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I'm in the process of changing from a lightly planted tank to a fairly heavily planted tank. I just upgraded my lighting and am now wondering if it is possible to add a product like fluorite now that the tank is up and running? If so, how big of a project would it be?

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Bill

 

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flourite is messy stuff..it seems , no matter how much you rinse..it clouds the water.
if you have fish in the tank..you may want to remove them..it will lay a light layer of 'dust' on everything in the tank..

 

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i never used any of that stuff in my tanks and its growing great. if you do you might want to put your fish in a rubbermaid or a holding tank before switching it out. i switched out my sand to gravel i put my fish in another tank for the short time.

 

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star_rider said:

flourite is messy stuff..it seems , no matter how much you rinse..it clouds the water.
if you have fish in the tank..you may want to remove them..it will lay a light layer of 'dust' on everything in the tank..

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For one of my tanks I'm switching the substrate in, I'm going to add the ADA AquaSoil and then run a diatomaceous earth filter and see if that clears it up. You could try that and see what happens.