Laterite or eco complete with sand?

[LiveMermaid07]

Can laterite or eco complete be used with sand?

That is the first question.



Specifically, I recently had to change out my substrate and did so with pool filter sand, but it's not as deep as I was trying to get it (and I couldn't afford any more at the time or to have gotten either of the above then either). So I just got another bag pfs and was thinking I might be able to either

A: 'sprinkle' some on the current top and try to stir it under then add the next inch or so of sand that I'm adding - but stirring the top bit as I go so I don't sufficate all the good bacteria that might have already started building up in the currant top.

Or B: instead of 'sprinkling' I could try to make hollows near the larger plants and put a spoonful or whatnot of one of those in the hole then cover it back up and stir a little before adding my new top layer.

Thoughts?




Third question:
Which do you think would be better the laterite or eco?

 

[LiveMermaid07]

No one has an opinion?


Seriously?



L :shakehead: L












c:

 

[jetajockey]

its the middle of the night so not many people on :]

You could mix it if you wanted. I would pick eco over laterite cos laterite can get really messy.

It's probably not going to be uniform and will eventually show up mixed in the spots that you try to bury it in.

But that's just aesthetics, all that aside, I don't think it would affect the performance of the substrate in any negative way.

 

[LiveMermaid07]

its the middle of the night ... :]

somewhere in the world it's not.

 

[LiveMermaid07]

so they don't have to be buried?
(I thought they had to be covered?)

 

[jetajockey]

laterite does, ecocomplete doesnt.

 

[LiveMermaid07]

ah gotcha. well they more than doubled the price of the laterite here anyway lol. I'll see if I can get the eco. Thanks

 

[standardbyker63]

Since sand is much more fine than Eco, you'll find that eventually the mixture will settle out and the sand will go to the bottom and the larger pieces of Eco will be on top. Otherwise I see no problem with mixing them.