How to have a densely planted bare bottom tank - a tutorial

Wow that really looks amazing and surprisingly easy! I might just do this when I get a bigger tank.
 
Would planted aquariums like this require some kind of invertebrate to help break down plant & newt waste, like isopods & springtails in bioactive vivariums which are more land based?
 
Lentil said:
Would planted aquariums like this require some kind of invertebrate to help break down plant & newt waste, like isopods & springtails in bioactive vivariums which are more land based?
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Water hog lice would be great but the newts would no doubt eat them all
 
Don't potting mixes normally contain peat which in theory could make the water more acidic?
 
Yeah, I would love to have plants in my axolotl tank but they tend to eat anything that fits in their mouth so gravel wouldn't work, I might have to try this with sand because I would love some plants in my axololt tank.
 
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    with axolotls would I basically have to keep buying and buying new axolotls to prevent inbred breeding which costs a lot of money??
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    Would Chinese fire belly newts be more or less inclined towards an aquatic eft set up versus Japanese . I'm raising them and have abandoned the terrarium at about 5 months old and switched to the aquatic setups you describe. I'm wondering if I could do this as soon as they morph?
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