Hey guys,
I ran across a 55g tall tank the other day for a great price, and I had to have it. I've got everything pretty well figured out except for the blasted substrate. It seems like everyone and their grandma has something horrible or great to say about EVERY IDEA.
So, here's the low-down. I need a substrate that allows me to effectively fertilize my (future) beautiful beautiful plants, wont scratch up my (future) poor little bottom feeders, and..here's the real kicker; doesn't cost the ridiculous amounts that seachem or ecocomplete does.
Everything in me wants to go up to Walmart and but the famous "oil-dri" but then I read all of the sudden that it causes these huge Ph problems, so I decided to do sand/root tabs and sand is out because it has to be stirred up or some BS, and that can't be done with the whole thing covered in plants! D: this is overwhelming.
I ran across a 55g tall tank the other day for a great price, and I had to have it. I've got everything pretty well figured out except for the blasted substrate. It seems like everyone and their grandma has something horrible or great to say about EVERY IDEA.
So, here's the low-down. I need a substrate that allows me to effectively fertilize my (future) beautiful beautiful plants, wont scratch up my (future) poor little bottom feeders, and..here's the real kicker; doesn't cost the ridiculous amounts that seachem or ecocomplete does.
Everything in me wants to go up to Walmart and but the famous "oil-dri" but then I read all of the sudden that it causes these huge Ph problems, so I decided to do sand/root tabs and sand is out because it has to be stirred up or some BS, and that can't be done with the whole thing covered in plants! D: this is overwhelming.