opinions re. profile
I posted a question a while back about substrates. Oneoption I am looking at
is "profile" (the stuff they sell at Home Depot and Lowes for pond plants). Anyone used it as a substrate? Do you use it straight or mix it with something else. Most imnportantly, were you able to grow any of the "more difficult" plant types???? Doug |
opinions re. profile
"Doug and Lois" wrote in message ... I posted a question a while back about substrates. Oneoption I am looking at is "profile" (the stuff they sell at Home Depot and Lowes for pond plants). Anyone used it as a substrate? Do you use it straight or mix it with something else. Most imnportantly, were you able to grow any of the "more difficult" plant types???? Doug I haven't used it myself, but I have read countless reviews and reports from fishkeepers stating variations of "It's Crap". billy |
opinions re. profile
"Dinky" wrote in message
... "Doug and Lois" wrote in message ... I posted a question a while back about substrates. Oneoption I am looking at is "profile" (the stuff they sell at Home Depot and Lowes for pond plants). Anyone used it as a substrate? Do you use it straight or mix it with something else. Most imnportantly, were you able to grow any of the "more difficult" plant types???? Doug I haven't used it myself, but I have read countless reviews and reports from fishkeepers stating variations of "It's Crap". billy I tried it for about 2 years in a 29 gallon High tank. I used 100% profile. Its now dumped into one of our outdoor flower beds and the weeds are growing great in it now. I got much better results from a sand and gravel mix in another 29H tank setup precisely the same. I replaced the profile with 100% sand, to see how it will compare. |
opinions re. profile
"Doug and Lois" wrote in message
... I posted a question a while back about substrates. Oneoption I am looking at is "profile" (the stuff they sell at Home Depot and Lowes for pond plants). Anyone used it as a substrate? Do you use it straight or mix it with something else. Most imnportantly, were you able to grow any of the "more difficult" plant types???? I think that it's VERY comparable to Flourite with the exception of its density. If it were just a little bit heavier, it'd be a welcome price break from the expense of Flourite. As it is, I have had great success in cutting costs by using Profile for the bottom half of my substrate and Flourite as the top half. I'm very partial to the simplicity of these two materials as well... -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dave Engle DFW, TX USA Independent Associate Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc. http://www.prepaidlegal.com/go/dengle |
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