Capping my substrate

[Chesrsmith]

The Tropica Plant Growth Substrate (now just called Substrate) does not leach ammonia etc..).
It does however require capping with your chosen sand.
You place 1cm of Plant Substrate and then cap it with at least 2cm of sand (I have this in my aquarium).
My chosen sand is from Maidenhead Aquatics and called "speckled sand" (Link)
For many years I used to use Unipac aquarium sand but this Speckled Sand is far better.
As with all sands it requires rinsing to remove dust etc.. but is 100% inert.
This sand is quite fine but not too fine and ideal if you have Corydoras or bottom feeding fish.

That's Stephen, I actually have a bag of very similar sand laying around that was left over from one of the turtle tanks so I shall use that.

[Martinspuddle]

Gel? okay, i'll look out for that.

You said you had pots, so I presumed you have Tropica's 1-2-Grow! pots.



These plants are grown terrestrially in a gel tissue culture so free from pests.


Images courtesy from tropica.com

Link: Tropica

[Stephen]

Also plants from Aquarium Gardens, Aqua Essentials and Pro Shrimp come chemical-free and 99% snail-free (Links provided).