Dennerle Scapers Soil

I ordered this on Wednesday and it arrived by Friday. I was a little annoyed that I had to pay £5 delivery, but the tank was rescaped and replanted by Saturday, so I can't complain. I tore down my initial setup, held back a lot of established water, filter, etc and switched the inert gravel I've had for the last 7 years, over to this soil. After two days of having a soil based tank, the dwarf hairgrass has already started sending out runners and my Juncus repens is turning red on the tops too. The only downside to the huge change, is that my tank is now going through a nitrogen cycle, which I was expecting, since I read online that soil gives off Ammonia for the first couple of weeks after adding it to a tank. But something to consider if you want to change over to soil too and have fish in your tank. Another problem I'm facing is that every time I replant something, or mess around with the hardscape; which is a natural thing to do in a planted tank, the soil kicks up a lot of dust which then settles as a thin brown layer on all of my plants. I'm hoping after my tank finishes this cycle and I am able to do a few water changes, that this won't be a problem. But I'm sure a gravel cap will sort the problem or at least reduce the issue if it doesn't resolve itself. One last thing, this soil gravel is labelled as black, but it is actually a dusty brown, a little disappointing. But it does add a more natural vibe to the tank. Overall, I'm over the moon with the soil gravel from Dennerle and i wouldn't hesitate to use it again.

real test of this product will be how the plants look in 6 months, happy with it so far

Now I know that I prefer the powder on the top, but it's a great product.

My swords have shot up in this!

Good product

Excellent stuff. German quality ser

Ordered 3 bags of this. Emptied into a dry tank as said. The first two bags were fine the last one was quite dusty I should have known it would be a disaster but I carried on and filled the tank as carefully as possible and the tank just turned to sludge. Spent all day emptying etc but I just keep getting a layer of silt sitting on top. Would have been better buying top soil and pouring it in. Would have made less mess. All I can put this down to is either a bad bag or the bag has been thrown about that much since manufacturer it's spoilt it. 3 stars as the other two bags wernt dusty and even though I couldn't get it back out once it was poured on top of other emptied bags I should have known it wouldn't end well.