Re: Sand spam

["Steve Thomas" <steve at nixhosting_com>]

Exactly why I'm converting all my tanks from bare bottoms to sand. I wish to
provide my fish with a natural enviroment. That's why I need something that
settles fast. These tanks are already full of fish. I can't have them living
in cloudy water for days. I don't want them to die. I had a problem with
peat moss and that whole tank of fish died. So now I'm very careful with
what I put in.

What sand settles instantly and causes no cloudyness? I guess if I have to I
will buy sand from a pet store but it will cost a ton. I also am getting
into dwarf cichlids. I just got 10 different species the other day. I want
to put sand in with them.

I have fresh water beaches around here will that sand work? Although I think
that sand is all trucked in from salt water beaches. Most fresh water
natural beaches are rocky.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Browning" <fisher25000 at yahoo_com>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 2:09 AM
Subject: Re: Sand spam


>
> Have you ever seen a tank with sand in it? IMHO, sand is far, far more
beautiful than any gravel ever will be, especially black sand(pure white
gets dirty too easily). I'm in the process of converting almost all my tanks
to sand substrates(or atleast a mixture of sand and gravel) and I love the
looks of all my tanks with sand. Also, if fish lays eggs in gravel, you
can't harvest the eggs, and they are far more likely to lay eggs in sand
than gravel(correct, yes?). Sand has many advantages over gravel from what
I've learned. It can be vaccuumed out for cleaning, food sits ontop of it so
the fish don't loose it in the crack, it can easily fill in spaces around
caves and plants, and it is much less abrasive on fishes undersides. I am
sure there are other advantages(disadvantages too, but I believe the
advantages outweigh the disadvantages), but these are the main ones I have
noticed.
>
>  unclescott <unclescott at prodigy_net> wrote:> With this sandblasting sand
still require time to settle? I need something
> that goes right to the bottom.
>
> How about gravel? ;)
> .....
>
> --- Steve Thomas wrote:
> > Where can I get this sand? All the pool places
> > around here are closed for
> > the winter.
>
> > You can find it as sandblasting sand at Lowe's.
>
> Awww. I was going to suggest the night shift dodging junkyard dogs.
> .................
>
> Obligatory straight stuff:
> The gravel about the size of your little finger is especially useful for
> hiding eggs if you are going to pull your breeders and let fry hatch out.
>
> All the best!
>
> Scott
>
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