LANDEN Aqua Soil Substrate 5L(10lbs) for Natural Planted Aquarium, Plant or Shrimp Stratum, Clay Gravel and Stable Porous Substrate for Freshwater Aquarium, Black Color

Love this soil. A little tricky to plant with because it’s ball shaped but after getting the hang of it, it’s good. My plants seem to grow well in it. I haven’t ever put used it in a fish tank and now we are using it in planters for our outdoor pond.

Great soil! Washed before I used and did 1 100% water change, and it has been clear ever since. Shrimp safe. Have successfully grown many plants in this including:AnacharisDwarf hair grassCryptsJava fern WindeløvAverage java fernStaurogyne repensBaby tearsAnubias (roots grew off log into substrate)Have even grown some mystery plants as well! About to use it again on another 10 gallon. My new favorite substrate! Would recommend to any nano tank. I use it with the Aquarium Concepts root square fertilizer. Both work great for my fish and shrimp! And cost effective too!

If it’s your first time like it was mines this is a really good product. All you need is about 2inches as a base and river Sand on top. Then rocks and drift wood and some live plants. Start with guppies they have a stronger survival chances.

Here are my test results after less than 24 hours of setting up my new tank with this substrate. If you add fish or shrimp at this point, they will die. You must cycle your tank first. Plant your tank so that they absorb the ammonia and add some old plants and substrate to help cycle. Your plants will grow crazy fast! The Seller is VERY responsive and will help guide you in this process, so ask them for help if you are a beginner with high ammonia substrate. I'm going to cap it with sand. Also, get plants that absorb ammonia right from the water column like anubias and java ferns. Would buy again now that I know how to use it! One of the benefits is that you can get harder to grow plants and they will thrive.

I bought this before the price increased to do a reset on a couple of marineland portrait tanks, one for a friend and one of mine. They both looks great and the soil continues to buffer the water just fine. PH (according to the API test) stays around 6.6 (could be 6.5 but it's definitely higher than 6.4). It did take longer for the tank to reestablish than other soil tanks I've set up. There was crazy diatom growth for a good six months. Most of my crypts melted, but that's how crypts do. They're all fine now. Once all that settled, I FINALLY got my first blue bolts and shadow pandas and they have been doing very well for just over six months. The parameters are still stable.

Muy buena calidad

I've tried damned nigh all of themThis one is the best. You actually don't have to wash it. It's my go to.

I'm fairly new to aquarium plants, but this substrate seems to be working very well. I have 10 plants and only one has died (I think I put it where it didn't get enough light). I have one plant growing almost an inch a day. I put it in a 75 gallon tank and I think I need 2-3 bags to get the required depth. Instead, I just put my other rocks on top, mainly to hold some of the more floaty plants down.If this noob can do it, then you have a pretty good chance at success.