2Hr Aquarist's video: Choosing Aquarium Substrate: Using Dirt in Planted Aquariums

A video on the benefits of using soil/dirt in planted tanks 1:05 https://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Flooded_soils 3:36 Active transport: http://igbiologyy.blogspot.sg/2012/12/19-active-transport_5.html 3:52 Foliar Fertilization By George Kuepper, NCAT Agriculture Specialist, Published 2003, ATTRA Publication 6:05 Source of nutrients to rooted submerged macrophytes growing in a nutrient rich stream by Tom Vindaek Madsen & Nina Cedergreen, published Freshwater Biology (2002), 47, 283-291 5:29 http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/33-plants/876457-so-called-heavy-root-feeders-fact-fiction.html 8:37 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_pH http://www.pda.org.uk/leaflets/24/leaflet24-5.html small note to subscribers: I went for lasek eye surgery last year, so have been minimizing screen time as the eyes heal. Visit my new website: https://www.advancedplantedtank.com/ Virtutes Vocis Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/