Insect Lore ADF set up?

[emberlisa]

Hm, I´m still sceptical about that. The bamboo plant doesn´t last long in many aquariums and it certainly cannot aerate the whole gravel enough for the beneficial bacteria to grow. If you provide a cycled, filtered tank normal gravel (or better sand will do). After cycling is done, it will become a "living" substrate as well.

What do you mean cycling? Cycling out the water?