i know i may be asking a silly question but wat i was wondering is if i can use charcoal not activated charcoal at the bottom 1-2inches then top it with ada aquasoil to increase the substrate height to the level i need than spend on aqua soil again.. i have searched a lot on charcoal in aquarium and as far as what i have heard is that it makes the water cloudy and leeches back all the toxins it has absorbed.. well my question is what if it were beneath the top layer of aqua soil and it was never used before to absorb any toxins in the 1st place.. also charcoal has lot of surface area and pores to help beneficial bacteria to grow and also help aerate the substrate avoiding compaction.. so if i used this char coal as the bottom layer of my planted tank substrate will it be of any harm to the plant roots or the fish will it increase ph or anything like that in the long run? tbh i never plan to remove the layer unless i was rescaping the whole tank 0
Bump: all i need from this char coal is a black/soil type bottom non compact layer i dont need any of its filtration properties.. just a nice colored bottom biomedia that wont harm the plants or fish in the long run
this is how i want to use it as the basic bottom layer of my substrate to bank up the substrate
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