Should I was my substrate before I put it in my tank? Would it be best if I didn't so I have all the nutriants or whatever that comes with it? LOL, first attempt at a planted tank.
Should I wash my Florite/Floramax/Eco Complete?
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I washed my eco complete SOME...I know that your not supposed to...but nothing bad happened to me. Eco complete does come with a little packet of clarifyer to settle things out in your tank a little faster, but if you plant right away you will notice a fine dust settling on your plants when the water is fully clear.
I would suggest running your system for 24hrs with the lights off before planting with eco complete.
I would suggest running your system for 24hrs with the lights off before planting with eco complete.
FLESHY;4500827; said:
Plants will be awhile, but fish are already in.
dookie;4500834; said:
Going to be mixing it up. Going to use all three. Just have to find black in all. So far, Florite is all that red clay color and I need it black. The first will be the Florite-Max as that is the only one I could get my hands on. Having to order the other two.
you rinse Flourite because it is a dusty clay product, and will cloud your water if you don't (and it will still cloud it some, even if you do)
you don't rinse eco-complete because - - in theory - - it comes packaged in pro-biotic water that supposedly helps jump-start your conditioning process . . .
not sure why you'd want to use Flourite and Floramax . . . I think they are essentially the same thing (?)
you don't rinse eco-complete because - - in theory - - it comes packaged in pro-biotic water that supposedly helps jump-start your conditioning process . . .
not sure why you'd want to use Flourite and Floramax . . . I think they are essentially the same thing (?)
I think the whole "brazilian water" thing is hocus pocus. Its the same as live marine sand. I washed mine...nothing bad happned. That being said...theres really no reason to... I did because I was switching substrates and didnt want dust all over all of my plants.
FLESHY;4501644; said:
it may or may not have some value, but in either case, I agree, there is no reason to rinse eco-complete . . .
un-rinsed eco-complete will settle in just a few hours anyway . . . in fact, the settling is part of the process, since eco is made up of two different size particles . . . the denser particles settle first and make up the base, and the smaller ones then settle on top of that