Re-doing tank

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  1. Lee

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    Hi I'm looking for a cheap substrate for a 3ft tank , I recently had to do repairs in my house and lots of painting (by accident drop paint in gravel) so now I have to redo the tank and unfortunately don't have a lot of extra cash for it, but it also need to be for a plants which are
    vallisenaria
    Different types of e    chinodorus
    And a carpet plant I just got be for everything went off track
    As for the fish there in a bucket until they can go back to there tank once everything is done.
    Fish
    10x sparkling gourami
    8x kulhi loachs
    4x catfish
     
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    I think a fairly common cheap substrate would be pool filter sand.
    I'm pretty sure vallis can grow in it, I'm not sure about the others, but I reckon if you stick a few root tabs in it should work.
     
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    Yes with pool filter sand (rinsed very well) and root tabs the Val and swords will grow. Probably not the carpeting plant, depending on what it is.
     
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    Okay cool thanks i get the pool filter sand this weekend. And order the root tables.
     
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    You can always put a layer of potting soil under the pfs, it does make the water a bit yellow for quite a while though
     
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    I was thinking about add soil but wasn't sure if would work but will give it a try, but how deep should the soil be?
     
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