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Re: Poor Students substrate
A poor grad student wrote (I thought all student are poor ;-))
<color><param>0000,0000,7F00</param>> Otherwise, what other forms of substrate would be good for the planted tank
> aside from fluorite, profile, or laterite which can get pretty costly.
> (Poor graduate student.) Any ideas would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Bailin
</color>Balin, I presently use flourite, but have had great success with kitty litter
and plain sand as a substrate. Steve Pushak's website gives all kinds of
homemade substrates, which should be relatively cheap. The cheapest of
all is plain river clay topped off with sand. Do a little research and go for it!
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