sand

Hello again, folks. What's best for a Malawi tank, sand or gravel? Right now, I have some local hardware store pea gravel in the 65 gallon high. I like how it looks, but it does need to be vacuumed once a week or so, because stuff gets between it. I'm thinking about buying some play sand in...

I am thinking of trying sand for a substrate, for the first time. How thick should I have the bed and how do you clean it?

I am starting a 2.5g pico reef tank ...I am trying to get some rubbles , some frags and live rock 2lb-3lb and enough live sand for a 2.5g tank anyone has it cheap or free :)

Ok don't ask how I came about getting this amount of sand.... lol.... But I have about 600 pounds of white sand. It doesn't have to be washed... it's real sand... and as white as you can get... it was special ordered through the company my b/f works for in order to get the whitest sand...

Hey guys... well I have a few sand sifters for sale or trade :D Callochromis pleurospilus 1 inch 8 available 6 each Xenotilapia spilopterus 1 inch 6 available 7 each Here are 2 pics...

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...

Has anyone kept the larger central american or larger south american cichlids (sajicas, salvinis, etc. ) in tanks with sand? I am wonering if this is in their natural habitat or if they prefer something more similar to gravel. I appreciate any feedback.