TXaggie
Aquarium Advice Freak
Hi! I'm considering changing my substrate in my 29 gallon from fine gravel to either sand or eco-complete/flourite. I'm mostly unsure whether the change to a "plant" substrate would be worth it for my set up.
I've got a tropical setup with a low tech moderately planted thing going on. I just ordered a new light that should put me more in the low-medium category rather than the super low lighting that I have right now.
Current plants include:
crypts - wendetti & parva
vals - corkscrew and normal
anubias - can't remember specific
Christmas moss
So from what I can tell the crypts and the vals would be the only ones to benefit from a plant specific substrate. How long do the nutrients in the substrate tend to last? Or is there more benefit to plant substrate
than just having more availible nutrients included in the substrate?
Right now I dose root tabs monthly, and the crypts seem fairly happy. Haven't seen a ton of growth from my vals yet, but I'm hoping the lighting upgrade will help.
How hard is sand vs. plant substrate to clean? This is the only tank I've had, so I'm really only familiar with cleaning gravel!
Thanks in advance.
I've got a tropical setup with a low tech moderately planted thing going on. I just ordered a new light that should put me more in the low-medium category rather than the super low lighting that I have right now.
Current plants include:
crypts - wendetti & parva
vals - corkscrew and normal
anubias - can't remember specific
Christmas moss
So from what I can tell the crypts and the vals would be the only ones to benefit from a plant specific substrate. How long do the nutrients in the substrate tend to last? Or is there more benefit to plant substrate
than just having more availible nutrients included in the substrate?
Right now I dose root tabs monthly, and the crypts seem fairly happy. Haven't seen a ton of growth from my vals yet, but I'm hoping the lighting upgrade will help.
How hard is sand vs. plant substrate to clean? This is the only tank I've had, so I'm really only familiar with cleaning gravel!
Thanks in advance.