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doox00

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what would be best substrate be for a tank that will have lots of live plants?

thanks again
 
That is entirely up to you and what you want. Some people just use ordinary gravel while others will use a substrate that is specifically made for an aquarium with live plants such as eco-complete or florite. Eco-complete is black in color and is a fine substrate in texture. It comes in a bag with liquid that has live bacteria needed for a planted aquarium. Florite is another substrate made for this kind of aquarium but is reddish in color and the substrate is in bigger pieces which have a lot of iron for the plants. Both of these options are a bit on the pricey side.

Marinemom
 
a mixture of sand and gravel ok?

looks like you can get the eco complete and just make a small layer and put substrate of choice over that, I will be setting up a 90g, if I were to get 40 pounds of the eco complete and cover it with gravel of choice this would work out ok?
 
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If you mix sand and gravel, all of your sand will end up at the bottom with a bunch of gravel sitting on top! :)
 
FreakIndeed said:
If you mix sand and gravel, all of your sand will end up at the bottom with a bunch of gravel sitting on top! :)
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yeah, figured that would happen. Looks like though you can get a layer of that eco complete and put whatever substrate you want over that. I may go that route. would 40 pounds of the eco complete be enough for a bottom layer in a 90g? 48x18 bottom dimensions. then maybe 60-80 pounds of gravel on that?
 
eco-complete actually has different sizes in it(by design) the smaller stuff sinks to the bottom (better for roots) bigger particles on top.

man I wish the LFS here could keep it in stock.
 
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