Fishlover94
Aquarium Advice Activist
Can I use Fluval Stratum as a bottom layer then Seachem Flourite and Fluval Bio Stratum as a top layer? Or should it be Seachem Flourite, Fluval Stratum then Fluval Bio Stratum.
I'm switching to a 100% planted aquarium, and I only have gravel. So I want to remove them and use plant substrate. I have corries, so that is why I was going to mix it or layer it. Doing seachem flourite, then fluval stratum, then top bio stratum.Why are you mixing substrates? What are you trying to achieve?
Would we better to put the Fluval Sat on the bottom and just Seachem Flourish ontoThe plants you have peviously mentioned will be fine in standard aquarium gravel. Corys will be fine with most gravel as well.
I think you are overcomplicating things.
The bio stratum just sounds nonsense to me. Bacteria put in dormancy to survive in dry conditions? Really? How does that work? Its a lot like the bottled beneficial bacteria products. Even if there is bacteria in there, you have no control how the product is stored and transported and it just dies off before you even purchase it.
Stratum and flourite are soil based substrates. I can see that being beneficial, but the nutrients will get used up. Whenever ive used soil based substrates capped with gravel they have lost effectiveness after a year or so and i had to start using root tabs.
If you really want a soil based substrate then pick one and cap it with gravel. Personally just stick with the gravel you have and use some root tabs.