Planting My Tank: Flourite With Something On Top Or

[akijikan]

Is just the Flourite okay? I read this pf.net article that said to mix the flourite with peat moss and top with finer substrate like gravel.

The guy at the LFS said not to bother with the peat moss or other layer.

I thought about it and if I did the flourite/peat moss and finer substrate on top, wouldn't that make cleaning difficult with the syphon. It seems, in my mind, the finer gravel on top would make it difficult to get underneath it, and that the peat moss would just come out in cleaning.

Any thoughts are appreciate

 

[aaronnorth]

flourite is okay on it's own. you dont have to syphon the gravel if you have plants covering the substrate, just move the syhon over the top.