organic soil

[TankofFish]

@StreetwiseI have never used organic soil but I'm about to set up a new tank( I have a catfish that has out grown his 30gallon), so with this said will any organic soil work even the ones you can buy at home depot??

[TankofFish]

anybody have any advice on this question???

 

if not I just may take the chance and find out the hard way🤪

[Streetwise]

Hi @TankofFish,

I would recommend that you buy and read this: https://dianawalstad.com

I have the Apple Books version so I can bookmark stuff digitally.

I get organic topsoil from a local composter for $1 a scoop.

I recommend 1-1.5 inches of organic topsoil capped with a modest amount of 2-4 mm gravel. Get some Mopani wood, and a bunch of live plants:

https://www.aquariumcoop.com/collections/live-plants

My aquarium journals focus on organic soil tanks.

[Tamitha]

I used a generic organic soil I found at home depot in one of my tanks, it has worked out great. I capped it with sand from a sand pit on my property. The tank is about a year old and is by far my most successful.

 

[Streetwise]

If you buy soil in bags, just avoid anything with manure, which will be too powerful, or white perlite bits, which will float.

[Biotope Biologist]

On 7/30/2021 at 1:33 PM, Streetwise said:

Hi @TankofFish,

I would recommend that you buy and read this: https://dianawalstad.com

The walstad approach is tried and true. Low maintenance, but it can be slow to start compared to using aquarium soil

[TankofFish]

Thanks for the advice folks.  I wish I had one of them there organics barns close to me🤨 like @Streetwise has. That would be super nice....

I will update my tank set up once I get started if I can, Working so many dang hours at work cause nobody wants to work cutts down on a lot of my time, matter in fact I'm at work now, most of post are done when I'm at work.

 

 

Edited July 31, 2021 by TankofFish