Today since I am now finally finished school until january, I changed my tank from a planted to a planted-in-pots lol. I love my fish and my plants, but my jack dempsey was "fluffing" areas which would occasionally uproot a plant but mainly just make mess of the water. My substrate was mostly fluval stratum, in a mix. I put pebbles on top of the substrate in the pots, I am hoping for success because his target was never the plants. I really like it, it reminds me of an underwater garden with fish lol. I am looking forward to seeing how it settles in.