How I Dirt My Aquariums - 500 Subs 5g

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• dirt
• substrate
• aquarium
• planted
• tank
• shrimp
• organic
• choice
• aqueon
• gallon

[zerounite]

the dirt you used, is that like regular dirt that we buy at walmart to add to flowerpots?

[VegasSurfer]

@zerounite Yep! They sell it at walmart. Check out Dustinsfishtanks...hes the dude who got all this dirt stuff started!

[bwfootball30]

So changing the water to get the debris out is rather easy,but what would you fo if it was a 30 or 40 gallon tank that would take forever to fill and drain?

[VegasSurfer]

@bwfootball30 I would take it outside, and spend a few hours draining and filling xD. It sounds bad but with a hose its not too bad at all

[ibeezranging]

Hey mike I just set up a 15 gallon tank about 3 weeks ago... so its still cycling.. If i wanted to add dirt to it would it completey mess up the cycle and kill all of my fish? please reply

[VegasSurfer]

@ibeezranging Dirting a tank causes a pretty noticeable ammonia spike right off the bat. This will most likely send your tank into a "mini cycle" that will take a week or so to pass. In that time if you have fish in the tank death is possible due to high ammonia levels

[PetProdigies]

@VegasSurfer oh is it suppost to i got the miricicle grow organic dirt and ive checked ammonia nitrite nitrate and ph and every thing is normal its been a week

[ibeezranging]

@ibeezranging I know tetra makes a product called safe start that allows you to immediately add fish to the tank, you think that would work?

[ibeezranging]

@VegasSurfer ok do you know of any products that can reduce ammonia because I really want to dirt my tank before I add tons of plants I currently have 9 plants in the tank right now but I am looking to add more

Thanks

[VegasSurfer]

@AwesomeAssassin1000 How many inches of gravel do you have? You want close to the same amount of gravel as amount of dirt you add to keep the dirt down. 2"-3" total for gravel+dirt is good.