"Racf" wrote in message
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"Doug and Lois" wrote in message
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3. Profile (That water plant stuff sold at Home Depot and Lowes
for
garden
pond plants.) I have heard a number of people report good
success. But
is it
rich enough for more difficult plants? Would you add any soil
additives to
that like the Laterite my LFS wants to sell me?

No worst substrate can be had than this crap.... Do not make this
mistake.

Profile can make an excellent substrate! My only complaint is that
it is too light and is stirred up too easily. My favorite substrate
of all time is a 50/50 mix of Profile and Flourite. I just put the
Profile on the bottom and the Flourite on top. The Profile
significantly cuts the price of your substrate, while the Flourite
holds down the Profile and looks nicer.

If you want some hard facts on different materials that you might be
thinking about using in your substrate, check out this research that
Jamie Johnson did a while back:
http://home.infinet.net/teban/jamie.htm

While you're there, you might as well read the rest of the excellent
articles that Steve Pushak has...

http://home.infinet.net/teban/index.html

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