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Tropica aquarium substrate acts as a long term nutrition store for aquarium plants, so ensuring magnificent and healthy plant growth. It is a natural concentrate of clay and sphagnum, laid underneath the aquarium gravel layer.

Seachem Flourite Black Sand™ Best suited to planted aquaria, but may be used in any aquarium environment. It is a stable porous clay substrate for the natural planted aquarium and is most effective when used alone as an integral substrate bed, but it may be mixed with other gravels and sand.

Seachem Onyx Aquarium Sand™ is a specially fracted, stable porous clay aquarium substrate for the natural planted tank. Its appearance is best suited to planted aquaria, but may be used in any aquarium environment.

Seachem Onyx Aquarium Gravel™ a porous clay gravel may be used in any aquarium environment. Being Carbonate rich it provides an advantage to any plants able to utilise bicarbonates.

CaribSea Eco-Complete. A natural black substrate containing live water purifying bacteria.

Tropica Plant Substrate acts as a long term nutrition store for aquarium plants, so ensuring magnificent and healthy plant growth. It is a natural concentrate of clay and sphagnum, laid at the bottom of the gravel layer when you build your aquarium. Clay and sphagnum slowly release nutrients to your aquarium plant roots and binds nutrition from the water into the bottom layer. Removing nutrition from water reduces the risk of undesirable algae growth.

Use :-

Tropica Plant Substrate is laid in a 1 cm thick layer on the bottom of the aquarium, when the aquarium is built.
A layer of gravel of minimum 3-4 cm thick is then laid over the substrate. The gravel acts as a barrier between the concentrated substrate and the water. Plants are planted in the gravel in the normal way and new roots quickly form. When planting, disturb the substrate as little as possible, to avoid clay and sphagnum particles being mixed into the water.
The table below provides recommended amounts for a number of standard aquarium sizes.

Contains :-

Unfertilised sphagnum (0 – 35mm)
Clay granules (2 – 6mm)

Plant Substrate is manufactured in the EU by Tropica Aquarium Plants, Egaa Denmark

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Flourite Black Sand™ is a specially fracted, stable porous clay substrate for the natural planted aquarium. Its appearance is best suited to planted aquaria, but may be used in any aquarium environment. It s most effective when used alone as an integral substrate bed, but it may be mixed with other gravels and sand. Substrate modifiers such as laterite are not necessary. As it is not chemically coated or treated, it will not alter the pH of the water.

Although pre-washed, it may be rinsed before use to remove residual dust. Dust can also be minimized by filling aquarium slowly and dispersing water so that the substrate bed is not disturbed. Slight initial cloudiness is normal and will clear rapidly (2–12 hours).

Analysis:-

(Units = mg / kg)
Aluminium 33510, Barium 19, Calcium 20950, Cobalt 4, Chromium 7, Copper 17, Iron 4338, Potassium 374, Magnesium 1868, Manganese 51, Sodium 5484, Nickel 9, Vanadium 11, Zinc 9.
Source: Plasma Emission Spectrometer, EPA Method 6010,
University of Georgia Chemical Analysis Lab

Flourite Black Sand™ is manufactured in the USA by Seachem Laboratories, Madison, Georgia

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Onyx Gravel™ is a specially fracted, stable porous clay gravel for the natural planted aquarium. Its appearance is best suited to planted aquaria, but may be used in any aquarium environment. Being Carbonate rich it provides an advantage to any plants able to utilise bicarbonates. It is most effective when used alone as an integral substrate bed, but it may be mixed with other gravels. Gravel modifiers such as laterite are not necessary and as it is not chemically coated or treated, it will not alter the pH of the water.

Although pre-washed, it may be rinsed before use to remove residual dust. Dust can also be minimized by filling aquarium slowly and dispersing water so that the Onyx Gravel™ bed is not disturbed. Slight initial cloudiness is normal and will clear rapidly (2–12 hours).

Analysis:-

(Units = mg / kg)
Aluminium 822, Barium 5, Calcium 197500, Cobalt 4, Chromium 10, Copper 4, Iron 2846,Potassium 417, Magnesium 115400, Manganese 43, Sodium 135, Nickel 7, Vanadium 8,Zinc 23.

Source: Plasma Emission Spectrometer, EPA Method 6010,
University of Georgia Chemical Analysis Lab

Onyx Gravel™ is manufactured in the USA by Seachem Laboratories, Madison, Georgia

Available from our eSHOP

Onyx Sand™ is a specially fracted, stable porous clay substrate for the natural planted aquarium. Its appearance is best suited to planted aquaria, but may be used in any aquarium environment. Being Carbonate rich it provides an advantage to any plants able to utilise bicarbonates. It is most effective when used alone as an integral substrate bed, but it may be mixed with other gravels. Gravel modifiers such as laterite are not necessary and as it is not chemically coated or treated, it will not alter the pH of the water.
Although pre-washed, it may be rinsed before use to remove residual dust. Dust can also be minimized by filling aquarium slowly and dispersing water so that the Onyx Sand™ bed is not disturbed. Slight initial cloudiness is normal and will clear rapidly (2–12 hours).

Analysis :-

(Units = mg / kg)
Aluminium 822, Barium 5, Calcium 197500, Cobalt 4, Chromium 10, Copper 4, Iron 2846,

Potassium 417, Magnesium 115400, Manganese 43, Sodium 135, Nickel 7, Vanadium 8,
Zinc 23.
Source: Plasma Emission Spectrometer, EPA Method 6010,
University of Georgia Chemical Analysis Lab

Onyx Sand™ is manufactured in the USA by Seachem Laboratories, Madison, Georgia

Available from our eSHOP

A natural black substrate containing live water purifying bacteria.

Biologically and Mineralogically active.

Available from our eSHOP