LancsRick
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I set up a Rio 180 a few months ago using a soil substrate and gravel cap, and I'm really not happy with it.
I've used aquatic soil, with gravel tidy on top, and capped with black gravel. Not only do I STILL have tannins present, despite numerous water changes, chemical filtration, etc etc, but my amano shrimp seem to love the soil, and move away all the gravel in order to pull up pieces of the soil. As a result my tank looks like a right mess.
I'm considering just emptying the whole thing over the Christmas break, removing the soil, and refilling it with cat litter as a substrate to eliminate all my issues. Given that doing all of that will probably be most of a day's work, I was wondering if anyone else had suggestions on how to approach this to eliminate the issues.
Cheers.
I've used aquatic soil, with gravel tidy on top, and capped with black gravel. Not only do I STILL have tannins present, despite numerous water changes, chemical filtration, etc etc, but my amano shrimp seem to love the soil, and move away all the gravel in order to pull up pieces of the soil. As a result my tank looks like a right mess.
I'm considering just emptying the whole thing over the Christmas break, removing the soil, and refilling it with cat litter as a substrate to eliminate all my issues. Given that doing all of that will probably be most of a day's work, I was wondering if anyone else had suggestions on how to approach this to eliminate the issues.
Cheers.