James Flexton
Member
Hi People,
i am very close to getting my rio400 or vision450 (still undecided well the misses is i know i want the 450 but she has a thing about bowed glass!)
in short it will be packed full of cardinals with little else.
i definatly want black, fine substrate and dont want to use laterite etc.. that will mix over time and mess up the clean black look. i also gather that cardinals will show their colour more with black substrate under them.
i am currently leaning towards ADA aquasoil http://www.aquaessentials.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=220&products_id=574
if you read the info it says it will lower PH which will be beneficial for the cardinals. i will not be using RO so the water will be relativly hard, not ideal but i will have to live with that.
all this sounds great BUT apart from mentioning that the roots will benefit from a lower PH it doesn't mention nutrient content.
tha question is will aquasoil alone be good enough for a proper carpet of HC, glosso, hairgrass etc... that is of major importance to the layout.
any help would be appreciated. also how many bags to do a 400 or 450L? one bag does 60L is it just a case of multiplication? i know it will cost a lot but not to fussed about that. i want this to be the supertank i've always wanted.
cheers
James
i am very close to getting my rio400 or vision450 (still undecided well the misses is i know i want the 450 but she has a thing about bowed glass!)
in short it will be packed full of cardinals with little else.
i definatly want black, fine substrate and dont want to use laterite etc.. that will mix over time and mess up the clean black look. i also gather that cardinals will show their colour more with black substrate under them.
i am currently leaning towards ADA aquasoil http://www.aquaessentials.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=220&products_id=574
if you read the info it says it will lower PH which will be beneficial for the cardinals. i will not be using RO so the water will be relativly hard, not ideal but i will have to live with that.
all this sounds great BUT apart from mentioning that the roots will benefit from a lower PH it doesn't mention nutrient content.
tha question is will aquasoil alone be good enough for a proper carpet of HC, glosso, hairgrass etc... that is of major importance to the layout.
any help would be appreciated. also how many bags to do a 400 or 450L? one bag does 60L is it just a case of multiplication? i know it will cost a lot but not to fussed about that. i want this to be the supertank i've always wanted.
cheers
James