Substrate

Hi there
Due to urgent maintenance to my stand i need to drain the tank. I am currently using river sand as my substrate. I would like to mix in a substrate with the same properties as Fluorite but that is closer to the colour of the river sand.
Or would it be better to first put in the fluorite and then cap it with river sand?
I favour the light look of the river sand. I am scared that the red or darker fluorite will spoil the look that i am going for.
I am also concerned that the river sand maybe to fine to mix with the fluorite
Is there may be a light substrate similar to fluorite that i can use? (that is affordable)

 

I think all the plant substrates are dark coloured.

If cap them with sand the send will eventually filter through it to the bottom and courser substrate will be on top again.

 

Yes Vis
i suspected that fine riversand may fall through the coarser substrate.

 

Sorry for those horrible sentences.

 

@Marius - i'm guessing you want to grow plants. Why not go for the PFP and Nutri feed route?

 

Pfp

Hallo Henk

My doel is om net n tenk met medium aantal plante te he, maar dit moet goed lyk. Die feit is dat ek reeds Palm Fiber Peat en Nutrifeed gebruik onder my rivier sand. Dit is egter besig om my teen die mure uit te dryf, want die water is nou elke tweede dag so bruin dat ek die helfte moet uit tap. Sodra jy ook net n plant wil her plant dan pop die bruin van die PFP onder die sand uit.

Ek het Dirk se aan wysings gevolg tot op die laaste. Miskien moet ek meer sand capping op die PFP sit. Tans het ek twee na 3 cm rivier sand op die PFP.

Hoe lank gaan die water nog so aanhoudend bruin word? Ek is bereid om aantehou indien daar n verbetering verwag word, maar mens kan nie aanhou om elke tweede dag 50 to 80% water te vervang nie.

Net so laaste bietjie info, ek het ans maar die PFP 3 weke in.

 

Ek het PFP in altwee my tenke en myne word glad nie bruin nie. Ek dink jou sand is te grof en ook te dun.

 

Pfp

Henk hoe dik het jy jou PFP laag gemaak?

 

Ek dink jy moet kom kyk - PM my dan maak ons n plan.

 

Uhm..... English Guys...?

 

@azurekoi, that juat blew my mind lmao! wow.. I really need to learn some Afrikaans, I know German and someone told me it's similar.. They lied lol *to google translate!*

 

lol @Cookie... a lot of people on here are Afrikaans...but because the forum is visited by people from all over the world,we specify that threads should be in English.

I can understand the gist of something in German when I read it due to knowing Afrikaans...but think the reverse as in your case would be more difficult...lol

 

@Cookie Lmao!

I grew up speaking afrikaans at home and english as well. And yeah, it's nowhere near German.

 

The closest it gets to German are the peoples' way of drinking beer and eating Eisbein:cheers:and sometimes the anger

 

I think it's because it's kinda filtered lol.. German is similar to Dutch, Dutch is similar to Afrikaans.. therefore people think German & Afrikaans are similar! Lol

@wsteene LMAO! thanks for the giggle lol