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[APD] Re: To Add Peat or Not To Add Peat to a Substrate?



Hello all.
 
Some time ago I heard a bunch of you discussing the benefits of using a  
cable heater versus not using a cable heater, and someone mentioned, I believe  it 
was you Tom, that one of the substrates you recommended was using a Flourite  
or Onyx substrate and then adding some peat to it.  This idea  intrigued me, 
and so I did some research on The Krib about it.  I  have read some different 
posts in The Krib archives regarding this with some  people saying that it is 
a good idea to add peat to your substrate when setting  up a tank and some 
people saying that it is not a good idea to add peat to your  substrate when 
setting up a tank, with many differing opinions and no clear  consensus.  Can any 
of you tell me whether it is a good idea to add peat to  a substrate like 
Flourite when you are setting up a tank or whether it is a good  idea not to do 
it?  Wouldn't the added peat in the substrate discolor the  water in the tank 
after a while?  And if you were to add peat to your  substrate, how exactly 
would you mix it in with the substrate?  Would  you just put it in with the 
Flourite and mix it combining the  two together and then just laying out the 
substrate, would you  layer the peat underneath the Flourite in the bottom half or 
third of  the tank or set the peat within a layer of a certain number of inches, 
 would you place the peat on top of the Flourite, etc., etc.?  And what if  
you were to set up a new tank with a Flourite substrate and an undergravel 
cable  heater in the substrate also, that being the case, would you still  need to 
add peat to the substrate anyway, seeing as how you already had an  
undergravel cable heater, and how exactly would you mix the peat into  the Flourite 
with an undergravel cable heater in the substrate?   Thanks to all who respond.
 
Sincerely,
Leroy C.
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