Joseph Rock
New Member
Hi guys,
Looking to get my substrate together for a 150L x 55d x 60h tank I've got on the way from NACD aquariums (will be a planted discus tank build) and wondering how much I would need. Looking specifically at the ADA Colorado sand as I like the reddish tint - tank will have a lot of orangey-red rocks in which I think will complement it nicely and should hopefully look quite natural.
Substrate wise current plan is to cover the whole tank base (bar viewing side edges) with a couple cm of Tropica's plant growth substrate and then cap with the sand (will be fertilising via auto-doser, with co2, and for the most part using relatively slow growing/easy plants like crypts and swords - intention is to maximise plant health but minimise maintenance and fish stress). Might possibly end up with Tropica's aquarium soil in the back corners where I'll be planting the most heavily, but will be having cory catfish in there and can see that combination getting rather messy with the sand/substrate and mixing it all up. Also then means I've got to artfully hide the join between the sand and substrate!
Issue I've got is I can't seem to find anywhere that says what sand quantity a 9kg ADA bag will actually cover, and also not 100% sure on what depth i should go for. Suggestions online appear to be 1" at front going to 3" at deepest at the back, so averaging 2" depth over a 150 x 55 tank comes in just shy of 50l?
Very happy to take recommendations/suggestions for all aspects of initial plans!
Cheers,
Joe
Looking to get my substrate together for a 150L x 55d x 60h tank I've got on the way from NACD aquariums (will be a planted discus tank build) and wondering how much I would need. Looking specifically at the ADA Colorado sand as I like the reddish tint - tank will have a lot of orangey-red rocks in which I think will complement it nicely and should hopefully look quite natural.
Substrate wise current plan is to cover the whole tank base (bar viewing side edges) with a couple cm of Tropica's plant growth substrate and then cap with the sand (will be fertilising via auto-doser, with co2, and for the most part using relatively slow growing/easy plants like crypts and swords - intention is to maximise plant health but minimise maintenance and fish stress). Might possibly end up with Tropica's aquarium soil in the back corners where I'll be planting the most heavily, but will be having cory catfish in there and can see that combination getting rather messy with the sand/substrate and mixing it all up. Also then means I've got to artfully hide the join between the sand and substrate!
Issue I've got is I can't seem to find anywhere that says what sand quantity a 9kg ADA bag will actually cover, and also not 100% sure on what depth i should go for. Suggestions online appear to be 1" at front going to 3" at deepest at the back, so averaging 2" depth over a 150 x 55 tank comes in just shy of 50l?
Very happy to take recommendations/suggestions for all aspects of initial plans!
Cheers,
Joe