is it okay to put silca sand in a tank with an eel? and can i put plants like glosso, dwarf sag or hair grass in it??

What sort of eel?

Native or otherwise?

Native probably wouldn't like the bright lights required to grow plants, but look up floating plants and nitella or charophytes, which are an algae that looks very much like a plant and doesn't need much light.

i dont know what sort of eel, i got it from a pet store about 12 years ago. it has bumps on the nose and is a brown colour. thats all i know .

would it be okay with the sand?? i dont think it would mind the lights, its got plenty of hiding spots and comes out more at night.

could it still burrow in the sand if there are plants there?

Make sure the sand is not sharp

It WILL dig into the sand, they love it. Plants WILL get dug up, though id try a reed/rush plant/s

i was thinking of silica sand that i can get from placemakers. would that be okay. what sort of reed or rush? do i plant them? do they need light?

thanks heaps. i thought i would give my eel something better than boring gravel and rocks.do they love sand?

i was thinking of silica sand that i can get from placemakers. would that be okay. what sort of reed or rush? do i plant them? do they need light?

thanks heaps. i thought i would give my eel something better than boring gravel and rocks.do they love sand?

Iv used builders sand for mine, though its hard to clean. It loved it.

All plants need light, rush plants are hardy. Look at Japanese rush on trademe

Looking at them makes me want to set up a tank with it

builders sand? whats that like? what colour is it? how hard to clean?

builders sand? whats that like? what colour is it? how hard to clean?

They poo under the sand and food gets under there, i washed it by hand each week. My eel was small untill it bacame a carpet eel

Um builders sand is like play sand, tis cheap

a carpet eel??

thanks will builders sand be better than silica sand?