Here is where many people s processes on dirting tanks start to diverge.
Dirted tank carpet on cap.
I used pool filter sand to cap my dirt and it works fine.
I also have a fully cycled filter on the tank along with the used substrate.
Sometimes dirt soil tanks have problems like water becoming clou.
If you added 3 4 of dirt cap it with 3 4 of sand gravel ensuring that the cap is even in all places of the tank.
The tank has been up and running for about a year and a half.
I have read that the dirt needs to settle in and can release some ammonia for a time.
I will be using a cap of sand over the dirt.
I like using a sand cap in tanks where i anticipate cap breakage cleanup is easy and long lasting.
Planting in a dirted tank.
It is very easy to vacuum this dirt leakage up.
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Issue was i moved my tanks to and from college and every time i moved some of the dirt would seep through the cap.
The cap is also about an inch thick.
I could do eco complete but i want to do a dhg carpet and im not a fan of how the dhg grew in my last tank with eco complete.
The reason for the reused capping substrate is i d like to see if i can make this tank immediately inhabitable.
The cap done properly will hold your dirt where it is supposed to be and out of the water column where it does not belong.
Carpet plants also offer an alternative to floating or vertically growing plants in their aquarium.
Hey guys here s a quick video showing if your dirted tank is capped correctly you will not have a muddy mess.
If you have good water flow it will usually aggregate in a little depression somewhere.
Does anyone have any advice.
If the cap breaks and some soil leaks out it will eventually settle on top of the sand cap.
Picking out the right carpet plant for your aquarium is certainly tough especially when trying to select the right plants for beginners.
How to setup a dirted tank aquarium using soil.
It got sooooo messy.
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