What Colour

[arif_93]

hi im gonna buy some plant substrate (anything uder a tenner only)
can anyone tell me waht colour tetraplant substarte is and if they can post a pic of it in their tank
thanks

 

[suzanne]

hi im gonna buy some plant substrate (anything uder a tenner only)
can anyone tell me waht colour tetraplant substarte is and if they can post a pic of it in their tank
thanks

looks like soil - a dark brown colour. cant post a piccy because I have a layeer of gravel over mine..

 

[nry]

Best bet is to ignore the colour. Add a narrow band of your chosen gravel/sand at the front of the tank: then lay the plant substrate behind it and top it all with the gravel/sand. The narrow band of gravel/sand you put along the front of the tank will hide the plant substrate and all you will see is the gravel/sand. Only you will know there is something else there.

 

[arif_93]

what happens if you dont put gravel/sand ontop of it
bcuz i want to keep it the natural brown colour and not add any gravel

 

[Castellop123]

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[SuperColey1]

If you used tetraComplete on its own it would make the water very cloudy and also leach all the nutrients out in one go!!.

 

[vinylman]

Tetra Complete substrate is meant to be used underneath gravel; if you don't use gravel on top, the water will be the colour of tea and any plants won't stay put.