Bertie
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- 18 Apr 2013
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Hi,
At the moment I have large 6mm - 8mm gravel in my tank as initially I did not intend to use live plants.
The problem with this large gravel, is that quite a few of the plants often "pop" out of the gravel,especially newly planted ones. When this happens one after the other, it does become annoying, and I think that maybe the plants have difficulty laying down their roots. My wife is unsympathetic saying that it is the only exercise that I get!!
Would it be beneficial to place say some Dennerle Black Quartz as a 1" - 2" cap over the top of this gravel say 1/2 one week and 1/2 the next? Or would it be best to remove the complete substrate and re do the complete tank?
At the moment I have large 6mm - 8mm gravel in my tank as initially I did not intend to use live plants.
The problem with this large gravel, is that quite a few of the plants often "pop" out of the gravel,especially newly planted ones. When this happens one after the other, it does become annoying, and I think that maybe the plants have difficulty laying down their roots. My wife is unsympathetic saying that it is the only exercise that I get!!
Would it be beneficial to place say some Dennerle Black Quartz as a 1" - 2" cap over the top of this gravel say 1/2 one week and 1/2 the next? Or would it be best to remove the complete substrate and re do the complete tank?