Great review. You answered every question I was thinking as I watched. I think I’ll look for that product here in Canada and give it a try and fire up a small 10 gallon tank I have.
Amazing video, wish I could come to your shop sucks I’m across the world, keep up the vids I’m creating a scape for my home and you have helped me alot
2 questions on a small SE Asia biotope with botanicals and unstripped wood branches: (1) Would Seachem Fluoride be a better choice than ADA Malaya? (2) In either case, should the Seachem Fluoride or the ADA Malaya be mixed in with a sand ratio? Thank you for all the work you put into advising the public.
I'm not in the position to claim either one is better but I would prefer clay substrate such as the flourite then soil substrate such as the ada Malaya. And if I were to use soil substrate I would prefer fluval Stratum. I don't think you should mix both of them together, but there is an advantage of mixing a small amount of seachem Onyx sand at the bottom to maintain a more stable pH in a planted tank.
My idea was to sector off zones inside aquarium, not mix together, exactly. I recognize the medium is water and that may be the same as “mixing” both strata? Clay absorbs, after all. (1) Fluval over Tropica? (2) Can unmixed Stratum and Seachem Fluoride red work unmixed in same tank yet side-by-side? (3) You mention Seachem Onyx sand. Plain or fluorite? No brown or reddish, tones, just grey? If you mean cosmetic sand, I thought about ADA Colorado Sand. This is a darkwater for a betta. My area requires Prime. Water here is mostly hard. Alkalinity is a concern, yes. Botanicals and a small oak tree limb (cured but unstripped) are being used in the aquascape. Maybe better to strip the oak limb. This is my first try :) I am concerned about proper cycling, as you can imagine. Confusing. I am trying to get substrate and vegetation right and then think about testing/changing water until parameters are ideal. I imagine 1-2 months without adding any bacteria other than food? Seachem Stability speeds up the process? Lastly, I know you prefer clay to soil. Why not Malaya if you chose soil? Thank you for your time. Good day
@@onetwoxplore in that case I don't think there's a problem if it's sector out. I would prefer fluval over ada soil as from my experience the fluval Stratum doesn't cloud the water at all during initial setup. The granulat also remain in shape longer then ADA One. And it gives a nice natural dirt smell when you open one although that is just my preference not an advantage. But unlike the ADA soil which comes in 2 uniform sizes, the Stratum comes in a pack of variety size granulat. The onyx is the grey sand. If you have hard water then it's not suitable for you as it's made to release carbonate into the tank when it gets too acidic.
Without adding bacteria it will most likely takes 1-2 months time while adding them it will takes a week. If you're not in a hurry then i don't think you'll face major problem even without adding any bacteria. Running the aquarium longer before adding life stocks might have it's advantage too.
@@no_proxxiv4163 nitrogen, phosphate and potassium. Make sure you have around 20-40ppm of potassium in your water, around 1ppm of phosphorus and somewhere around 10-25ppm of nitrate. Sometimes you would want the nitrate to be higher at 50ppm depending on situation.
There were no fishes in this tank for so much time but the HC plant is growing so good. Did you use some Macro or Complex fertilizers for that tank in particular in Water? If yes, what was that? I heard you'd been using some tabs. What was that? :) And how was the density of applying these tabs into soil?
Actually fishes make things worst as more often the fish food would act as pollution instead of fertilizing the plants. I use Seachem Flourish Tabs on the substrate. 10cm apart. Also once a week Seachem Flourish Comprehensive and twice a week Aquavitro Envy for now
May I ask what plant that is that you've used for the carpet? I really like it and thanks for the review. This is the same substrate that I have had in my tank since September however I haven't planted much in it and will start doing this in a few days.
I have seen people using the exoterra reptiles sand submerged before and they seems to settle down after sometime. I believe your intention is not maintain the pH level? Personally I wouldn't advise on doing so. There are other method to raise carbonate in water that is more practical and safer.
Did this substrate effect water perimeters in any way? I'm looking for a planted substrate that's as close to a soil substrate without alternating water perimeters for Neocaradina shrimp. I've seen a few comments on users saying their water chemistry changed with Flourites use but I'm just wondering if (and hoping) their experiences were exceptions to the normal experience.
I have not tried Akadama as it is not that commonly found in my country but I would assume that they have some what the same properties. But I believe akadama doesn't comes in sand form which make it difficult to use with plants like hemianthus callitrichoides or glossostigma.
It doesn't come with Fertilizer in it. You need to add substrate and liquid fertilizer with the correct lighting. Flourite is just meant to give the roots a better anchor and proper space to grow.
Make sense! Chemical. But most local call it sea-cham here. And we call pronounce algae algay. So you'll some times here me say algae and sometimes algay.
It was pretty bad. There's an update to this video regarding the dust. I didn't clean the Flourite Sand as suggested and the tank pretty much have to be redo after a few months when the dust sediment started to solidify forming a layer that prevent water flow in between the soil. I redo the tank with the same Flourite Sand but this time I did wash them. The tank is still new now but I did lost a KG of the 7kg weight contain after washing. Other then that I kinda like the product.
88 Pets Online I laid a bed sheet on concrete, pour the Flourite on top and wash with garden hose. Gather up the sheet and pour it in a bucket for adding it to tank. Your English is quite good, but can't understand what plant name you are saying. That said, I have the dark clay product, and it looks quite nice with no cover, and no problems for my cats and plecos.
Leave the man alone, he's doing very well and trying to think of how to answer questions about the product. Is your language so perfect that you never say uhh ? I doubt it
