I have been spending a lot of time researching substrates and needless to say i've got questions. First a little info: I will be changing over my 55g to a 75g (48"x 18" footprint). The tank now contains hundreds of cherry shrimp, 7 Amano shrimp, 7 pygmy corys, 1 oto, 1 galaxy rasbora, 1...

Hi all, I just joined this forum today as it seems it's naturally the place to be for information on planted tanks. I've been more or less following the directions on mineralizing topsoil found on this very site, but with a few tweaks. I just want to make sure I'm not getting myself into any...