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BN are fine on normal sand (i have em in my planted on sand) but they do dig in it sometimes. that might be a problem if you have stacks of rocks- wouldnt want them to topple a heap over and come home to a dry tank and a wet floor :o

Actualy the problem with the rocks falling over is with the cichlids, in my case. I've never had any problem with my B/N's causing caves to collaps. My blue zebras, however, have caused many a cave in. I've had the odd B/N come out with a bit of a scratch from the Malawi's digging but other than that they seem to love the sand.

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Hiya

We keep rather a few Africans, we use Aragonite as substrate, white and rather classy in our set ups, also helps buffer. Even tho light substrate can wash the fish out a bit, this hasn't happened in our case, our fish are as bright as anything and look great... :D

Good Luck and keep us posted on your choice

Here are a couple of pics of the substrate, we have only just recently shifted the tank to our bedroom and set it up again, yet to top the tank up as you can see and it needs some fine tuning :lol:

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Mekhaela :D

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Thanks guys :D Yet to send more pics when it is finished...

Ummm hmmm errr we don't exactly have room in our bedroom, we just made room, out goes the rest of the bedroom suite that came with the bed to accomodate the tank oh plus another one for our Jurapari :lol: :lol: :lol: Awesome to lay and watch them at night before lights out..

Mekhaela :D

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Hi There

According to information that we have studied, lime chip is another form of calcium carbonate, but sometimes it can contain traces of heavy metals ie. copper etc... depending on where it comes from.

We stick with Aragonite (marble chip) It can be found in Auckland at roughly $40 per 25kg. That is the substrate in our above pics of our Malawi tank.

Mekhaela :D

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