Why do people put T-SORB in their tank and if you put a fine substrate on top of it will T-SORB stayed covered or will the two eventually mix as the small particle settle ?

Hi All, Just want to share a 10 Gallon I planted yesterday and a little of the materials and process. I’ll update this thread as the tank matures. Soil Miracle grow Natures Care Organic Garden Soil. I dried, sifted, and capped an inch of it in the aquarium with 1.5” of 2-3 mm gravel. Ran and...

Hi Everyone, In her book, Ecology of the Planted Aquarium (Chapter 7), Diana Walstad talks about the use of aquarium plants to take up ammonium from the water. Section 4 within this chapter is entitled "Plants and Nitrifying Bacteria Compete". The essence of this is that plants prefer to uptake...