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Old 03-30-2008, 07:16 PM   #1
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planted tank without specific substrate


can i have a planted tank without a proper ** planted tank substrate **

can i just use a co2 system, add fertilisers and have a good light ?

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Re: planted tank without specific substrate

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In a word...yes.

Two of my three heavily planted tanks have plant useless substrates.

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Re: planted tank without specific substrate

awesome stuff just what i wanted to hear. i kinda rushed into things and bought some cheapish good sized substrate today. so i could get the tank up and running. then read some stuff on here bout needid substrate. haha. going to get a co2 system tmoz and build a hood for my compact t5. might get some plants tmoz as well. haha. should be interesting to see how long they last H. cheers
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