will use yet.
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My tank is 65 gallons. Giving tap water a go because I plan to do 50% water changes weekly so RO would be impractical. The European Vloggers on YouTube use tap water for their planted aquariums, so I'm counting on some of that fortune extending over the pond ;-)
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@mch1984 , @Waters , @Lowell Lemon , @crusso1993 where do you purchase your freshwater plants? Which plants will you be using (have you used successfully) in your tanks?
Here are some of the shops I've seen during my searches:
Here are some of the shops I've seen during my searches:
- GLA (Green Leaf Aquariums) - GLS and Tropica 1-2-Grow
- AFA (Aqua Forest Aquarium)
- AquariumPlants.com (Fresh Florida)
- Buceplant
- APF (Aquarium Plants Factory) - also have an Amazon store - have purchased from them, plants have been healthy, although they ship standard post so it can take 5 days to receive a shipment
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