Ed Seeley
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So my tank (Rio 180) is ordered and should be with me towards the end of the week apparently! (I will be pretty impressed if that's true, but this Maidenhead aquatics have been superb so far!)
So I'm now getting down to the scape inside.
The plan, as I've said elsewhere on here, is going to be a big island of planting in the middle to right rear area separated from a sand foreground with a sweep of cobbles (probably siliconed together to help stop the two mixing). For the substrate at the back I want to use ADA Aquasoil.
As I am not a big EI fan (I'm not consistent enough with dosing daily I think!) I was thinking of including Powersand special (S - so the granules are as small as possible) but I'm not sure which type of soil to use! I like the colour of Africa, but apparently Amazonia actually has / releases more nutrients and gets more rapid growth??? If so, as this is planned to be a long term scape (with big areas of stems mainly at the start) should I go for Malaya or Africa rather than Amazonia??? Or will Amazonia be fine?
Has anyone here used anything apart from Amazonia?
As I'm probably going to plant the sand in patches, and have some established sand/Tetraplants complete substrate in my nano which is making way for the new tank, I am going to put this mixture, plus the rest of the Tetraplant complete under the sand foreground too (NB. I'm not worried about this mixing as I've used it for nearly a year in my nano and it hasn't come to the top noticeably at all).
Do you reckon 2 x 9 litre bags of Aquasoil (of whatever type) will be enough with a 2 litre bag of Powersand Special - S? (The area for the Aquasoil will be about 2/3rds of the substrate area). I think that should be about the right amount as I'm not planning any large hills; at this point...
Cheers guys for what I'm sure will be yet more sage advice...
So I'm now getting down to the scape inside.
The plan, as I've said elsewhere on here, is going to be a big island of planting in the middle to right rear area separated from a sand foreground with a sweep of cobbles (probably siliconed together to help stop the two mixing). For the substrate at the back I want to use ADA Aquasoil.
As I am not a big EI fan (I'm not consistent enough with dosing daily I think!) I was thinking of including Powersand special (S - so the granules are as small as possible) but I'm not sure which type of soil to use! I like the colour of Africa, but apparently Amazonia actually has / releases more nutrients and gets more rapid growth??? If so, as this is planned to be a long term scape (with big areas of stems mainly at the start) should I go for Malaya or Africa rather than Amazonia??? Or will Amazonia be fine?
Has anyone here used anything apart from Amazonia?
As I'm probably going to plant the sand in patches, and have some established sand/Tetraplants complete substrate in my nano which is making way for the new tank, I am going to put this mixture, plus the rest of the Tetraplant complete under the sand foreground too (NB. I'm not worried about this mixing as I've used it for nearly a year in my nano and it hasn't come to the top noticeably at all).
Do you reckon 2 x 9 litre bags of Aquasoil (of whatever type) will be enough with a 2 litre bag of Powersand Special - S? (The area for the Aquasoil will be about 2/3rds of the substrate area). I think that should be about the right amount as I'm not planning any large hills; at this point...
Cheers guys for what I'm sure will be yet more sage advice...