Re: [AGA Member] Substrate

[Shireen Gonzaga <whimbrel@comcast.net>]

I refuse to use flourite because it's expensive.

I refuse to use soil because I like to uproot plants and replant them.
I've stopped using substrate fertilizer for that reason too.

My substrate of choice is good 'ol gravel, 1-3mm diameter. I've also 
used the fine 1mm gravel, like a coarse sand, and love it. OK, so I'm 
still fighting spot algae but I think that's because I've not gotten the 
nutrient balance in the water column right. But otherwise the plants are 
healthy.

Call me crazy but I think flourite is over-rated.

- shireen


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Shireen Gonzaga/Baltimore, MD
whimbrel@comcast.net

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