Aquarium substrates
Aquasoils, sands, gravels and base layers, with nutrient content, pH effect, grain size and whether they leach ammonia at first.
48 entries, grouped by type.
Aquasoils 17
Baked soil granules that hold nutrients and pull pH down. Most of them leach ammonia for the first weeks.
- ADA Africanasome nutrients · lowers pH
- ADA Amazonianutrient-rich · lowers pH · leaches ammonia
- ADA Amazonia Lightsome nutrients · lowers pH · leaches ammonia
- ADA Malayasome nutrients · lowers pH
- Aquario NEO Soilnutrient-rich · lowers pH · leaches ammonia
- Aquasoilnutrient-rich · lowers pH · leaches ammonia
- Brightwell FlorinVolcanitsome nutrients · lowers pH
- Dennerle Scaper's Soilnutrient-rich · lowers pH
- Dennerle Shrimp King Active Soilsome nutrients · lowers pH
- Fluval Bio-Stratumsome nutrients · lowers pH
- Fluval Stratumsome nutrients · lowers pH
- JBL ProScape PlantSoilnutrient-rich · lowers pH
- LANDEN THRIVA Aqua Soilnutrient-rich · lowers pH
- OASE ScaperLine Soilsome nutrients · lowers pH
- SL-Aqua MORE Nature Soilsome nutrients · lowers pH
- Tropica Aquarium Soilsome nutrients · lowers pH · leaches ammonia
- UNS Controsoilsome nutrients · lowers pH
Base layers 3
They go under a cap, never on their own.
- ADA Power Sand Advancenutrient-rich
- JBL AquaBasis Plusnutrient-rich
- Tropica Plant Growth Substratenutrient-rich
Clay and lava gravels 6
Inert, porous and cheap. They hold no nutrients, so root feeders want tabs.
- Safe-T-Sorbinert
- Seachem Flouritesome nutrients
- Seachem Flourite Blacksome nutrients
- Seachem Flourite Black Sandsome nutrients
- Seachem Flourite Darksome nutrients
- Turface MVPinert
Sands 12
Fine and inert. Easiest on fish that sift the substrate, hardest for carpets to root in.
- ADA Colorado Sandinert
- ADA La Plata Sandinert
- Aragonite Sandinert · raises pH
- Black Diamond Blasting Sandinert
- CaribSea Crystal Riverinert
- CaribSea Moonlight Sandinert
- CaribSea Peace Riverinert
- CaribSea Sunset Goldinert
- Play Sandinert
- Pool Filter Sandinert
- Sandinert
- Seachem Onyx Sandinert · raises pH
Gravels 8
Inert and coarse. Debris falls into it rather than sitting on top of it.
- Colored Gravelinert
- Crushed Lava Rockinert
- Dennerle Crystal Quartz Gravelinert
- Eco-Completesome nutrients
- Gravelinert
- Pea Gravelinert
- River Pebblesinert
- Seachem Onyxinert · raises pH
Dirted (Walstad) 1
Garden soil under a cap. Cheap and long-lived, messy to rescape.
- Walstadnutrient-rich · leaches ammonia
Specialty 1
Everything here has one specific job.
- Akadamainert · lowers pH