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Originally Posted by gmccreedy
Tom, I hope you didn't take what I said wrong. I was actually complimenting you on utilizing an existing technique that is simple and effective! It was great that you pointed it out and I am all over it. trying it out as we speak in a 10 gallon...lol!
One thing I did want to ask though, for soils that are inert, how about the addition of root tabs to give the intital nutrients that AS has. Or possibly saturating the little water in the tank with NPK?
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Yep, adding a spray of hydroponic type solution, eg hoaglands etc, or your own EI liquid based stuff etc would work fine.
The other option is to simply add a nice rich 10X concentrated solution to the water used to soak the sediment.
I have not tried that, however there is no good reason it would not work well.
I think a lot of folks will try the method now.
I think it has broad application for both low techy folks and soil based even non CO2 types, as well as the obvious high techy CO2 folks as well.
By doing this with a non CO2 approach, or Excel, the tank with soil will be pre mineralized already..............the NH4 will be well cycled.........so far far fewer issues and a nice foreground on a non CO2 tank, often a rare sight.
Same for a CO2 enriched tank use soil as a sediment.
There are many types of sediments possible here.
Regards,
Tom Barr