• Tropica Plant Growth Substrate - Aqua Essentials
  • Tropica Plant Growth Substrate - Aqua Essentials
  • Tropica Plant Growth Substrate - Aqua Essentials
  • Tropica Plant Growth Substrate - Aqua Essentials
  • Tropica Plant Growth Substrate - Aqua Essentials
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Tropica

Tropica Plant Growth Substrate

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Tropica Plant Growth Substrate acts as a long term nutrition store for waterplants, so ensuring magnificent and healthy waterplant growth. Plant Growth Substrate 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 waterplant roots and binds nutrition in the water in the bottom layer. Removing nutrition from water reduces the risk of undesirable algae growth.

Use
Plant Growth Substrate is laid in a 1 cm thick layer on the bottom of the aquarium, when the aquarium is built. The table below provides recommended Plant Growth Substrate amounts for a number of standard aquarium sizes. 

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 Plant Growth Substrate and the water. Plants are planted in the gravel in the normal way and new roots quickly form in the substrate. When planting, disturb the substrate as little as possible, to avoid clay and sphagnum particles being mixed into the water.

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Tropica Plant Growth Substrate - Aqua Essentials
Tropica Plant Growth Substrate - Aqua Essentials
Tropica Plant Growth Substrate - Aqua Essentials
Tropica Plant Growth Substrate - Aqua Essentials
Tropica Plant Growth Substrate - Aqua Essentials

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Customer Reviews

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Rob W.
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It's only been two weeks since planting the tank so cannot tell if the substrate has had an effect on growth. However, the moneywort I have planted does seem to be appreciating the substrate! One note: I thought I could get away with having a few mm of water in my tank, but that was a big no-no. Make sure that the tank is bone-dry before adding the substrate else your tank will be filled with little bits of organic matter.

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Rob W.
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It's only been two weeks since planting the tank so cannot tell if the substrate has had an effect on growth. However, the moneywort I have planted does seem to be appreciating the substrate! One note: I thought I could get away with having a few mm of water in my tank, but that was a big no-no. Make sure that the tank is bone-dry before adding the substrate else your tank will be filled with little bits of organic matter.

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Fabian B.
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Came as described, all plants happy

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Fabian B.
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Came as described, all plants happy

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Russell F.
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too early to comment but seems to be ok so far after a few weeks.

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Russell F.
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too early to comment but seems to be ok so far after a few weeks.

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Mark A.
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A great substrate that is very clean and works well.

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Mark A.
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A great substrate that is very clean and works well.

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Mary S.
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Have only just used this product in a new tank, bit Tropica has a very good reputation and lovely plants so am very hopeful that the new tank will be a success. The substrate was very easy to use, and, once covered with a good deep layer of gravel, did not cloud the water after a couple of days settling in. Onwards & upwards!!

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Mary S.
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Have only just used this product in a new tank, bit Tropica has a very good reputation and lovely plants so am very hopeful that the new tank will be a success. The substrate was very easy to use, and, once covered with a good deep layer of gravel, did not cloud the water after a couple of days settling in. Onwards & upwards!!

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