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Poster Info
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Planted FW Junkie
Posts: 3,566
Registered: January 2008
Location: Mackenzie, BC
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Reviews
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Date of last review
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12
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16382
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Mon March 17, 2014
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Recommended By
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Average Price
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Average Rating
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100% of reviewers
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$22.30
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7.8
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Description:
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* Contains iron, calcium, magnesium, potassium, sulfur plus over 25 other elements to nourish your aquatic plants.
* Iron rich Eco-Complete eliminates the need for laterite
* Nitrate and carbonate free – will not increase pH or carbonate hardness
* No artificial dyes, paints or chemical coatings
* Natural black substrate encourages the most vibrant coloration in fishes and reduces fish stress
* Spherical grains for optimum diffusion performance
* Supplies Calcium without raising pH
* Lead free
* Contains live heterotrophic bacteria to rapidly convert fish waste into natural food for your aquatic plants
* Creates a natural biological balance which makes cycling a new aquarium faster and safer
* Packed in Liquid Amazon buffered “Black Water” solution for immediate organic water conditioning
* Unsurpassed macro-porosity for healthy roots and bacterial efficiency.
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Keywords:
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doug z
Planted FW Junkie
Registered: January 2008
Location: Mackenzie, BC
Posts: 3566
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Review Date: Mon April 28, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $30.00
| Rating: 3
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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SuPPOSED to be great!!
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Cons:
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Quality control!
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This is a great product, IF you get the Eco-complete everyone knows and loves (see 1st picture), and NOT the stuff Carib Sea has allowed to hit the stores lately (see pic of MY eco-complete, 2nd pic)..
If you mistakenly buy a bad batch, call 1-888-461-1113, and speak to Judd..
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75g - 20 cardinals : 7 panda cory : 5 Julii cory : 9 zebra danios : 1 CAE : 2 SAE : 2 yo-yos : 1 BN
25g: 5 long-finned zebra danios
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Red
Senior Member
Registered: March 2008
Posts: 12427
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Review Date: Sun November 16, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 5
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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Good for plants
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Cons:
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A pain to clean
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Its ok,a pain to clean sometimes..
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ILuvMyGoldBarb
Marine Tank Addict
Registered: February 2008
Posts: 10336
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Review Date: Mon November 17, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 10
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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Very Natural Looking, Great for Plants
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Cons:
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Can be hard on Cory's Barbels
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I personally love this substrate both for the natural look and for it's nutrient base for plants. I have used this in 4 different tanks and I highly recommend it to anyone.
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Considering a Marine Aquarium? A Breakdown of the Components, Live Rock, Cycling a Marine Tank
"The capacity to learn is a gift; The ability to learn is a skill; The WILLINGNESS to learn is a choice." - Unknown
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Wild Turkey
Forum Flunkie
Registered: March 2008
Location: Annapolis Maryland
Posts: 11464
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Review Date: Sun December 7, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 9
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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Looks great, great for plants.
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Cons:
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Harder on barbels than I thought when buying, thought not nearly as harsh as most gravel.
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Great substrate, not very messy excellent for plants and takes a long time to loose nutrients. Love the black color as it makes the fish and plants stand out more. This substrate is very natural looking. Highly recommended.
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gm72
Honored
Registered: March 2007
Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 10933
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Review Date: Fri December 26, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $19.99
| Rating: 9
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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Aesthetics, nutrient content
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Cons:
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Price
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Expensive but potentially worth it. The size of the granules is not consistent, which actually works for you. Pour it into a tank and the smaller particles go to the bottom while the larger ones stay on top. This is a natural setup for planted tanks. The black color allows the plants and fish to "pop." You can also top it with regular gravel to adopt a particular look you are going for. I like the substrate and will continue to use it.
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8 tanks running now:
1x 220 gallon, 2x55 gallon, 1x40 gallon long, 1x29 gallon, 1x20 gallon long, 1x5.5 gallon, 1x2 gallon
Gouramis, barbs, rasboras, plecos, corys, tetras, fancy guppies, swordtails, ottos, rainbow shark, upside-down catfish, snails, and Max and Sparkles the bettas.
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AABatteries
AC Editor
Registered: December 2007
Location: Ohio
Posts: 3029
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Review Date: Sat December 27, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $19.19
| Rating: 9
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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Great for plants
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Cons:
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Can be a bit pricey
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Got this for my planted aquarium, the plants I took from my old tank seem to be growing faster with this and the better lighting.
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wolf_eyes
Unoffical Queen of Cories
Registered: October 2008
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Posts: 1361
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Review Date: Sat February 6, 2010
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 9
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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helps plants grow, nice black color
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Cons:
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price but worth it
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I use this in all of my planted tanks. It makes the plants grow faster and more colorful from what I have seen. I also love the black color because it complements plants and fish, which is harder to find in other brands. It can get a bit expensive, especially in bigger tanks, but I think it's worth it. In tanks with cories and loaches I tend to have an area of pure sand so that they have an area to dig around in without harming their barbels.
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30gL heavily planted: south american community tank
15g mod. planted: nano fish community tank
6g long(custom tank) mod planted: 6 bettas w/ dividers
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dnphillips08
Member
Registered: July 2010
Location: Chesapeake, VA
Posts: 323
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Review Date: Mon August 16, 2010
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 8
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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Great for Plants, Looks Good
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Cons:
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Pricey
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I use this for all of my tanks, I think it looks great and my plants grow great with it. It was a little pricey, but I think it gives you a lot of bang for your buck.
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75G Planted Discus Tank- 6 Discus, 5 Neon Tetra, 4 Clown Loach, 3 Akysis Catfish, and 1 BN Pleco
20GH FW Crab Tank- 10 Geosesarma Sp. "Bicolor"
20GH Toad Tank- 4 Firebellied Toads
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CassieLEO
Sweet Peas Mommy
Registered: November 2010
Location: MA
Posts: 1861
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Review Date: Sat February 5, 2011
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 8
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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is very good for the plants
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Cons:
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Hard to clean
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The bigger granules make cleaning a little hard with this stuff. Makes clean up harder
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Google is your friend. Use it!!!
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Fisharefriends27
Senior Member
Registered: January 2011
Posts: 1019
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Review Date: Wed August 24, 2011
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 9
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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No cleaning before it goes in the tank!! Good for plants
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Cons:
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Clouds up the water for awhile at first
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Works as stated. However it is very cloudy after you put it in for a while.
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120 gallon29 gallon
5.5 and 2.5 gallon
The harley man......no not the motorcycle, harlequin rasboras
Angie R.I.P. 10/29/11
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DKRST
Banned
Registered: October 2013
Location: Moore, SC
Posts: 61
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Review Date: Wed October 23, 2013
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $20.00
| Rating: 7
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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Nice dark color, easy to plant in
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Cons:
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Mix of very large and small particles
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A good planting media, but the particle size was variable, with some really large "rocks" mixed in. Not as uniform as I would have liked. It looks good in the tank, but pricey for what you get.
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David
Tanks: too darn many, but almost enough....
8 species of fish, 27 species/varieties of plants. I think the plants are winning 
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Compass
Keeper of the Crypts
Registered: November 2012
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Posts: 5663
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Review Date: Mon March 17, 2014
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 8
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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Good color and great for plants
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Cons:
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Particle size. Stem plants seemed to have a hard time staying in place when first planted.
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I like what I've seen with my plant growth vs. just your average aquarium gravel. A few times my stem plants would pop out of the substrate before they had a chance to root and that became frustrating.
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Increasing your biodiversity increases your stability.
You know what this tank needs? ........................ Crypts.
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