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Going soil and need advice!

Bert2oo1

Bert2oo1

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Hey guys I'm putting soil in my tank and need abit of guidance. Iv got enough soil to have 1 inch cover. I'm also going to be mixing in red clay powder and dolomite lime.

My question is,
how much lime should I add?
How much clay powder should I add?

I've got 500grams of clay powder and 2kg of dolomite to use.

My tank is 120x50x50cm.
I'll be capping with Eco complete (1inch capping)

Any advice would be great!
Thanks


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to be honest I'm not sure.

My understanding is that it depends on what substrate you are using and your water hardness.

I live in a soft water area, so I'm adding red clay but i have a brick of it, rather than dust. I have seen people roll it into large pea sized balls and stick it straight into organic compost.
 
dan4x4 said:
to be honest I'm not sure.

My understanding is that it depends on what substrate you are using and your water hardness.

I live in a soft water area, so I'm adding red clay but i have a brick of it, rather than dust. I have seen people roll it into large pea sized balls and stick it straight into organic compost.
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Thanks :) I also have very soft water. 40ppm from the tap. I ended up using 400g of clay powder. I put in half an inch of soil and then sprinkled the clay powder over the top
And then added another half inch of soil over the top.

I didn't end up using the lime as I read mixed results about it. As I was adding my fish back straight away I didn't want risk it.

I've had the soil in for a week now and I'm happy so far



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great news! I'm also in the process of setting up a new tank. I used john nine number 3 last time, which was good.

This time I'm using a mix of john innes no3, aquatic compost from b&q, with red clay mixed in (only mine is wet modelling clay). Im going to cap with spagnum moss then also gravel.

I'm having a nightmare deciding on filtration. I'm going to put a betta in there but I'm worried 10x volume of aquarium flow rule will be too much.
 
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