Re: [GSAS-Member] Substrate layer

[Paul Wallace <pwallace@u.washington.edu>]

Dianna:

There is indeed a lot out there on substrates.  The current trends in my house 
are dark substrates with black in favor.  I have Eco, AquaSoil, and color 
quartz for small/show tanks and Turface/soilmaser for the bigger tanks.  While 
Turface is light and clouds, it is available at Cascade Turf in Snohomish for 
$12.50 per 50# bag according to Roy.  In any case I line a deep substrate of 
3-4" with some fert sticks and mild water fertilization.  Any thing particular 
you hope to accomplish?

-Paul

On Sun, 25 Jan 2009, Dianna Phillips wrote:

>
> I'm buying materials in preparation for setting up a planted tank. I'm 
> wondering what other people use for their substrates and their depths. 
> There's a lot of conflicting information out there.
>
> My current tank that's successful has 3" of Flourite with a 2" sand layer, 
> and that seems like a lot of dpth lost to substrate.
>
> Dianna
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