sharn Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 Hello all, just an observation that i made this weekend while changing my tank around. I changed to sand from gravel and my cories absolutly LOVE it, i have never seen them so active before, they spend all day looking for food. Before they used to just head stand inbetween the stones to get to their food, now they shove their noses in the sand and swim! they plough through and leave lots of little trenches all over the place along with holes :lol: . ive always known cories come from sandy places but i never believed that it would make so much difference in their behaviour! im a bit worried that theyll get carried away and dig into my aquatic mix but its worth it to see them so happy! just my two cents lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNDYLOO Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 Hi Sharn, Great to hear your cory's are having so much fun in the new sand, you have put on the bottom of your tank, sounds like they are really enjoying being able to dig deep into the sand to see what they can find, bit like a treasure hunt a lol. Tell me, when you vaccum your sand , do you find that alot of it gets sucked up the vaccum pipe, and do you end up sucking up the aquatic mix along with the sand? I have always likes the look of sand in the borttom of a tank, just seems alot more natural for the fishy's too. Lynda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishy_t Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 Go the sand!!! I think its great too! I've found I can use my gravel vac fine as long as I block off the water flow a bit with my thumb (at the out flow end) this lets all but the finest sand fall back to the bottom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ktttk Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 Can u use any sand from the beach or does it need to be a special type that you have to purchase? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharn Posted March 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 cause the sands dense most of the stuff lies on top so i can just hoover like a cm above the sand and everythign gets picked up, even better if its sloping to the front and then everything falls down there!! the very fine, fine particles get sucked up, but then theyre more like silt than sand. with my axolotl tank i give it a good mix around but it never gets sucked up alot of LFS charge a arm and a leg for sand, not sure where they get theirs from, same place as i go i spose. i get mine from bunnings, the plain plasterers sand and it works great, doesnt alter water chemistry at all (i tried it in my axolotl tank first) and its quite dark too. for 5 bucks a 25kg bag you cant go wrong! pool filter sand is used as well, and play sand if you can find it. i wouldnt use beach sand unless you want to harden your water, lots of shells. would have to bake it heaps and wash with boiling water first too. my sand is quite dirty before i wash it, i chuck it in a pillow case and put the hose in it till it runs clear and bake it till its dry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jude Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 I just use beach sand and gravel, I give it a quick rinse and remove any large shell fragments but don't worry about the rest. Fish seem happy enough. Cheers Jude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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