chiahead

so If I wanted to buy a new substrate for my 80 gallon tank I would need to buy 4 2L (med granual) bags of power sand and 4 9L bags of aqua soil?? Is that correct. Its kinda hard to see but is the Amazonia aqua soil black? And as to the power sand I would need 8 L of medium or can I do small or large. Why do they say you have to have the medium? Could I buy 4 2L bags of large or small instead? Also the power sand special (medium) only comes in 6 L size. How do I get 8 L of it?

jsenske

The 4 Power Sand 2- liter Med. and 4 9-liter Aqua Soil would do it. You could also go wit the 6-liter Power Sand Special Med. and add 1 2-liter Power Sand regular Med. to fill it out.

AMAZONIA is not black. It is a nice chocolatey-brown color-- very versatile and easily ADA's best-seller.

The suggestion of the different sized Power Sand granules is based primarily on tank size- namely height- and the effect of the water pressure on the highly pourous granules of Power Sand. You could use large granule in your 80 gallon if you wanted to for some reason, but Med. is recommended.
There is a chart that shows this concept on the website. www.aquariumdesigngroup.com click on ShopADG- it's on all the POWER SAND product descriptions, just scroll down.

chiahead

thx for the info

chiahead

I have another question. Is it better to buy the powder or normal type of aquasoil? Prob depends on the plants desired right? I have Rotala Indica, Hygro Tropical sunset, Hygro Wisteria, Cambomba, Crypt Parva, Stargrass, Ammannia Senn, glosso, pearl weed, Ludwigia broad leaf, Gymnocoronis spilanthoides , and Eutreralis stellata. I am also waiting on some H C I just ordered. I plan to redo my entire substrate as I am having some issues with the set-up I have now. Its a flourite, Eco, Onxy sand combo.

turtlehead

depends on you.

jsenske

The powder-type Aqua Soil is intended for 2 purposes.
1. For use in tanks smaller than 15-20 gallons.
2. as a "top-layer" over regular-type Aqua Soil to give a more refined, smoothed-out look. Amano will often do this on larger, Iwagumi (stones-only) layouts where lots of foreground plants are used throughout the aquascape.

ryan_suiso

That is correct. Powder type is ideal for fine, shallow, rooted foreground plants like Hair Grass and Glossostigma. An inch to 1/2 inch in front, and on top of regular Aqua Soil, is all that is needed.

Regards,

chiahead

alright I just ordered to ADA substrate. I bought 5 x 2l Power sand medium and 4 x 9l Aquasoil ammazonia reg and 1 x 9l Aquasoil ammazonnia powder. I plant to do my 80 gallon and my 29 gallon. Thanks for all the help and advice all