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You are welcome! You don't need Tropica growth substrate under Tropica soil. Tropica soil has everything needed in, so you use it on its own. Not sure what fish you have, but if they are bottom dwellers and there is a chance to disrupt the substrate, then use gravel size 2-5mm. Don't use sand...

Hi, If the price is the main factor, go for Tropica growth substrate capped with gravel. Will work fine. Good water colomn fertilising and plants will trive. If you can spend the extra cash, go for Tropica soil, Colombo or Amazonia. Much easier to use, results are great, looks very good too...

The manado is not the greatest of substrates...I haven't used it personally but the reports we hear all the time are confirming this. It is definitely disadvantage that it rises the pH. Changing the substrate - to me that means total rescape. It is hard work, but the best way! This will allow...

I suppose it is a biggish mine and they have concessions and all the needed licenses to extract from natural source. I don't think it is recycled. It is baked clay/soil mixture. Since most of the soils are coming from Japan, I believe they are all well regulated. The same as brick clay yield etc.

As Andy said, do water changes every day, for the first 1 or 2 weeks and then providing there are no algae you can reduce them to 1 or 2 a week(30-50%) for a week or so and then go to normal 1 WC a week. The guide by ADA: http://www.adana.co.jp/en/contents/process/index.html Hope this helps...

I have been using shirakura shrimp substrate with great success, also akadama, different mixes with akadama, peat etc adding some ferts with the water, no problems at all. If I were you, I would use the tropica soil. It will get the plants established and growing in no time. No need to add...

It depends what is the foot print of the tank and how high of a slope you are after... But lets say if your tank is 50 cm tall and you want 10cm of a substrate, you will need around 36l

It is a great product, if you are planning of having heavy bottom feeders like crypts or echinodorus. Otherwise you can supply your ferts through the water column without any issues. My current tank has acadama for a substrate(old and very inert by now) and I add all the ferts through the water...

That's a great tank, Victor, I have been following its development closely! Do you know that ADA lunched a new Amazonia, which is said to have the goodies of the both Amazonia and Amazonia II: http://www.adana.co.jp/en/sc/news/detail/35. It should not cloud the water, yet it will be leaching...

1 liter of Aquasoil weights approximately 1 kg, but this might vary depending on the humidity of the particular lot. Regards

I have used coarse sand 4-5 mm size quite few times. I used to put the sand in a bucket, pour some water to dust it off and then straight in the tank without washing it throughout. Just pouring water carefully on top of it, not to disturb it. Then perform a water change and that has always been...

PM sent. I would like to give it a go! Regards

I have been playing a bit with similar stuff before and it seems doing the job! I will love to give it a go, if you decide to share with us :) Regards

Dear Friends, as I have been fiddling about with the cat litter some time now, I will share my humble experience with you: The cat litter is manly done of bentonite, but there are two types of it: Calcium bentonite and Sodium bentonite. Most of the cat litter is made of Sodium bentonite, where...

Thank you Yzeman, I have send emails to those people to see if they could help. Recently Im arranging transport for some AquaClay, but it is quite an adventure. Will see, its claimed that the AquaClay doesn't affect the water parameters, which make it easier for use than the Akadama. I don't...

I have quited the search for Floran, as Norbert Sabat shared his experience on ASW: http://www.aquascapingworld.com/forum/s ... itute.html So only the AquaClay is the alternative or Akadama if I find a way to ship it cheaper. Regards

It seems, nobody in here test it before :( I will be the flagman :D I have received some samples of the Aquaclay®F 13-20, Aquaclay® F 4-10 and Aquaclay® Ground. The ground could work as substrate, but the colour is a bit odd - "Warm terracotta color" as they claimed it. I will try it to...

Dear fellows, as my quest for cheaper alternative of the Aquasoil seems never ending I'm still wondering about in search for the best substitute. Akadama seems to be very good alternative, but unfortunately it is not wide available in Bulgaria and its price if ordered from abroad is almost as...

I have been reading a lot last few days and I still can't figure out, what is the best base mix for Akadama: If we are looking at the AS and PS combination it is well known that AS is similar to Akadama, with one major advantige the advantige of the AS - it is nutrient rich. About the PS - some...

Actually I have found Akadama, my problem is finding osmocote over here. Only wholesalers seems to have it and they sell to the big garden centers. I also didn't understand why we need the sphagnum moss in conjunction with osmocote? Can we not use it on it's own or with regular peat? Regards

No problem at all! I have found osmocote, but in a wholesaler and now waiting for him to figure a way to give me a small amount like 2 lbs. Nick I hope you liked it?!

In Sofia, Bulgaria

Thank you very much! Well I will have a look around the garden shops and will see what can be found. I'm using EC at my recent scapes and I'm pretty happy with it, but it will be better if there is a product with slow release properties. What about the tablets that the specialized brands as...

OK, I have been reading twice this topic and one question appear to me: If the absorbing power of akadama so good, is it not a good idea to add a thin layer of earthworm castings underneath (as Tom Barr mentioned somewhere )and to solve ina cheap way the supply of nutrients? I'm sure that the...