Aquarium Soil Powder (9L)

Performance & sizing

Core numbers for matching this unit to your tank and electrical plan.

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Consumables & maintenance

Nutrient caps and soil recharge depend on plant load—re-supplement when growth slows and tests indicate depletion.

Description

Aquarium Soil Powder is the fine grade of Tropica's volcanic granulate: 1-2 mm grain against 2-3 mm for the standard Aquarium Soil. Both are complete substrates, which in Tropica's usage means the bed needs nothing under it and no gravel cap over it - that is what separates the Soil line from their other product simply called Substrate, a root-zone nutrient depot you are told to cover with at least 3-4 cm of gravel. The fine grade is aimed at foreground and small plants, where a 2-3 mm granule is too coarse to hold a delicate stem, and at scapes wanting a finer texture in the front third. Plan for the water chemistry. Tropica describes Aquarium Soil as a Japanese natural volcanic granulate that naturally reduces KH and pH and improves the plants' ability to absorb nutrients, and the bag adds that it creates a soft-water environment for fish, shrimps and plants. The stated cost of that is a schedule, not a caveat: change 25-50 percent of the water at least twice a week for the first four weeks after setup. Tropica gives no mechanism on the page, so treat it as a setup cost of the substrate rather than optional advice. Practical details from the bag: it is for direct use with no rinsing, and it comes in 3 L / 3 kg and 9 L / 9 kg, marked for roughly 30 L and 90 L tanks respectively. For a precise figure Tropica gives the formula - length x width x layer depth in centimetres, divided by 1000, in litres. Their worked example is a 90 x 60 cm tank at 8 cm deep needing 43.2 L.

Source

• tropica.com — https://tropica.com/en/plant-care/aquarium-soil/aquarium-soil-powder/

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