The TRUTH About Flourite Gravel

[@Lana-wd4uq]

Love this girl, she’s explaining everything very well. Thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏

[@aquahobby1982]

i used it and highly recommend it . This is a great substrate for beginners in planted tank hobby.

[@jadonramlogan4639]

Does this substrate offer enough nutrients for the plants or will I have to be adding tabs or fertilizers?

[@stewartfooter3580]

Great vid stacey and loved the joke to start lol

[@briandixon4931]

Smart and beautiful and wonderful explain .finally

[@gabrielliberman8247]

I'm Worried about this gravel accommodating corys and other bottom feeders or even bettas with their fragile fins. Will the sharpness of this gravel be injurious to those fish? I already purchased it a year ago, haven't added water yet to my new setup and can't return - am thinking maybe onyx sand would have been better?

[@ck7191]

Would I have to vacuum the substrate just like gravel?

[@LoriL010]

Seachem Flourite Black Clay Gravel is the only substrate I'll ever use. The trick to making it dust free is to pour it into a 5 gallon bucket then rinse, dump and repeat until the water is clear. Then put cardboard out on a hot, sunny day, spread the gravel across it and let it dry and bake in the sun all day. It's never failed me and my water stays clear and bright when first added to the tank.

[@jadonramlogan4639]

Since u have a positive review I'll ask you if you don't mind Do you have plants in your aquarium with this substrate and if so was it enough for the plants or did you have to add fertilizers/tabs?

[@LoriL010]

@@jadonramlogan4639 Yes I have plants and I add root tabs every 3 months or so and also use liquid ferts.

[@Breaker_Shaker]

I know your original comment was a year ago but I was just wondering if the substrate loses any of its black colour when you washed it? Thanks!

[@LoriL010]

@ No, it didn't loose any color at all. It's been in my tanks for over 4 years and has never faded.

[@lilpwnige]

Flourite is great, its like a hybrid between sand and gravel. The grains are very flat and fine, which really helps to prevent food and other waste from getting trapped between grains.

[@kklim2779]

Hi Stacy, what's the pH range with the red gravel?

[@Naomi-pi6zm]

You can avoid cloudy water (and even having to rinse at all) by spreading the Flourite out in the sun and letting it dry *completely*. I'm talking BONE DRY. You should probably sift/turn it to make sure that there's absolutely NO moisture remaining. Then put it into your tank and add water very gently. It's recommended to lay a dish on top of the gravel and pour the water onto it. It has worked for me every time I've set up a planted tank. At worst, you get a slight initial haze in the water column, but no worse than if you were to use epoxy-coated gravel. Caveat: this has been MY experience. YMMV.

[@craigathonian]

You had me at that groaner of joke ❣ A better way to teach people about this type of gravel is just use the proper wording... 'CERAMIC'. All ceramics are calcined or baked. This type of gravel, oil absorb, sports field surfaces, and certain Kitty Litters are baked at different temperatures, but all are baked. To take your idea of a nutrient sponge, i take my dry ceramic gravel and pre-soak it in water with 3 to 5 times the dosage of aquarium plant fertilizers for the bottom half of the substrate layer. It gives your aquarium a jump start and my plants love it !

[@kevinp496691]

Does this stuff float like jbl manado or does it actually stay where you put it? I've had jbl manado in a previous set up and it floated everytime a Cory and ramirezi touched it, also didn't hold the plants down

[@tonycloseukreef3799]

Thanks Stacey 👍

[@gradedcards7599]

Here I was waiting for the examples…. Oh well on to the next

[@fatheadpr]

Very helpful video thank you. Just subscribed haha

[@worddunlap]

Used correctly it is an awesome substrate.

[@Mr.Helper.]

Thanks ... been looking for something that doesn't break down

[@TonyKanto]

I've washed for a few days even moving decor or fixing a live plants causes dust clouds to rise up again after washing.

[@Rancid_Ninja]

You have to rinse and rinse over and over

[@samgage2294]

Put my brand new filters in and this stuff clogged them up so fast, you can’t even see past a half inch into the tank. I’ll see how it looks after 24 hours but I’m not optimistic also bummer that it trashed my new filters.

[@tysenp8193]

How’s it looking now?

[@youfishdotnz]

Is it better to use sponge filter instead?

[@Justintheinsane]

Safety Sorb from tractor supply and flourite sound similar to me lol.

[@andani_uwu]

Okay, I don't know if my English or my humor sense is poor but, can someone explain to me the joke? 😅

[@bobs5596]

the color is a bit more than color. the red, which you don't show, contains a lot of iron, which is why it is red color. iron is the nutrient plants want. so do the dark colors hve as much iron? inquiring minds want to know.

[@zsazsak879]

So it’s no different than a gravel