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Hey guys, a quick update question: I like the look of pale bright sand at my local maidenhead aquatics - BUT if I put soil underneath it, will it eventually mix and look horrible? or do they stay seperate? - I have visions of the mud rising above the sand, and having a horrible soup! If so, am...

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ok my current thoughts after all your advice is: option 1: this fert: http://www.aquaessentials.co.uk/index.p ... ts_id=1811 top layer of substrate: eco complete bottom layer of substrate: some dark gravel mixed with some topsoil from the garden at the for some extra nutrients. cheaper...

nry, why use the kitchen towel? (I assume to stop the peat mixing and getting messy - but wont this also stop the nutrients mixing?) Also what is aquarium peat? Lastly, why should sand be better?

Thanks When people say 'dose the water column' is there a product you can recommend which comes in bulk and is cheap?

thanks for that detailed reply. Your last sentence about using gravel under the EC: "In the end though, a less messy solution is to simply bulk up your EC with similarity coloured plain gravel and ensure that you dose the water column." I thought soil from the garden would contain more useful...

hey guys, im thinking of getting some Caribsea Eco-Complete http://www.aquaessentials.co.uk/index.p ... cts_id=190 purely cos I like the look. I dont know much about substrates - but, to bulk it up, can I use topsoil from B&Q?, with the eco-complete on top? Also will topsoil sink? - and can I...