DJREDTEX
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Switched to sand and loving it.
Quick! Go take a pic of your tank with your phone and post it.
Jefft
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sand
Yeah I suppose I will try a pool filter sand the last stuff a sea sand I purchased from HOT was and still is a nightmare. It was so fine and light the stuff would float in the water and not settle making it hazy in the tank. I had to shovel out and dispose of the original substrate. I sucked as much of the remaining sand in the bare bottom of the tank as best I could there was still a fine layer of it on the bottom of the tank I just couldn't get out. I put coral gravel and a new argonite mix of crushed and broken shell in on top of the white coral rocks and have had little issue since. The sand does still, even in the miniscule amount that was left in the bottom of the tank, does, at times, get stirred up and I have to take the filter off and rinse all the sand out of the bottom of the filter as this stuff will literally work its way through the course sponge of a larger filter and right back into the water.
Needless to say sand scares the crap out of me at this point but I am planning on trying a pool filter sand or an argonite sand which is good and coarse.
Yeah I suppose I will try a pool filter sand the last stuff a sea sand I purchased from HOT was and still is a nightmare. It was so fine and light the stuff would float in the water and not settle making it hazy in the tank. I had to shovel out and dispose of the original substrate. I sucked as much of the remaining sand in the bare bottom of the tank as best I could there was still a fine layer of it on the bottom of the tank I just couldn't get out. I put coral gravel and a new argonite mix of crushed and broken shell in on top of the white coral rocks and have had little issue since. The sand does still, even in the miniscule amount that was left in the bottom of the tank, does, at times, get stirred up and I have to take the filter off and rinse all the sand out of the bottom of the filter as this stuff will literally work its way through the course sponge of a larger filter and right back into the water.
Needless to say sand scares the crap out of me at this point but I am planning on trying a pool filter sand or an argonite sand which is good and coarse.
MalawiMatt
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Sent from my phone...
bdmminer
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Just set up a week ago, 200 gallons of pure fun.
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verbal
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The tank looks great. Were you at the meeting today?
iamzrad
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rich4297
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gliebig
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My 1st attempt at a planted tank. Plants have grown a little, some more than others.
Prince
The ONE who is The ONE
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Jeff721
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crappy phone compared to most smartphones
My little work tank. 5 gallons with 4-5 white clouds in it.
Cyianara69
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My new 55g angelfish tank to be ..
mdlnewman
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The biggest of the Apisto Viejta I picked up at ECC
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verbal
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verbal
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Hannibal
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My 55 Gallon
My 75 Gallon
My 20 Gallon Long
My 75 Gallon
My 20 Gallon Long
iamzrad
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My guys. The fact that the dom male stops for me to take a photo is awesome!
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DJZ
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A pair of convicts and a pair of syncrossus berdmorei.
AquaStudent
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Here's my African Cichlid tank. I'm currently working on a DIY Foam and Concrete background...hopefully this high humidity weather will help strengthen the concrete :/
And this is my first tank ever in the hobby! A 10 Gallon planted Betta Community.
And this is my first tank ever in the hobby! A 10 Gallon planted Betta Community.
