LJ 100L Riparium

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I agree with you, I have many doubts about the first reflector because it's very cheap, in any case it was recommended by some local aquarists but still I am not very confident. I have been looking for reflectors with the CRI specification that you comment, but it is always omitted, the second reflector that I showed is more expensive than the first and it convinces me more, but I will read your suggestions in the other thread, of course.
 
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These days, with the easy availability of commercial aquasoils, most folks will just buy something off the shelf rather than take the time to mineralize top soil.

it works but can get messy,
 
I have no experience with this, but I think you will have great water if you mix it for 50% with RO, that's very easy to do (for 100 Liters a bucket of each every week?) if you need it to be softer you just do less tap water.
 
how you want to mix/cut tap water with RO will depend on the water you have from the tap, and what the desired parameters are.


My personal preference is to remineralize straight RO to have better control over it.
 
Dougall, it doesn't matter if we get dirty, I'd love to make my own substrate that'll be fun. Also, I want the top layer of the tank to be sand, can this be possible for example with Flourite from Seachem?
 
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the loach said:
I have no experience with this, but I think you will have great water if you mix it for 50% with RO, that's very easy to do (for 100 Liters a bucket of each every week?) if you need it to be softer you just do less tap water.
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I do not have tap water, I have well water and I do not plan to use it, I think I will combine 50/50 of osmosis water and drinking water.
 
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I do not have tap water, I have well water and I do not plan to use it, I think I will combine 50/50 of osmosis water and drinking water.
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Get Reverse Osmosis water and mix it directly with remineralizing salts... there's no guarantee that the drinking water will have the same make up over time, and there's likely little difference financially.
 
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Lalo J. said:
Dougall, it doesn't matter if we get dirty, I'd love to make my own substrate that'll be fun. Also, I want the top layer of the tank to be sand, can this be possible for example with Flourite from Seachem?
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You are allowed to get just as messy as you like, you have my permission.

the issue in an aquarium is that the soil will mix in the water column and make it cloudy and potentially cause algae blooms or green water.


the 'cap' is to prevent that by keeping the soil on the bottom of it, preventing it or the nutrients from entering the main part of the water.

you can use flourite, it might be too large of a grain, I'd use sand, or something finer, to avoid needing too deep of a cap to prevent muddying the water. you have the same risk whenever you plant something, or uproot a plant. aquasoils prevent this by being larger grains, that contain the nutrients within them until removed by the roots of plants.

But it all depends what is available commercially by you. in the US I would suggest using fluval stratum as a cheap substrate, rather than capping anything with flourite, or sand, or whatever.. MTS, or capped dirt, or whatever, is a cool science experiment, but if your objective is to spend your time growing plants and creating some sort of aquascape, you likely have enough on your plate than worrying about getting the water muddy too.
 
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I do not have tap water, I have well water and I do not plan to use it, I think I will combine 50/50 of osmosis water and drinking water.
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What do you use in your other tank then? It can't be that bad the plants look ok despite the high pH, I would just mix that 50/50 and it'll be fine.
 
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