I have a 125 [72x18] and just wondering what, if anything, can go under my 120 pounds of sand to enhance plant growth. I have heard it is recommended you do this. Any suggestions? Anything cheap?
Thanks!
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Better Plant Growth?
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Under the sand? Root tabs would help but I've never personally used them. I think they might have been the missing element to help my hairgrass spread
I do dose liquid fertilizer [on a carbonless tank] but I have heard you can add another type of substrate under the sand to put the roots in.
Yeah, these:
Water column fertilizer can only do so much for plants that draw nutrients in through the substrate.
Water column fertilizer can only do so much for plants that draw nutrients in through the substrate.
yea your probably thinking of laterite/flourite. I just used flourite as a substrate, but it's really not super necessary. I really don't think it helped all that much in all honesty. I didn't even manage to get a nice carpet of hairgrass to grow, and this is with high dosing, co2, and 3 wpg of light