is this enough substrate? 75 gallon...

anchlo · 08-04-2009, 06:30 PM

I have a 75 gallon tank (4ft by 18in)...

I have the following substrate:

A full 5 gallon bucket filled with 2mm of plain uncoated gravel 40 to 50lbs

3 bags of eco complete

3 bags of flourite

**will this be enough to fill the tank? what order to I place the substrate in? do I mix the gravel and flourite together then put the eco complete on top?

thanks

bradac56 · 08-04-2009, 07:44 PM

The six bags of Eco and Flourite should be all you need for a 3" covering.

You can mix it if you want (depending on the look you want) but that's completely a eye-of-the-beholder thing.

- Brad

anchlo · 08-04-2009, 08:03 PM

so it would be ok to mix the eco and flourite together? will the eco eventually settle to the bottom?

bradac56 · 08-04-2009, 08:08 PM

Yup there both inert except for trace iron so they mix fine if you like that look. The time I did it the eco didn't completely settle to the bottom so it was a bit muddy (as in mixed together).

- Brad

08-04-2009, 06:30 PM	#1
anchlo Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Hawaii Posts: 134	is this enough substrate? 75 gallon... I have a 75 gallon tank (4ft by 18in)... I have the following substrate: A full 5 gallon bucket filled with 2mm of plain uncoated gravel 40 to 50lbs 3 bags of eco complete 3 bags of flourite **will this be enough to fill the tank? what order to I place the substrate in? do I mix the gravel and flourite together then put the eco complete on top? thanks

08-04-2009, 07:44 PM	#2
bradac56 Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (8/100%) Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Blue Springs, MO Posts: 1,093	The six bags of Eco and Flourite should be all you need for a 3" covering. You can mix it if you want (depending on the look you want) but that's completely a eye-of-the-beholder thing. - Brad __________________ Proud member of the Heart of America Aquarium Society and the International Betta Congress VICTOR PIMP #58 - VTS-253A-320 x2, VTS-253D-320, VTS-253A-1993-320.

08-04-2009, 08:08 PM	#4
bradac56 Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (8/100%) Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Blue Springs, MO Posts: 1,093	Yup there both inert except for trace iron so they mix fine if you like that look. The time I did it the eco didn't completely settle to the bottom so it was a bit muddy (as in mixed together). - Brad __________________ Proud member of the Heart of America Aquarium Society and the International Betta Congress VICTOR PIMP #58 - VTS-253A-320 x2, VTS-253D-320, VTS-253A-1993-320.

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08-04-2009, 08:03 PM	#3
anchlo Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Hawaii Posts: 134	so it would be ok to mix the eco and flourite together? will the eco eventually settle to the bottom?