Ryan Young
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- 17 Jun 2015
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Hi all,
I am getting very close to having everything ready to go on my long overdue re scape from a tank I stripped out back in the summer.
I am trying to do things quite cheap as I know I will change the tank layout over and over so dont want to spend a lot on hardscape and substrate materials.
My question is, I would like to know a sand or gravel which looks like this...
It doesnt need any helpful nutrients as I plan on having the tank dirted so this is more of just a cap to stop things getting really messy. The only reason I am not just going out and grabbing a few bags of sand similar to this is because for me sand has never been that great for plant roots; I am going for a lower tech setup with low maintenance plants also but for ones like staurogyne repens, Crypts and some blyxa I want to make sure it is rooted the best it can under the circumstances.
Sorry for this being a bit long winded, I just want to make sure I get everything across that needs to be conveyed.
Thanks in advance!
Ryan
I am getting very close to having everything ready to go on my long overdue re scape from a tank I stripped out back in the summer.
I am trying to do things quite cheap as I know I will change the tank layout over and over so dont want to spend a lot on hardscape and substrate materials.
My question is, I would like to know a sand or gravel which looks like this...
It doesnt need any helpful nutrients as I plan on having the tank dirted so this is more of just a cap to stop things getting really messy. The only reason I am not just going out and grabbing a few bags of sand similar to this is because for me sand has never been that great for plant roots; I am going for a lower tech setup with low maintenance plants also but for ones like staurogyne repens, Crypts and some blyxa I want to make sure it is rooted the best it can under the circumstances.
Sorry for this being a bit long winded, I just want to make sure I get everything across that needs to be conveyed.
Thanks in advance!
Ryan