As most of you know (or should know if you have looked at my other blogs) I have a planted 30 gallon aquarium. However, it only has a gravel substrate instead of something more beneficial for plant growth. This is because those substrates are kind of expensive especially for larger aquariums. But, recently I've been looking online for a better alternative and came across dirt. That's right, good old-fashioned organic dirt.
With this in mind I've been thinking about how to accomplish it. Getting the dirt is easy but apparently it needs at least a week to settle (because the ammonia spikes) and it's safe to add fish. In the mean time I have nowhere to put my 20-something fishes. And then, I'm going to add more plants.
(This is my aquarium, that fish I focus on at first is an African Featherfin Catfish, named Jason)
