Sand on the bottom..........

On Oct 26, 3:39 pm, (Richard Sexton) wrote:
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Reel McKoi wrote:

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Reel McKoi wrote:
I don't think that would work too well in an aquariumn containing fish.
What fish are in your aquariums?

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Over the years there have been "a few killifish", "a few dozen tetras"
and at one point over 300 endlers. It's a 25 gallon tank.

I had puffers in there once too to get rid of the snails.
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Beautiful plants. Is Aquanet your website?

I'm not sure what "aquanet" is but aquaria.net is mine and has been since about 93 or so.
It says that on the front page ofhttp://aquaria.net

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I've had mixed results with sand. If it's too fine in an unplanted
tank, it can compact. Forgetting the name (what is "play" sand will
vary store to store), avoid really fine sands and look for coarse.
Malaysian Trumpet snails can be useful to churn sand. I've got a 120g
with Profile brand sand. The plants love it but I find it's a little
too light for my liking. I can live with the losses during vacuuming,
but I'll need to reduce the water's turbulence, so it should work very
well in many applications.

I'm not keen on white sand as it shows debris too quickly and seems to
foster more algae (more reflected light at the sand's surface?). I
personally don't think that fish are very comfortable with too much
light coming UP at them. Highlights their presence to airborn
predators (try explaining to them there are no birds in your house ;~)

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