rbishop,
I don't believe it does have surficants added in. I tried to do a googel search on this stuff and was not able to find much. What little I did find gave me the indication that it was good to use. One thread a person actually called the company for the ingredients and they would not state what they were??
OldMan47,
I actually live in San Jose, California. I believe those responding are a ways away. My neighbor has a 100 gallon or so aquarium so, when he does some cleaning I try to get some substrate or let my filter pad soak in his water.
As of now I added one plant. Others are on there way. I have not purchased any fertilizer as of yet. Others have mentioned what brands/kind to get so, that will be down the road. I'm hoping, snice I bought the plant from Petsmart that this may seed my tank. Not sure but I will check my water parameters in a bit.
Again thanks
the saga continues.