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Permalink Reply by Hmoobthor on November 2, 2011 at 11:54am

dirt can be quite messy at times.

 

Pulling plants out slowly will help keep the dirt from coming up and when you plant plants, you do it slowly.

 

As for species of pleco and loaches that doesn't harm your plants...there are a few of them out there. I can name them but it is always wise to research them before putting in a planted tank.

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Permalink Reply by Robert on November 2, 2011 at 1:47pm

Dirt is messy BUT when your plants roots get in it the plants take off 

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Permalink Reply by Danny1107 on November 2, 2011 at 2:16pm

if you need to take a plant out for whatever reason do it as slow as possible and you won't make too much mess, I only got a tiny bit of dirt into the water when removing afew swords

 

I've got a pleco in my dirted tank and its fine, theres enough gravel that he doesn't go deep enough to get to the dirt (when he does move gravel about that is)

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Permalink Reply by Salty Wayne on November 2, 2011 at 9:32pm

hey your a new member i'm glad your checking out the forums and learning from it.  you can have fish and stuff in there with dirt you'd gonna want to cap it for it doesn't come up capp it with gravel and you won't have to worry about your plants messing it up

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Permalink Reply by Connor on November 4, 2011 at 4:17pm

yea its wicked messy.. i dirted my 10 gallon 5 days ago and dirt debris is still floating around after 2 pretty sizable water changes. it takes a while to settle

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Permalink Reply by FishAreBeast (Brennen) on November 4, 2011 at 8:12pm

mine was pretty messy once i started it but now its fine. and i have a pleco in mine and its fine

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Permalink Reply by 2apes2gp667wr on November 4, 2011 at 9:19pm

How is everyone having such a problem with mess. I had some cloudiness, but nothing like mess for days. Was the water put in too fast?

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Permalink Reply by Connor on November 5, 2011 at 11:42am

yea i definitely added water too quickly

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Permalink Reply by 1987 on November 4, 2011 at 10:56pm

Follow the advice of making sure you cap it correctly.  My first dirted tank, I thought I didn't need so much.  I ended up having to redo it since it muddied up the water pretty good.

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