soil substrate

Hello dear members. Soon I will setup a new aquarium with size 250x70x80(70 water level). It will be heavly planted high tech aquarium. I need advice regarding the substrate.My plant is: 3cm high Dennerle Denponix Mix 10 in 1 as base layer. The base will capped with aquasoil around 5cm high and...

Hi all, I have a 81x36x45cm planted non-CO2 aquarium with my substrate being inert gravel. This tank is running for around a year now. There are many root tabs/root balls within the substrate. Just over a week ago, I have started to carpet Marsilea crenata - and so far it seems like it is...

Hi everyone, this is just a big info dump at the moment but I'm hoping to keep it up as more of a journal from now on. I started this tank back in August 16, my third attempt (the previous two will not be besmirching the good image of UKAPS). What I took from those attempts was, when it comes to...

Hi all, I thought I'd start a journal of my new 200l AquaOak tank. I've had my eye on an AquaOak tank for years as they match my living room furniture :) When I moved house I decided it was finally time to get one. I essentially went "Ooo pretty" and though it would make moving my existing...

hello everyone!that is my second thread in the forum i am new in the forum as in planted aquarium world! i am going to set up a 5 feet tank i was thinking about the substrate!i wanted to buy jbl aquabasis plus or something similar with that and cap it with jbl manado but t will cost me over £100...

So which is better, I want a black soil substrate, preferably with as small a grain size as possible (colombo has huge grains) opinions on both please, what do you guys think?I want know nutrient levels, grain size, ammonia, how long it lasts/does it turn to mush, very dusty? Very light? Etc...

Finally got round to stripping down my existing low-energy scape and starting a new one...Scape-Horn; so called 'cause of the pointy rocks...did you see what I did there?:D I'm using my usual mix of 1:1 moss peat and aquatic compost. Its 60mm at its deepest and the sand cap is a similar depth at...