Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I like Eco complete for various reasons. 1) Dark almost black appearance. If you want that look this is the substrate for you. It wont fade like the painted gravel. 2) CEC- basically it absorbs nutrients and your plants take the nutrients from the rocks (in a nutshell) 3) no cleaning of the rocks- open the bag, pour it in your tank, no rinsing, no mess....plug and play 4) fish safe- I am a cory cat fish nut, and I hear people say it will cut their barbels... that is an urban legend. this is my 3rd tank I am using this on, all of my cories have long nice healthy barbels. 5) Easy to plant, grab my tongs/tweezers and push plant into place. 6) Cheap- cheaper than Aqua soil or fluval or whatever. 20 pounds of clown puke (colored gravel) is the same price. 7) I can push my plant tabs in the substrate with ease. I do the home made osmocote plus (which I bought from amazon) 8)Stable- it won't break down like aquasoil will, wont raise ph, ammonia etc.... With the money I save I can buy some plants or some fish.