As I read about all the various options one has on deciding what to put in the bottom of the tank, I really liked the idea of using sand. I knew I wanted to keep Corys (or Corydora Catfish who like to sift through the substrate looking for food), and I would have preferred to use a darker substrate but after buying all the initial supplies things started to add up quickly. I heard good things about pool sand filter, so I went with that. I think it turned out rather nice looking. I do intend to keep live plants, and sand doen't fair so well with most plants but I'll try to stick with ones that will do ok in sand. You can see here that I bought my first plant today, an Argentina Sword Plant.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Substrate decisions
As I read about all the various options one has on deciding what to put in the bottom of the tank, I really liked the idea of using sand. I knew I wanted to keep Corys (or Corydora Catfish who like to sift through the substrate looking for food), and I would have preferred to use a darker substrate but after buying all the initial supplies things started to add up quickly. I heard good things about pool sand filter, so I went with that. I think it turned out rather nice looking. I do intend to keep live plants, and sand doen't fair so well with most plants but I'll try to stick with ones that will do ok in sand. You can see here that I bought my first plant today, an Argentina Sword Plant.
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