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Hi all, I'm starting a new tank, only a small one, around 30L, and was going to use Akadama. Would it be ok to put a layer of soil under this to help plant growth, if so what sort of soil? I'm talking about soil from a garden centre, not a specialised aquatic one.

Thanks I'll give that a go.

Thanks Antoni, I'll give that a try

Probably a daft/obvious answer to this, but I'm going to be using play sand from Argos as my substrate, and was wondering about the best way to rinse the sand before it goes in the tank :? With gravel I'd just use a seive and hey presto, but the sand is obviously alot finer, so what do you...

Thanks George that's a great help mate. I do have Akadama in one of my small tanks, and I really like the look of that, but I really want to use a dark substrate in this next one so the aquasoil would be ideal, just wondered if there is anything similar that might be worth a try :D Off to do...

Thanks for the advice guys, appreciate it :D Are there any similar realistic alternatives to ADA aquasoil then? Just out of curiosity really :wink:

I'm looking at using ADA Aquasoil in my next tank, but am unsure what type to get :? I definately want Amazonia, but normal, or Amazonia II, or even the powder types, Im really not sure. Is there any real difference in the normal and the II? And also what would people recomend, normal or...

No don't worry i'd never get heater cables, waste of money :wink:

So you put gravel over the top of the ADA Aquasoil then? That tank when you had the Dennerle mix in it did look good though, the plants looked very healthy :)

So do you need top have gravel or sand on top of the Deponitmix then? I'm a bit of a newbie where substrates are concerned, having only ever used gravel, but is'nt ADA Aquasoil rather expensive?

I will shortly be setting up a new 260 litre aquarium, and can't decide what substrate to use. To be honest i've only ever used normal gravel, but i want to promote the plant growth in as many ways as possible so thought about using possibly Tetraplant Complete substrate, and adding 1-3mm sized...