Substrate

[Kingkat]

What substrate have people had the most success with for breeding tanks for apisto's and betta's?
Cheers,
David.

[Merrilyn]

David, I like ADA amazon aquasoil. It holds the pH stable, and the plants love it.

I now have it in 15 of my tanks, and I'm breeding wild caught Betta macrostomas and apistos.

[k0b0i]

Hey Merril,

Is substrate all you put in there? like - no gravel or sand or anything else?

just wondering. ^^

Kev

[Merrilyn]

Just the ADA soil Kev. But I must admit, in some of the tanks I left the existing substrate in there (dark gravel) and put the ADA stuff over the top.

It's fairly lightweight, so stays at the top.

[k0b0i]

I've never used substrate before.. but just been looking into it for setting up a planted tank.

So much more homework to do.. hehe

Thanks