I love talking about dirt!  I'm getting all excited about my rescape that I'm actually putting dirt in and starting over brand new... SO, I know you're supposed to use organic dirt and that crap, and I've watched all the videos, but I don't have organic dirt and I don't want to buy it either!  I have the other crap!!! I plan on using it unless someone has a better idea... I know it will cause a spike in the what-cha-call it, but has anyone ever tried a dirted tank with fertilizer in the dirt?  Oh... and I also think this will help.... I will be doing water changes everyday for a month before putting fish in.... Does this help any with the fertilizer situation?  Thank you guys for all your help! 

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You do not want fertilizer. It will kill your fish. unless you want to do 50% water changes a day for 4 years then it should be fine. Thats why everyone with dirted tanks sticks with organic non-fert dirt.

Thanks for the input... I figured that.  I've used dirt before, and I accidentally had just a little bit of fertilizer in my organic dirt so I did 50% water changes daily for 2 months and everything was fine.  I definitely think you're right.  I better wait until I can afford it rather than do a half ass job at it.   (:

If you go to walmart and get top soil with a cost of only 3 bucks, and thats too expensive for you maybe ........ fish are going to be even more expensive and plants EVEN  more expensive.  maybe ............ a much better job =)

Ya I found a bag for about 3 bucks at Bimart, and I started using it.  I have everything imaginable for the aquarium hobby, even encase one of my fish get sick, so I already invested a lot.  Sadly, I didn't have much more than $5 to spend at the time, so I'm glad I found a cheap bag.  Thanks for your guyses help! 

isn't dirt like 6 bucks for a huge bag? You could probably find that in change in your couch...

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