Substrate help

[Smyte]

Hello, I'm trying to set up a tank with aquarium plants in it. I read in some posts that a good substrate is 2-3 inches of fluorite at the bottom layer and another layer of substrate of about 1 inch at the top. What type of substrate should be placed as this 1 inch layer?

Am I suppose to be mixing anything in the fluorite layer?

Is this a good setup? I'm pretty inexperienced and would greatly appreciate comments before I do the actual setup.

THanks In ADvance!!

[Robert Flory]

Don't mix or put anything on top unless it is the same size and weight.
Otherwise the two materials separate. On the other hand if you dose ferts
you can pretty much grow plants in anything. I've got one fluorite and one
Red Sea something or other, both have their positive points.

bob

"Smyte" > wrote in message
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>
> Hello, I'm trying to set up a tank with aquarium plants in it. I read in
> some posts that a good substrate is 2-3 inches of fluorite at the bottom
> layer and another layer of substrate of about 1 inch at the top. What
> type of substrate should be placed as this 1 inch layer?
>
> Am I suppose to be mixing anything in the fluorite layer?
>
> Is this a good setup? I'm pretty inexperienced and would greatly
> appreciate comments before I do the actual setup.
>
> THanks In ADvance!!
>
>
> --
> Smyte

[john]

Some people like Fluorite, but personally I think it's way too
expensive. Right now I'm using standard natural gravel, and my plants
are doing well.

When I move, I'm going to replace my substrate with a nuked
clay-topsoil-sand mixture from my yard. I'll probably top it with my
current gravel plus sand.