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  1. AdAndrews

    Using Decorative Sand only

    It is possible to have a planted tank-even high tech, with an inert, no nutrient enriched substrate. Although this places all the emphasis on dosing into the water column, I believe it to give scope for mistakes and if nutrient levels drop and if plants suddenly need more, they can suck them up...
  2. AdAndrews

    ADA vs Oliver vs Columbo vs Red sea ??

    Re: ADA vs Oliver Knott I have used nature soil, my only niggle with it that its really light so goes everywhere and is sometimes hard to hold down plants, i would go for the columbo stuff from the planted box.
  3. AdAndrews

    Capping.

    or shall i just put my 2l of oli knotts down, and put gravel on top, simply and cheaply? will that be enough nutrients for the plants? I was also considering putting some dry ferts down with the substrate..? a scattering of my macro mix, aswell as the mono KP and the PN cant do any harm can it?
  4. AdAndrews

    Capping.

    Changed my mind :crazy: Im not going to use the tropica(theres no point for the sake of about £2 wastage, its horrible stuff) so im going to use my oli knotts, i have about 2l of this, i want to do things lower costs, so how about buying Colombo Flora Base - Black 5l, this combined, roughly...
  5. AdAndrews

    Capping.

    ok, im only using all three becuase ive only got limited ammounts of each you see, will do with the tropica, thanks for the advice i'll just go with my tropica and oli knotts capped with gravel then, thanks :thumbup:
  6. AdAndrews

    Capping.

    awesome, but would i need this if i already had tropica substrate and oli knotts??
  7. AdAndrews

    Capping.

    no, never heard of osmocote, what is it like a composty type thing for gardening :crazy:
  8. AdAndrews

    Capping.

    ok, well, here is what im thinking about doing(as i have left overs of certain substrates) 1cm tropica substrate then 2cm of oli knotts nature soil capped with black gravel(just less than pea size) and plants: crypts rotala p.helferi e.tennellus. what do you rekon? and is it good practice...
  9. AdAndrews

    Capping.

    Whats the minimum and maximum substrate you would use under the inert sand/gravel? and how much inert substrate would you add on top? cheers :thumbup:
  10. AdAndrews

    Nutrient Rich Substrate that sand can go on top off

    grains of sand will be able to fall through the gaps in the gravel.
  11. AdAndrews

    Nutrient Rich Substrate that sand can go on top off

    products such as tropica plant substrate need to be capped with something like sand, although, my experience with tropica substrate was pretty bad, it clouds the water badly if you re-plant or take plants up. This may be minimalised with heavy capping, i had about 2 inches on top of it.
  12. AdAndrews

    how thick should it be?

    my tank is only 40cmx28cmx35cm(high) i think must have used about 7 litres of oliver knotts fine soil.
  13. AdAndrews

    how thick should it be?

    i usually go for 1.5" at the front to 4" in the rear
  14. AdAndrews

    sorted now.

    I would have done :lol: Xingu just looks the business so to my eyes it will be worth it, ive never tried a sand/open foreground before, so it will be intresting to see how it pans out.
  15. AdAndrews

    sorted now.

    Re: Unipac Zambezi Sand-colour?? doesnt matter now, im gna fork out the extra for some ADA sand :)
  16. AdAndrews

    sorted now.

    I am wanting some kind of light coloured sand for my nano tank, so i only need a small bag, however i cant seem to see what zambezi sand looks like in real life, some peoples pictures it looks very dark, others light
  17. AdAndrews

    Cat litter

    does it not make a right mess though, i have images of it clouding everywhere and clumping
  18. AdAndrews

    bulking up eco complete

    I wouldnt mix it up if you are going to add an inert black gravel for example, just cap the stuff you have with a fine gravel you like the look of.
  19. AdAndrews

    Cheap Play Sand - Tesco Extra's

    yeah, thats exactly what i thought :lol:
  20. AdAndrews

    whats my best option?

    lol. thanks saintly :D
  21. AdAndrews

    whats my best option?

    i am going to save up a bit more and buy the nature soil, but this isnt for a 125litre anymore, i have decided just to re-do my nano 35litre thanks
  22. AdAndrews

    Shall i spend the £10 extra and get oli knott "fine" substra

    ok, i guess i will buy the normal then. becuase as you say it will be covered. thanks
  23. AdAndrews

    Shall i spend the £10 extra and get oli knott "fine" substra

    the tank is a 40cm, so small.. i decided to go oli knott rather than AS becuase i cant be bothered with all the faffing around with ammonia, i want it to be sorted straight away and id rather save up and spend the extra if i have to.. so rather than "scale" it doesnt matter?
  24. AdAndrews

    Shall i spend the £10 extra and get oli knott "fine" substra

    Im just wondering what the benefits would be for getting the fine version of oli knotts nature soil, rather than the normal stuff, i guess it would fit the tank getter as it is a nano, and maybe hold the more delicate plants such as H.C in better, shall i spend the £10 extra and get fine, or...
  25. AdAndrews

    eco complete and sand?

    ok, thats good then.. i will be dosing ferts EI, do you know any good makes of cat litter lol, im just thinking, isnt it designed to clump up? - surely that will pose a problem? thanks
  26. AdAndrews

    eco complete and sand?

    ok, thanks, what about if i used, 1 cm rising to 2.5 cm of cat litter clay and then an 3cm thick layer of ADA SOIL?
  27. AdAndrews

    eco complete and sand?

    dont mean to curupt someone elses thread, but, whats the best substrate, reasonably cheap?
  28. AdAndrews

    eco complete and sand?

    so what you are saying is that eco complete is not as good as other substrates???
  29. AdAndrews

    whats my best option?

    whats the best substrate for me to have? 125 litre tank, 80cm x 50cm(high) x 35cm?????? i have looked at ada amazonian, is this anygood?
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