Hey Joe, so I'm going to order some dwarf papyrus from you and plan to put it in a rail planter that secondarily serves as a waterfall to a small container pond. Right now, the rail planter has just a sponge filter in it to help clean the pond. There's about an inch or two of water that circulates above the sponge, but can be made more if need be. Anyway, what do you recommend for substrate and how deep does it need to be in the substrate? I plan to use a meshed pond basket that sits in the planter rail with low circulating water at the very bottom of the basket (0-2" as you said, I think). Also don't want to cloud my water. Thanks, and P.S., just ordered a Drop 'n Grow Lily from you and it's arriving today!
Since you're planting in a waterfall box you should probably use fired clay since it won't cloud the water. Microb-lift planting media would be the most common option available.
Hey Joe, so I'm going to order some dwarf papyrus from you and plan to put it in a rail planter that secondarily serves as a waterfall to a small container pond. Right now, the rail planter has just a sponge filter in it to help clean the pond. There's about an inch or two of water that circulates above the sponge, but can be made more if need be. Anyway, what do you recommend for substrate and how deep does it need to be in the substrate? I plan to use a meshed pond basket that sits in the planter rail with low circulating water at the very bottom of the basket (0-2" as you said, I think). Also don't want to cloud my water. Thanks, and P.S., just ordered a Drop 'n Grow Lily from you and it's arriving today!
Since you're planting in a waterfall box you should probably use fired clay since it won't cloud the water. Microb-lift planting media would be the most common option available.