Activ-Flora Planted Aquarium Substrate, 20-lb bag
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Grow healthier, more vibrant plant life in your freshwater aquarium with Activ-Flora Planted Aquarium Substrate. This Bio-Activ, nutrient-enriched gravel contains a wide variety of essential minerals to help your aquatic plants thrive and achieve optimum growth more quickly. It’s also rich in iron, so you won’t need to add laterite, and it contains no artificial dyes or additives. Thanks to its vast reserve of micronutrients that are slow-released over time, Activ-Flora substrate is indefinitely self-sustaining. As an added benefit, live heterotrophic bacteria provides instant cycling to help remove harmful nitrogenous waste immediately without altering your pH.
Key Benefits- Bio-Activ, nutrient-enriched gravel contains a wide variety of essential minerals including phosphorous, magnesium, potassium, copper, zinc and many more.
- Helps aquatic plants thrive and quickly achieve optimum growth; also contains iron, so you won’t need to add laterite.
- Micronutrients are slow-released over time, making Activ-Flora substrate indefinitely self-sustainable.
- Live heterotrophic bacteria provides instant nitrogen cycling without altering your pH.
- 100% natural with no artificial dyes or additives; grain size of the lake gems color blend is 3.1-6.3 mm.
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Item Number135577
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Weight20.0 pounds
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Aquarium TypeFreshwater
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BrandNature's Ocean
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Fish TypeTropical Freshwater
For new setups, empty contents of bag into aquarium and fill with de-chlorinated tap water or distilled water. Activ-Flora will automatically bi-segment into two layers with finer grade substrate on the bottom.
If adding to an existing system, drain liquid prior to introducing new substrate and add slowly, while mixing.
Activ-Flora Planted Aquarium Substrate is pre-washed by a nutri-stabilizing process to preserve abundant trace elements and reduce cloudiness when introduced to an aquarium. Cloudiness can be further minimized by filling tank at a slow rate so that the Activ-Flora base is not disturbed. Slight initial cloudiness is normal and will clear rapidly (1–6 hours).
Plants must be placed in substrate with roots as deep as possible. Stabilize with rocks, wood or other decorative medium. This bag is sufficient for about a 5 cm (2 inches) deep bed in a typical 40 L (10 gallon) tank.
Recommended use is 1 kg (2 lbs) for approximately each 200 cm (31 inches) of tank bottom at a depth of 5 cm (2 inches).
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Very pretty
By Meemo on Jun 12, 2020
It's a nice substrate it is larger in circumference but I love the color I chose. my plants are still pretty tiny so I did do a pool filter sand about a half-inch deep underneath this just so when they have got something to help the roots around in. I thought it was a good value.
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Looks nice, but does not work for plants.
By Grubb on May 16, 2020
I have not have a single plant be able to root into this gravel. I've had it for two years and that whole time I've never had plants that are able to last. I have a 65 gal aquarium and I bought 6 bags of this gravel to have a thick layer for the plants. Still, no luck.
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tank out of wack
By chuck on May 12, 2020
make sure you drain and rinse substrate , I let the water from the bag in my tank .big mistake PH levels above 7.6 , Ammonia shot up from 0ppm over 8ppm.water extremely cloudly. getting ready to do 2nd water change
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Great stuff
By SuzC on Mar 18, 2020
This substrate is something that you don't rinse. Because you don't rinse it, the aquarium water stays cloudy for days while the filter struggles to wash it for you. It's amazing for growing plants in the aquarium. It just stresses the fish out while it settles.
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Love it. great color
By PapazFRC on May 14, 2020
Love the product but water everywhere. All wrapped stuff soaked 3 stars are for packaging 5 for product ..
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Does not look like the pictures
By Stephanie on May 16, 2020
Even though it doesn't look like the pictures I absolutely love it.
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floragems not like as
By Rescues on Dec 12, 2019
I had been looking for a darker gray substrate and was really excited about this. It’s almost more of a tan than gray and the colors are not near as rich as in the ad. I also expected the size to be larger. As far as the benefit to the plants I can’t say as I haven’t gotten them in yet. If you watch the activ-Flora video the product is displayed more accurate.
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Doesnt matter how much you rinse
By Jamie on Dec 16, 2019
Will always turn the water black. Doesn't clean well with any filtration system and doesn't allow for a planted tank either
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Just as described
By activeflora2019 on Sep 15, 2019
Just as described. Looks good fish like it. Going to be planting my plants as soon as they arrive. It clouded the water for just about an hour or less. I have a really good filter though. I drained the water from bag put in aquarium. Filled slowly and placed a piece of plastic in aquarium while I filled it so not much gravel was displaced. Shipping was quick ordered on Thursday and received on Saturday. I have a 10 gallon aquarium this bag gave me 2 inches of substrate.
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Great for plants
By Megan on Sep 7, 2019
I admit it was a bit darker than I thought it was going to be but it looks great in the tank, and my plants are loving it! Been in there for a week and already have tons of new growth. It is really cloudy for first couple days but well worth the wait!
