substrate

Ive been doing a lot of research on substrateo_O. im interested in a low tech plant/fish aquarium. A lot of the plants im interested in receive their nutrients from the water column. I might end up with a few that feed from the roots. What substrate can I use that wont rob my bank account?:) no...

One of our most popular products is our "substrate enrichment media", called "Fundo Misto." The coconut-based product has a course texture and size which, when mixed with more "conventional" sands and gravels, helps create a tannin-producing, environment-enriching, and aesthetically pleasing...

This could easily be in the "New World" forum but technically it is for a pair of Jewels that I have in a tank with several small Ancistrus. On their first spawn the eggs were gone the next day. I'm virtually certain that this was a result of the plecos eating them at night since this is a...

I am getting ready to start my first cichlid tank(46gallons). I am wondering what type of substrate to use? I was thinking sand because it is the most natural and it looks good, but I heard it is very hard to clean. What are your thoughts on which substrate to use and if you could also include...

Planning the design of my projected 180g African cichlid tank. White sand substrate or more natural/black sand substrate? Which is advised? I'm trying to simulate the cichlids' natural environment as much as I can with this 180g show tank. Alex

I've had my AC110 set up for almost 2 years and there's been an increasing amount of motor noise coming from both units, and one of them completely stopped this weekend. I removed motor and cleaned the impeller and shaft. The shaft had enough wear on it that I'm certain that is the problem...

Just wondering if any knows how long it takes the caribsea cichlid substrate to raise the ph after tap water is added. Marlin Sent from my SCH-I545 using MonsterAquariaNetwork App

To those you with experience with sand substrates, what can you recommend that is locally-available?

Hey guys, Thanks to Frank I will be getting some awesome rainbows and would like to set them up in a 20 long planted tank. The Coralife t5 Aqualight for about 45$ seems the way to go for lighting, but I was wondering what substrate I would need. I think sand would look good, so would just...

Anyone have black substrate ie. Ecocomplete or flourite for sale or trade? New or used is fine

So at one point I saw a video on using quickrete all purpose sand as a substrate. The reviewer was talking about how great it was and how it didn't cloud his tank. His substrate in the video did look really nice so I ended up buying some after seeing it. The grain sizes varied so much that it...

so the appearance of my 125 is disturbing now that I have improved all the other tanks aquascaping. right now i have black gravel mixed with pocono river rock ( it sounded good...in my head..) I was considering taking the time to pick out the 50 lb bag of pocono and keep the black but this...

We use regular carib sea african cichlid mix in our 29 gallon. We are moving that to the 55 gallon when we move in 2 weeks. We need some more substrate and see that carib sea offers a eco complete version of the same stuff. My understanding is theres no neesd to rinse that stuff, just dump it...

Im setting up a south American tank with angels, laser cories....the tank has gravel in it already, is that ok for cories or would it be better to use pool filter sand?

I want to change my substrate and wanted to know is there are preferred material? I currently have a thin layer crushed shells I have a mixed Mbunas in a 72 bowfront with FX5? Is sand better then gravel? Is sand is easy to clean? What about plan old gravel? Where is a good place to get...

I can't find any info online regarding the actual content of carib sea cichlid sand, specifically the sahara mix. What specific water chemistry does it create/maintain? I'm thinking about getting some featherfins that have been bred/raised in a tank with that substrate. I simply use coral to...

I'm about to set up a small Tanganyikan tank for shellies and maybe some goby cichlids. I'd like to use sand so that I can see them in a more natural habitat than the crushed coral I have in my main Tang tank. However, I tried black sand in one of my first tanks a long time ago and gave up in...