Re: [AGA Member] Substrate

["S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>]

Okay, if you say so. You're crazy ;-)

Won't you at least try a little laterite under the gravel.
You don't need much and you only buy it once per tank setup
so it's really not expensive at all.

Not even just a little box? A spoon? I'll bet those darn
burds put you up to this. Birding is so inexpensive -- a
pair of binocs and you're set. How can aquatic gardening
compare with that pric structure? :-(

sh
--- Shireen Gonzaga <whimbrel@comcast.net> wrote:
> 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
> 
> 
> -- 
> Shireen Gonzaga/Baltimore, MD
> whimbrel@comcast.net
> 
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