Would gravel matter?

[OhNo123]

I'm going to change my 10 gallon moderately planted gravel from natural to black. Should I buy Eco-Complete - $18 for 20lbs or Estes' black gravel for $14 for 20lbs. Its not going to have any difficult to maintain plants. Javafern - attached to driftwood. Amazon Sword. Java moss - attached to driftwood. Duckweed - floating. And maybe some water sprite.- maybe... Would the gravel matter? Which should I go with?

 

[Mgamer20o0]

amazon swords get too big. i have one over 18 inch tall by a foot wide. others i had to get rid of been over 2 feet tall.

not going to matter with the java fern i have my water sprite growing great in just reg gravel. i would go with cheap stuff..... but if its only a few more vs the other stuff go for the eco.

 

[rich311k]

For only 4 dollars more might as well get the Eco. Most plants do well in regular gravel.

 

[OhNo123]

I think I'm going to stick with regular gravel since I'm low on cash.

 

[echoofformless]

It's only four dollars difference? Go with the Eco Complete. I'm the first person to tell people not to bother with spending the extra money on supposed "plant" substrates; however colored, coated gravels always start to fade and turn an ugly light ash gray color over time. I haven't heard of Eco Complete doing that. Not to mention coated gravels are unnatural looking. So for these reasons alone, go with the "better" stuff.