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JIMMY319126 Fingerling Posts: 23 Kudos: 16 Votes: 1 Registered: 07-Jan-2006	hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii evrybody i heared about mixing sand or gravel with peat,iron and garden soil is this true ,how and what the benfits of it beside its cheap (i already have sand and i can get peat,potted soil or garden soil and clay how can i mix them please give me input with numbers) and can i use one of them only like peat or soil???? Last edited by JIMMY319126 at 24-Jan-2006 22:50
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
luvmykrib Fish Addict Posts: 585 Kudos: 256 Votes: 27 Registered: 08-Nov-2005	Here's a link to how to do it, the only drawback I see is it could get messy really easily when gravel vacing and rearranging plants would be next to impossible without clogging the filter. Most people are just using a ready-made substrate like eco-complete, laterite (under gravel) or flourite. Other people (myself included) just add the necessary ferts to the water column/substrate on a regular schedule. http://home.infinet.net/teban/how-to.html This link leads to an article at Aqua-Botanic. "If you're afraid you'll make a mistake, you won't make anything." -Family Circus
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43
keithgh Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 6371 Kudos: 6918 Votes: 1542 Registered: 26-Apr-2003	Assuming it can be done why bother as the long term deep cleaning would always be a problem. I think you will find many other well proven options that do work without having the same cleaning problem. Have a look in [link=My Profile]http:// www.fishprofiles.com/interactive/forums/profile.asp?userid=6741" style="COLOR: #00FF00[/link] for my tank info [link=Betta 11Gal Desktop & Placidity 5ft Community Tank Photos]http://photobucket.com/albums/b209/keithgh/Betta%20desktop%20tank/" style="COLOR: #00FF00[/link] Keith Near enough is not good enough, therefore good enough is not near enough, and only your best will do. I VOTE DO YOU if not WHY NOT? VOTE NOW VOTE NOW
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43


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