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Flamfish
12-13-2009, 1:45 AM
I want to start a 55 gal planted tank. I love the natural look. for the natural look I figured my best options for substrate were either riverstone or sand. I was gonna go with the sand but I was just searching images for mosses and noticed that more than a few tanks looked like they had soil on the bottom and it looked great. I know soil is to light for a tank and would be very problematic for filtration (probably a problem with bacteria as well). can anyone tell me what this soil looking substrate is?

vampie
12-13-2009, 1:56 AM
Some people actually do use soil, though what you were looking at was probably Eco-Complete

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3578+10742+9087&pcatid=9087

Flamfish
12-13-2009, 2:03 AM
Awesome, thanks!

Rbishop
12-13-2009, 6:13 AM
I like a mixture of sand and eco-complete.

FISHSHROD
12-13-2009, 7:44 AM
I like a mixture of sand and eco-complete.


Got any pics ?