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**JustOneMore20** · 05-03-2006, 04:40 PM

Rinse the flourite very well...or your tank will be cloudy for days. I would rinse it like 5 times.

If you could get another bag, then I would use only the flourite. Or you could just do like you said and mix it with gravel. I have about 1/3 flourite in my 55g tank and 2/3 gravel. Really I don't see a difference in plant growth in that tank compared with my other 2 tanks that have only gravel. I think a mixture of atleast half would be better...but that's just my 2 cents.

05-03-2006, 04:40 PM	#4
JustOneMore20 Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Birmingham, AL Age: 22 Posts: 3,619	Rinse the flourite very well...or your tank will be cloudy for days. I would rinse it like 5 times. If you could get another bag, then I would use only the flourite. Or you could just do like you said and mix it with gravel. I have about 1/3 flourite in my 55g tank and 2/3 gravel. Really I don't see a difference in plant growth in that tank compared with my other 2 tanks that have only gravel. I think a mixture of atleast half would be better...but that's just my 2 cents. __________________ *Kristin* 5 Planted tanks: 55g, 40g, 29g, 20g, 5.5g