Eco-Complete question..

[romaric]

Hi all. Well, good news! I just got everything in the mail to FINALLY start my tank. W00.

Question: I have a 20 gl long tank, and I just purchased a 20 lb bag of eco complete. Should I have gotten TWO 20 lb bags?

Can I still use the one 20lb and top the tank off with some kind of beautiful sand or other pleasing substrate? I don't really want gravel ( I love the "soil" look of eco) but at at same time, If I could get away with NOT buying another bag and covering the top with something cool, that would be excellent.

Is there anything I can mix with eco to fill it to the necc. level of a 20 gl.?


maybe 20lbs is enough???

Any help would be appreciated, as I'm gonna start tank set-up this week!!

THANKS!

[FtwayneFish]

I think that should be deep enough.

[Draal5]

Sorry you need at least one more bag. a 20lbs bag may give you just about 1inch layer You can get fluorite and put eco on top or there is a aquatic soil sold at home depot that is also good that you could put under the eco.

[romaric]

cool, thank you!

Is it advisable to get black sand and cover the eco with a thin layer of black sand?
Would that hurt the eco and plants in any way?

[J double R]

the sand will not stay on top of the eco.

it will eventually sift to the bottom.. then you will have sand on the bottom and eco on top.

[romaric]

cool, thanks for the info!

I also just printed out your driftwood page! VERY helpful!

thanks :)