Substrate and Hard Scape planted aquarium setup : The Shaker

[@GlassSurfing]

Nice substrate system! Looking forward to the rest of the build. Thanks for teaching me about aqua sand!

[@mattphillips6714]

Nice ideas coming.. 👍

[@pecktec]

Thank you 😊

[@bobbravo6310]

It’s good to see you coming up with new designs! I want to start a 40 gallon soon myself

[@darrylmoore5847]

The tank is going to be beautiful.

[@spags8223]

I am such a fan of the stratum + flourite mix. Its what I currently have setup in my 75 gallon. Also I recommend mixing in eco complete as a "filler" substrate if you want to cut the overall price down for larger tanks since it also absorbs liquid ferts and makes them root available.

[@nabokovfan87]

Thank you for the videos!

[@C172Pilotdude]

Damn, $500 online, and I probably spent that between my two smaller tanks and everything associated. Didn't know that this existed !

[@sandycheeks7506]

Put a T pipe on the intake pipe for easy water changes

[@Kdot_osrs]

My betta jumped out the tank while I was at work…. 😢 that’s really a thing. My poor little buddy. He was a beautiful half moon blue. I forgot to put my lid back on after feeding my Otto’s this morning.

[@pecktec]

That stinks I'm sorry to hear that.

[@Kdot_osrs]

@@pecktec can you make a video on moving and trimming plants 🌱 your favorite one the Anubis and a few others maybe ? Forgive me if I missed a video. I’ve tried to watch all of yours ❤️

[@pecktec]

@@Kdot_osrs sure I’ll been doing a little of that in my next one.

[@invaderzim133]

bug crawling around the substrate at 6:10

[@Bigglare]

too bad on the AF/UGF. You could use Bio Balls and craft mesh which could easily be shaped around the pipework. I recently redid a 5 year old tank of Stratum. The soil still has its shape and after a brief rinse looked brand new in the tank after adding my own plenum.

[@pecktec]

I may work something out when I build the next version. I just didn’t feel like engineering it a whole lot this go around.

[@heaven7360]

I almost drained the California reservoirs rinsing Flourite dark. Is it really better than regular gravel?

[@nabokovfan87]

I ran it for a few years. There's not a lot of black substrate options and BDBS nearly killed all the fish in my tank in a few hours. Caribsea and UNS have some newer options made out of small black stones. I ended up removing mine and being frustrated with it because it kept growing BBA on the substrate itself.

[@pecktec]

I think so it’s been at the base of my most successful tanks.