Sinking Pellets and pebbles

[Andrew]

I have sand in my tank at the moment and have recently started feeding
sinking pellets rather than flakes, and they sit nicely on top of the sand.

I will be upgrading to a bigger tank soon (probably a Juwel rekord 70 or 96)
and am unsure about having sand as I am concious of it being sucked in to
the filter (my current filter isn't powerful enough to do this).

Just thinking though that I would like to go for pebbels rather than gravel
(as has been discussed on here recently) but I presume the sinking pellets
would just slip through and become unreachable at the bottom of the tank.

Am I right about the sand being sucked up?

Any advice?

Cheers

Andrew

[Janie Thomson]

"Andrew" > wrote in message
...
> I have sand in my tank at the moment and have recently started feeding
> sinking pellets rather than flakes, and they sit nicely on top of the
sand.
>
> I will be upgrading to a bigger tank soon (probably a Juwel rekord 70 or
96)
> and am unsure about having sand as I am concious of it being sucked in to
> the filter (my current filter isn't powerful enough to do this).
>
> Just thinking though that I would like to go for pebbels rather than
gravel
> (as has been discussed on here recently) but I presume the sinking pellets
> would just slip through and become unreachable at the bottom of the tank.
>
> Am I right about the sand being sucked up?

Andrew, I'm pretty new to all this, but I have a Rekord 120 with coral sand
in the bottom, and there's no sign of any of that getting into the filter.
It's been up and running for about 5 weeks now. Any of this sand that gets
disturbed falls back to the base very quickly and the water is sparkly
clear. Not sure about other types of sand though.


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[Geezer From The Freezer]

Andrew,

I did a lot of research. I DIDN'T go for sand in the end as it
can irritate gills and wear at their mouths. I did put a few pebbles
on one side of my tanks, but I feed them on the other side anyway
(bare bottom). I only have a few pebbles, and they are spaced apart so
that any food caught in there can be got at.

[Mel]

If you go for pebbles, you could always give the fish their own little
feeding bowl for their pellets to go in. A terracotta plant pot base would
look nice and get algae growing on it eventually. I've done this before I
went gravelless and I used a long plastic tube which I inserted into the
tank and into the bowl, then I dropped the pellets down the tube. That way
there's no food leftover.
Mel.


"Andrew" > wrote in message
...
> I have sand in my tank at the moment and have recently started feeding
> sinking pellets rather than flakes, and they sit nicely on top of the
sand.
>
> I will be upgrading to a bigger tank soon (probably a Juwel rekord 70 or
96)
> and am unsure about having sand as I am concious of it being sucked in to
> the filter (my current filter isn't powerful enough to do this).
>
> Just thinking though that I would like to go for pebbels rather than
gravel
> (as has been discussed on here recently) but I presume the sinking pellets
> would just slip through and become unreachable at the bottom of the tank.
>
> Am I right about the sand being sucked up?
>
> Any advice?
>
> Cheers
>
> Andrew
>
>

[LoaderLady]

I have sand, and I have a power filter. I cut part of the intake hose so
it's about 4" from the top of the sand and it doesn't seem to suck up the
sand at all. I have heard of people going as much as 6" above the
substrate.


"Andrew" > wrote in message
...
> I have sand in my tank at the moment and have recently started feeding
> sinking pellets rather than flakes, and they sit nicely on top of the
sand.
>
> I will be upgrading to a bigger tank soon (probably a Juwel rekord 70 or
96)
> and am unsure about having sand as I am concious of it being sucked in to
> the filter (my current filter isn't powerful enough to do this).
>
> Just thinking though that I would like to go for pebbels rather than
gravel
> (as has been discussed on here recently) but I presume the sinking pellets
> would just slip through and become unreachable at the bottom of the tank.
>
> Am I right about the sand being sucked up?
>
> Any advice?
>
> Cheers
>
> Andrew
>
>