Aristotelis
New Member
Hello, another soil question.
I'm aware there are different threads about soil but there are some points that are not clear to me so I hope I'm not altering the forum order by making a new thread for it.
I'm starting to prepare for a 100x60x35height low tech tank. Although limited in the amount of space I have, I'm trying to make a tank with "lot's of surface" to help gas exchange, as I understand this is a good thing to have in any aquarium and especially in low tech ones.
I'm aware that many use "normal" garden soil for their low tech tanks. Where I live though we do not have the same soil names so I'm a bit hesitant on what to choose. I'd like to ask if I can use a proper aquarium fertilized soil, like ada, JBL, Oliver-knott and similar. Do you have any preferences about those in low tech?
Can I use a fertilizing soil without making different levels? I mean just one soil for all the aquarium. Should I better use some kind of bigger granulometry at the bottom and then the fertilized soil on top? Again I'm aware of the "traditional" method but I have also seen members of this forum going with just the normal ADA aquasoil for the whole tank, so that's why I'm asking.
Can I use lot's of soil to create a big slope in a low tech tank, or this is a "dangerous" situation because of anaerobic zones in the soil? The tank will be "only" 35cm height.
Thank you in advance for any help, I appreciate it. Sorry if all of this is already answered and wasn't able to find it.
I'm aware there are different threads about soil but there are some points that are not clear to me so I hope I'm not altering the forum order by making a new thread for it.
I'm starting to prepare for a 100x60x35height low tech tank. Although limited in the amount of space I have, I'm trying to make a tank with "lot's of surface" to help gas exchange, as I understand this is a good thing to have in any aquarium and especially in low tech ones.
I'm aware that many use "normal" garden soil for their low tech tanks. Where I live though we do not have the same soil names so I'm a bit hesitant on what to choose. I'd like to ask if I can use a proper aquarium fertilized soil, like ada, JBL, Oliver-knott and similar. Do you have any preferences about those in low tech?
Can I use a fertilizing soil without making different levels? I mean just one soil for all the aquarium. Should I better use some kind of bigger granulometry at the bottom and then the fertilized soil on top? Again I'm aware of the "traditional" method but I have also seen members of this forum going with just the normal ADA aquasoil for the whole tank, so that's why I'm asking.
Can I use lot's of soil to create a big slope in a low tech tank, or this is a "dangerous" situation because of anaerobic zones in the soil? The tank will be "only" 35cm height.
Thank you in advance for any help, I appreciate it. Sorry if all of this is already answered and wasn't able to find it.