Re: [AGA Member] Substrate

["Mike" <mikephil@eircom.net>]

Thanks everyone for your advice.

Do you know where I could get laterite here in Ireland, and how much would
it be. It is very hard to get a good aquatic store here in Ireland.

Shireen, when you say you refuse to use soil because you like to uproot
plants and replant them, do you mean you cant do that with soil?. And if so
why not?. As you can see I don't know much about plants. I had in mind to
use soil, but I want advice from people like you, that know more than I. So
I hope you don't mind me asking so many questions.

Would it matter to cat fish or other bottom feeders what kind of substrate I
use?.

Regards

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>
To: <aga-member@thekrib.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 5:10 PM
Subject: Re: [AGA Member] Substrate


> 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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