Compost

[little-fish]

Hello all, I know a lot of you will have answered this question before but I'm still not sure which compost to use when I set up my new tank, This will be my third Tank so I have a little bit of experience.

I'm going to take my time on this one and try and get it right first time. I don't intend to put fish in to it for 2/3 months after set up as I wont to plant it and get it established first.

This is why I need to start with the compost.

All help is gratefully received.

Terry

 

[mike455555]

john innses number 5 is what i used under my sand. but i dont know what your planning todo with it

 

[little-fish]

john innses number 5 is what i used under my sand. but i dont know what your planning todo with it

Mike, many thanks for your reply, Perhaps I should have explained a little better. I would like to do something along the lines of your tank,
I have made mistakes with the other tanks buy rushing, and then wishing I gone another way with the plant,rocks etc, so this time I'd like to landscape it a bit better before adding fish.
I have a picture in my head of how I would like the tank to look, and thought about composting under sand/gravel, I thought this would better for the plants I had in mind.
I can remember reading on this forum somewhere that you could use organic compost, but when I tried to find it I couldn't, so rather than guessing and hoping I got it right I thought I'd ask.
Once again Mike thank you.

Ter

 

[mike455555]

no problem
what plants are you planning on putting in there? and whats your lighting going to be like are you going to be dosing ferts?

if your going for a high tech tank you can plants into compost but it depends on the plants your using weather it will benefit them a lot or not

have a read of my journal (link in sig) first few pages are what i did for a substrate although iv not gotten rid of that because i found the plants do just as well without it (i does ferts)