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mudboots · 07-01-2009, 10:06 AM

Hey everyone,

I'm going to get started on my aquarium this weekend (starting on Friday) and want to make sure I don't get off to a bad start. The aquarium is a 125 gallon (72"x18"x22") and will be my first NPT that I don't want to learn the hard-way on (I have a 20 gallon for that purpose!! - poor frog...). So far, my plan is to use Organic Choice soil to a depth of 1 inch, and then put 2 inches of sand on top of it. I'm hearing from other sources that substrate depth on top of the soil layer should not be that deep, so I'm hoping for a bit of solid guidance. My reasoning was that I originally planned to have 1.5 inches of each, but decided to go a bit shallower on the organics. Obviously that's not sound science coming from a wetland biologist, but it's honesty. I'm still waiting on delivery of Diana Walstad's book, which I eagerly await from what I've heard.

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mudboots Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Nacogdoches, Texas Posts: 322 iTrader Ratings: 7 iTrader Positive Rating: 100% Plant Points: 18850	Setting up 125g El Natural Hey everyone, I'm going to get started on my aquarium this weekend (starting on Friday) and want to make sure I don't get off to a bad start. The aquarium is a 125 gallon (72"x18"x22") and will be my first NPT that I don't want to learn the hard-way on (I have a 20 gallon for that purpose!! - poor frog...). So far, my plan is to use Organic Choice soil to a depth of 1 inch, and then put 2 inches of sand on top of it. I'm hearing from other sources that substrate depth on top of the soil layer should not be that deep, so I'm hoping for a bit of solid guidance. My reasoning was that I originally planned to have 1.5 inches of each, but decided to go a bit shallower on the organics. Obviously that's not sound science coming from a wetland biologist, but it's honesty. I'm still waiting on delivery of Diana Walstad's book, which I eagerly await from what I've heard.