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brohan
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 Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 9:10 am Post subject: Any experience with Contra soil |
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I recently went a bought a bag of contra soil 4 mm pellets for my plated aquarium. Any idea what the best fertilizers, plants, fish are best suited to keep in the planted aquarium?
How good is the soil? |
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Tusharshetty
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| Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 9:48 am Post subject: Re: Any experience with Contra soil |
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soil is pretty good.....add a top layer of substrate of roughly the same size...it helps to absorb excess nutrients...thats what i was told about my tank 
my knowledge is limited to that as im new to planted tanks
wait for expert comments  |
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jabba
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| Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 4:59 pm Post subject: Re: Any experience with Contra soil |
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| Contro soil is a pretty good soil for planted tanks |
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josyjames
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| Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 5:08 pm Post subject: Re: Any experience with Contra soil |
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Its good for planted tank.
I had used this soil initially in my 35 Gallon planted tank. I had mixed the soil with laterite soil. I had the soil in the mid layer. Both top and bottom were filled with laterite soil. This were done in my first ever planted tank. |
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Tusharshetty
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| Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 7:56 pm Post subject: Re: Any experience with Contra soil |
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wow shelly amazing tank   |
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Athreyan
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| Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:58 pm Post subject: Re: Any experience with Contra soil |
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Contro Soil is a good substrate for planted tanks. It is a nutrient rich substrate, so you don't have to use any other layers. I generally use a few spoons of vermi-compost. But that is not really necessary.
I have one pointer though. There are 2 types of contro soil... 2mm & 4mm. The one you have is $mm (as you've mentioned). The 2mm one is the one usually recommended for small carpeting plants. Personally, I've never used the larger grain, so I don't really know if smaller plants will work. You can try though. otherwise, composition wise they're both the same.
Good luck with your tank! |
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| Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 7:30 pm Post subject: Re: Any experience with Contra soil |
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Hi Shelly,
Beautiful tanks. |
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hrishi007
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| Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 9:30 am Post subject: Re: Any experience with Contra soil |
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I remember i used to play CONTRA a lot in my childhood days  |
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