Originally Posted by vonjager

I have another question, after doing more research, I see that a lot of people will do as you suggested of putting in the Turface and then planting and then the water. That is not a problem, but I also read that the Turface gets easier to work with once roots become established to kinda hold the Turface in place and prevent substrate movement and cloudiness. But if I am cycling my tank with a lot of bunch plants that I later plan on removing, won't yanking out those roots from the substrate cause a new set of problems and bring back the old set of problems? I was planning on putting some sand on top of the Turface to hold it down and make it easier to keep the plants in the substrate, but I will be making a big mess when I pull up the stem plants to make room for better plants, right? Then the sand will be infiltrated and I will have the Turface not holding the new plants in well and a cloudiness problem again, right? Is there a way around this?