Edvet
Member
Why does everybody and their granny use those special soils. Are they so superior to regular river sand if you use EI?
I don't like their unnatural look. I nature you always see either light coloured sand or gravel, or there is a thick cover of leaflitter/plantmaterial. But never brown pellets.
River sand has different sized grains, it holds plants well, i never have trouble with "dead spots", the roots of the plants aerate it, or the snails. And it's relatively cheap, i wouldn't like to do my 2 square meter tank with any ADA product.
I don't like their unnatural look. I nature you always see either light coloured sand or gravel, or there is a thick cover of leaflitter/plantmaterial. But never brown pellets.
River sand has different sized grains, it holds plants well, i never have trouble with "dead spots", the roots of the plants aerate it, or the snails. And it's relatively cheap, i wouldn't like to do my 2 square meter tank with any ADA product.