Hi, all !!!
First let me introduce myself: i am a newly registered to the forum and got instantly hooked on the 'El Natural' concept. Thanks for all the info and special thanks to Miss Walstad for the enormous work so far !!!
On the question: i chose to gather some common field soil for my substrate. I chose a field, started digging but i noticed a lot of minuscule roots i just cannot get rid of. I am intending to bake the soil in order to sterilize it and i guess all the stuff in there will die including those tiny roots.
My question is: aint those roots a possible cause for future decomposition processes which will trigger an algae revolution ?
Also, from what i get of reading most of dwalstad's initial anti-algae solutions, i need more plants...but how many is enough ? My tank is 230 l, low-light.
I am not even sure whether i am asking the right questions, that is how new i am to all this stuff. Feel free to answer whatever you feel or know is right...i guess i'm going to mess it all up anyway
First let me introduce myself: i am a newly registered to the forum and got instantly hooked on the 'El Natural' concept. Thanks for all the info and special thanks to Miss Walstad for the enormous work so far !!!
On the question: i chose to gather some common field soil for my substrate. I chose a field, started digging but i noticed a lot of minuscule roots i just cannot get rid of. I am intending to bake the soil in order to sterilize it and i guess all the stuff in there will die including those tiny roots.
My question is: aint those roots a possible cause for future decomposition processes which will trigger an algae revolution ?
Also, from what i get of reading most of dwalstad's initial anti-algae solutions, i need more plants...but how many is enough ? My tank is 230 l, low-light.
I am not even sure whether i am asking the right questions, that is how new i am to all this stuff. Feel free to answer whatever you feel or know is right...i guess i'm going to mess it all up anyway