Hi all.
Going back 8 years ago I was recommended to buy eco complete and cap it with sand.
I set it up and I just couldn’t keep the two separate.
So I had the ‘brain wave’ of just mixing it and forgetting it.
I have never liked it.
plants struggle apart from less demanding ones.
I can grow red tiger lotus, Amazon swords, crypts without a care in the world.
I cannot for the life of me grow dhg or Hemianthus Callitrichoides or anything else that is classed as a little more demanding.
I just want to grow plants like everyone else that don’t seem to have a problem!!!
in my 400 ltr
I have pressurised co2
2 fluval plant 3.0 led lights
Full EI dosing
my ph is ~8
My gh is ~10
My kh is ~5
So the question is....
(bearing my gh/kh in mind) am I going to have a problem with fluval stratum (such as ph swings in the dangerous way?)
if it’s not a good idea, what substrate do you recommend that I can have success with actually growing plants like everyone else?!
Many Thanks 😊
Going back 8 years ago I was recommended to buy eco complete and cap it with sand.
I set it up and I just couldn’t keep the two separate.
So I had the ‘brain wave’ of just mixing it and forgetting it.
I have never liked it.
plants struggle apart from less demanding ones.
I can grow red tiger lotus, Amazon swords, crypts without a care in the world.
I cannot for the life of me grow dhg or Hemianthus Callitrichoides or anything else that is classed as a little more demanding.
I just want to grow plants like everyone else that don’t seem to have a problem!!!
in my 400 ltr
I have pressurised co2
2 fluval plant 3.0 led lights
Full EI dosing
my ph is ~8
My gh is ~10
My kh is ~5
So the question is....
(bearing my gh/kh in mind) am I going to have a problem with fluval stratum (such as ph swings in the dangerous way?)
if it’s not a good idea, what substrate do you recommend that I can have success with actually growing plants like everyone else?!
Many Thanks 😊