fishfool58
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What soils would you guys & girls recommend as the bottom layer of a 55g planted tank?
fishfool58 said:What soils would you guys & girls recommend as the bottom layer of a 55g planted tank?
Predfan27 said:When I did my dirt 10g and 1g, I used some organic mix capped with sand.
Look up Rivercats. She did, and still successfully keeps, a 220g planted tank. She uses some kind of I believe fungus mulch (may be wrong haha) capped with Floramax or Flourite or the likes.
fishfool58 said:I looked up Rivercats, she told me what she used but I can't find it anywhere.. So I was curious if I should do miracle gro for it or something else.. & I'm using Eco complete..
Sand is okay for a planted tank but take into consideration it is an inert substrate. You will need to use root tabs and ferts for the water column (unless your going low light/low tech). If you want a fertile substrate the way I went was organic soil capped with Eco-complete in my case but sand as a cap is just fine. Plants grow very well in an enriched substrate.