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soil capped?

Luciën

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Hi all,

My son neglect his small tank, so I got permission to do a takeover :)
I want to try something of a Walstad kind of approach but the things i see people do is cap the dirt with sand or gravel.. Does is needs to be capped? My guess is that the dirt would make a lot of mess if it isn't? And is gravel better then sand due to the pores.. So things that compost sinks faster to the dirt or doesn't it matter?
 
Tropica Soil on its own ? or Tropica Substrate covered with good quality sand or gravel ?. Tutorial " The Soil Substate and Dirt Planted Tank by Tim Harrison" should cover this
 
I've got a test jar (1L) which has uncapped soil, it was a mix of sand, clay and garden soil (that is the soil in Norfolk). It settled after a week, super low light and the plants (crypt wendtii and sagittaria sub) are slowly growing and putting out new leaves, it's a nice lil thing. I'll upload a photo soon, moving house today :arghh::)
 
Heres some pics from my jar...

Indoors it lives in a shaded spot
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Also I moved house and the soil in the tank was pretty stable, makes me annoyed I didn't make a bigger batch.
 
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