Resetting 120

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That why I put my FBS over MTS. FBS is not organic but has a high CEC which means it's good at collecting and giving up nutrients. MTS promotes truely insane root growth.

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Akadama used in Bonsai and the Asia aquaria is the next big thing in high CEC, I know of a couple people using it on TPT and it sells on Amazon.
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I think I'm going for the Flourite Black for two reasons: 1. It's black and 2. It's cheap. Oh yeah, it's readily available.

I'll be spooning it in anyway by taking out 90% of the water and usung a cup to apply it.
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Where can you get it locally, I have always like black in the aquarium too, for both backgrounds and substrate.
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Give Exotic Aquatics a call. I think got mine thru Amazon Prime. I remember thinking what a deal on no shipping since I got 8 bags. I like the small grain size of FBS rather than the gravel appearance of Florite. FBS looks more like natural mud bottom to me.

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150EH wrote:Where can you get it locally, I have always like black in the aquarium too, for both backgrounds and substrate.
HOT had it once before. You also can get Aquaflora at Petco.
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Hot doesn't carry it any more i'm sorry to say. They are making a lot of changes in the right direction but some how missed in the substrate dept, the do have every mixture of plain gravel you could want.
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