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Just a Quick Quesion: I was planning to use eco-complete for my planted tank, how many inches of it would you recommend?

†Aquapickle†

I think with any substrate for a planted tank that it should be a minimum of 3 inches.

Jim

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Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody. -- Mark Twain

Jim is absolutely right, although one may raise the additional question "What are you planning to plant?"

As the plant selection depends heavily on other tank parameters (lights, in particular, but not only), you may well have a tank which would be good to house Anubias, Mosses, and Ferns - none of which need to be planted in a substrate at all. As such, a minimal height for decoration purposes would be sufficient.

Would I suggest you go that route? Hell no, what if you ever upgrade the light and would be able to have some fabulous rooted plants? You would then also have to add more substrate, and that would be pretty messy.

Again, Jim is sure right, I just thought I throw out the additional thoughts.

Ingo

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That's what i was figuring, i just thought i'd get a few more suggestions.

†Aquapickle†