Thanks Ill check the site. My lfs has been excellent they know the water conditions in my area. The plants they have sugested i have tried with little success, so thats why i want to start afresh from bottom up. I'm not tring to be stinge but brand names really get my goat (being polite).
You pay more for the name not the product and fish/plants are not followers of fashion.
--- In tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com, Larry Blanchard wrote:
>
> On 02/23/2013 01:31 PM, Saxphil wrote:
> > I have had poor results with plants, so starting afresh. Substrat?
> > depth of gravei. Fullers earth or commonly known as non clumping clay
> > cat litter?. Garden soil, growbag compast?
>
> I've tried a lot of different stuff for plants, mostly to save money.
> But if you can afford it, I've had the best luck with EcoComplete.
> Second was planting mix covered with gravel.
>
> But your poor results may be for other reasons. Some have reported
> problems from using softened water, for example. And some plants show a
> definite preference for hard or soft water, low or high PH, and so on.
> If you go to:
>
> http://www.tropica.com/en/home.aspx
>
> and then to "plants from a-z" you can click on any of the thumbnails to
> get more info on the plant. They used to give even more data - sorry to
> see them change.
>
> Larry B
>
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