Can you have bottom dwellers with a black sand substrate?

wadon

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Jun 11, 2014
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Well, I heard this insane theory the other day about how you can't have any kind of black sand in your aquarium ( Flourite bacl, Tahitan Moon Sand) with bottom dwellers. People have said it contains sand with sharper edges and can be harmful to any bottom dweller ( Pleco. Otto, Cory catfish). Is this true, I have heard many people say it is fine, and they do it, and then I hear people say don't because it might hurt them. Can anyone tell me the truth, I think it isn't true but still won't to know what other people think...

 

ericmagnus

Jack Dempsey
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Mar 25, 2014
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Manila, Philippines
Well, I heard this insane theory the other day about how you can't have any kind of black sand in your aquarium ( Flourite bacl, Tahitan Moon Sand) with bottom dwellers. People have said it contains sand with sharper edges and can be harmful to any bottom dweller ( Pleco. Otto, Cory catfish). Is this true, I have heard many people say it is fine, and they do it, and then I hear people say don't because it might hurt them. Can anyone tell me the truth, I think it isn't true but still won't to know what other people think...

Well, i use classica black sand in my gulper catfish tank. No problems at all for me. I got the fine variant of that specific black sand. My gulper usually rests on it after eating so much. He doesnt seem to mind
 
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