Dirt, fluorite or Eco complete?

I'm getting a new 20g for Christmas and I want to know a good substrate for it. By the way this is my first planted tank

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Permalink Reply by Phillip Paul on December 9, 2011 at 9:20pm

ECO COMPLETE!!!

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Permalink Reply by Jason DuBois on December 10, 2011 at 12:41am

I did organic dirt with a cap of flourite.

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Permalink Reply by Fishtankkid on December 14, 2011 at 10:11pm

I use flourite and it has lead me to great success with my planted tank and has not let me down and my plants are growing great, i also mixed it with a little bit of arganic dirt works great.

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Permalink Reply by Balaam ramirez on December 16, 2011 at 9:35pm

It all depends on your budget. If money was no object then I would use fluorite. It's less messy then dirt. But if your on a budget then dirt. It's like $4 for a big ass bad.

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Permalink Reply by mdunn71 on December 17, 2011 at 8:17am

Roll Tide .I have dirt capped with gravel and I love it .

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Permalink Reply by Sin the conqueror on December 20, 2011 at 2:50am

dirt+gravel and like gsp said...save the big bucks for some nice lights

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Permalink Reply by Braden on December 25, 2011 at 10:25pm

hey man i just set up two tanks and did dirt and then capped it with eco complete. Eco complete is a great substrate and makes a great cap but i wouldn't use it alone.

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Permalink Reply by Braden on December 26, 2011 at 3:13pm

I feel like dirt is better though just because it has more nutrients and more nutritional for your plants.

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Permalink Reply by frroK on December 27, 2011 at 12:25pm

either use one or the other, not together or eco as cap. I had problems with dirt settling on top of the eco-complete. Anyway, whatever you go with is all up to personal taste and money really. If I were You I would do alot of research on the pros and cons of all of them and then make your decision based on that. there is alot of good info on the net. Especially when it comes to using Organic Dirt or potting mix(example Dustin and alot of others). I use it and I like it. eco complete is good too but by itself and with root tabs. I am actually working on my own little recipe at the moment that combines both.