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bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	i am thinking about starting up a amozon tank with swords and fishes.etc. i was looking at a mag and they sell plant gravel with like copper or what not. for all my tanks i use gravel so will this plant gravel be ok for fish.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:44
clownloachfan Fish Addict Posts: 660 Kudos: 850 Votes: 115 Registered: 10-Oct-2003	I Have never seen a plant substrate being marketed just because it has copper. Are you shure it wasn't iron(fe)? You should pick out a substrate that includes at least iron. There are two commonly known brands of subtrate for the planted aquarium. Seachems Flourite, and Natural Aquarium vital for the planted aquarium. I have natural aquarium vital. I think i would rather have the flourite since you can vacuum it.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:44
bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	it might have been iron. it was red or brown depending on which bag.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:44
AW0L Enthusiast Posts: 181 Votes: 0 Registered: 20-Jan-2004	sounds like a laterite soil. most likly its IRON since copper can kill inverts. possibly florite
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:44


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