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Originally Posted by joy13
With the MTS you won't have any aerobic pockets so you won't have to worry about that. Depending on the plants and the bioload you may have to fertilize. I found a sloping sand works best for me I use about 3 inches in the back down to about an 1 1/2 inches in the front. Are you using any topsoil underneath the sand like the Diana Walstad el natural approach?
The mystery leech in your tank are you sure it is harmless? The other leech shouldn't be a problem.
Depending on how many fish you have you might want to consider keeping the filter for oxygen.
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Yeah, I am keeping the filter, just minus the biomedia - to see whether this whole loosely packing sand thing works for me the way it seems to for my friend.
oh, and about the person with the play sand, I'm told it packs down too densely for this approach.
Oh, and no, I don't use soil - that's for my next tank exploration. Right now I only have room for a couple of small tanks and one of them is the nursery/quarantine/hospital.