New to Polypterus - Substrate Advice!

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I like them alot, i had six but one became meal to the bichir. Sometimes they fight but most times they pretty chill. They dont swim alot, they mostly stay in one spot and they dont school, but their is one species similar to pink tail that like to school, ask Vancouver_98683 Vancouver_98683 about it
 
Just picked up my new Mokelembembe and Buettikoferi.
The Moke is the chubbiest I've ever seen haha, about 8"
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And the Gold Dust is about 7" but is really shy so far so this is the best pic I could get
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PS I promise, I'll start a My Polys thread when I move them to their new tank, which will be soon
 
ShanerBock888 ShanerBock888 , I just replaced my substrate today with 20lbs black and 20lbs white sand. So 40lbs in my 55 looks good to me.I have about an inch sand bed. in a 12x 4 footprint. If your tank is twice that size, You might be able to get away with 80lb minimum. But I would say 100 to be safe. :)
 
ShanerBock888 ShanerBock888 , I just replaced my substrate today with 20lbs black and 20lbs white sand. So 40lbs in my 55 looks good to me.I have about an inch sand bed. in a 12x 4 footprint. If your tank is twice that size, You might be able to get away with 80lb minimum. But I would say 100 to be safe. :)

Yeah that's about what I have in the tank now (it's currently housing my catfish) but I just wasn't sure if the floramax has a different density, it looks completely different. I orderd 80lbs from amazon and it should be here tomorrow, so we'll see!
 
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