Substrate?

[LiluDallas]

Ive been doing a lot of research on substrate. im interested in a low tech plant/fish aquarium. A lot of the plants im interested in receive their nutrients from the water column. I might end up with a few that feed from the roots. What substrate can I use that wont rob my bank account? no dirt.

 

[IndianaSam]

Pool filter sand is pretty cheap and looks nice. I use it in planted and non-planted tanks.

 

[Maryland Guppy]

Black diamond blasting sand.

 

[mchambers]

Pool filter sand is pretty cheap and looks nice. I use it in planted and non-planted tanks.

I use PFS in most of my tanks.

 

[Becca]

Pool filter sand or a colored sand from a place like the stone store. Sand blasting sand is OK if you're not going to have anything like Cory Cats or Loaches that live on the bottom of the tank.

 

[b considine]

What Becca said.

Blaise

 

[Prince]

I have some soil master select you can have for free. It's enough to fill a 55 gallon with at least 2" or more.

 

[LiluDallas]

I have some soil master select you can have for free. It's enough to fill a 55 gallon with at least 2" or more.

Pls check pm

 

[Marz]

I use PFS too, it does nothing to maintain the high PH though. Has anyone used the Quikrete sand this guy is talking about?

 

[Becca]

I use PFS too, it does nothing to maintain the high PH though. Has anyone used the Quikrete sand this guy is talking about?

Dusty as... I don't know, the moon? It's DUSTY. It never comes clean. It's super fine and gets into filters. It gets into pre-filters and clogs the foam up. Because it's so fine, gas builds up under it pretty easily. It's purty, but never again.

 

[Digital]

I use PFS too, it does nothing to maintain the high PH though. Has anyone used the Quikrete sand this guy is talking about?

Ya, I it is what I use. It was easy to rinse, and probably didn't even need to but I was paranoid. $6/bag is great. Only comes in tan.

 

[Digital]

Dusty as... I don't know, the moon? It's DUSTY. It never comes clean. It's super fine and gets into filters. It gets into pre-filters and clogs the foam up. Because it's so fine, gas builds up under it pretty easily. It's purty, but never again.

Becca, was your issue with pfs in general or specific to quickrete pfs?

 

[FishEggs]

PFS (pool filter sand) isn't bad at all and doesn't take much to rinse. The quikrete sand is not pool filter sand. Its a lot finer and dustier and needs rinsing for days. I think it's worse than the bags of play sand.

 

[Digital]

PFS (pool filter sand) isn't bad at all and doesn't take much to rinse. The quikrete sand is not pool filter sand. Its a lot finer and dustier and needs rinsing for days. I think it's worse than the bags of play sand.

Quickrete does sell 50lb bags of PFS.

 

[FishEggs]

Quickrete does sell 50lb bags of PFS.

The stuff pertaining to the video that was in question is not pool filter sand.
I have never used or seen quikrete PFS so don't know about it.

 

[Digital]

The stuff pertaining to the video that was in question is not pool filter sand.
I have never used or seen quikrete PFS so don't know about it.

Ok gotchya, I didn't see the video

 

[Becca]

Becca, was your issue with pfs in general or specific to quickrete pfs?

Specifically quikrete

 

[KRUCIAN KING]

Try your hand with a dirted tank capped with black blasting sand plants do very well.