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Its a good substrate, a friend it using it in his tank. Give it a shot.

We are suffering from a water shortage in my state so Ill stick to the unscented and conserve the water. With the scented would putting it in a bucket with a powehead and a bag of activated carbon help ?

Im in Bombay and I know a couple of guys who are going to set up planted tanks soon on a budget who I am helping out. So I started searching for cat litter since you guys have had good results with it. I managed to find only 3 types/brands and none of them are moler clay based 1] Bentonite...

Hi, I am using the Azoo substrate in my current tank and Im not experiencing the same problems as you. Make sure you are planting deep enough and you shouldnt have an issue

Use it at the bottom and cap it with inert gravel. Thats the best way to go with this

Apparently this is also done in fish only tanks so that al the poo rolls to the front glass so that it can be easily siphoned out. Seriously someone told me this. :)

Hi you could try using a laterite base layer topped with some inert sand or gravel. It should be god enough if you cant get anything else. If you want some help closer to home, you could register and start a thread on www.indianaquariumhobbyist.com . I think there are a couple of Pakistani...

You could mix it with black roman gravel that you get at pet shops. I think it is about the same size and colour

Yup, it was most definitely a CO2 issue. DIY CO2 didnt work on one of those tanks an on the other I was only dosing Excel, cant remember but I think I was dosing low or on alternate days So yeah, definitely a CO2 issue with those tanks. This time around I going to use both DIY Co2 and Excel. It...

Good information and advice. I was leaning towards a nutrient substrate because this tank will have a lot of foreground plants like hairgrass. My theory is that when the hairgrass starts browning and switching from emmersed to submerged form, the leaves wont do as good a job of absorbing...

Got it, need to have atleast some nutrients in the substrate. I guess it depends more on the plants as well right ? Heavy root feeders and most carpet/foreground plants do well in a nutritious substrate. Im setting up a tank at my parents place in India right now and while you do get ADA and...

Just wondering, what kind of a substrate goes well with EI dosing ? What I meant is what kind of nutrients does the substrate need to have when paired with EI dosing ? Obviously and inert substrate is not ideal for a planted aquarium but other than that how fertile should the substrate be ?