fishtk75

Diana Walstad are you here on this forum?
A member said to come here to post questions to you.
Do you have any new updates to read?

AaronT

fishtk75

Aaron,
What is the link too?
will not work.

AaronT

Do a member search on the name dwalstad. Then you can click on her profile and read every single post/thread she's ever written.

flagg

You can also post questions to the forum members as many of us have experience with Walstad's methodology of aquarium setup and maintenance.

-ricardo

fishtk75

OK then can I ask is there soil media to use and not to use?
Also the soil media have to cover the whole bottom of the tank.
I asking if anyone ever placed soil in spots were you plant as I saw clay pots in the tanks.
I was thinking out of the box that so I do not have to tear down the whole tank fill nylon bags with soil and place them under the media I have and plant the plants over the were the bags are so the roots will grow throw the nylon in the bags of soil as under media pots.

fishtk75

Thank you for your help.

AaronT

If you want to add soil to an existing setup the easiest way that I know of is to wet it down and make a thick mud of it. Then spread it thin on a tray and freeze it solid in the freezer. Then you can simply break off pieces and use tweezers to insert it into the bottom of the substrate.

fishtk75

AaronT,
thank you very much for that it helps not doing alot of work.

flagg

I've heard of several people having success w/ freezing mud and inserting it into the substrate. You can use potted plants too, just set it up with soil capped with gravel and put the plants in it. I believe it's Betty who uses this technique her her planted goldfish tanks...

-ricardo