I am doing a little experiment with this right now myself. I have neon multicolored gravel in all but 1 tank right now. I have had the best luck with this ugly ass gravel, so I am going to try sand and see how it works out. I am using a typical off-white silica sand you get at menards with a bunch of agates scattered in it, a small piece of wood, and a fake plant with a blue background for color. I am going to see if there is any noticeable difference, because I am kind of tired of this ugly neon crap. I have seen many videos of amazingly bright, happy, and very colorful flowerhorn on white sand and I am hoping I can keep using it. I will def. let you know how it turns out. Also, I don't see why sand would be a problem for FH, other than it being light colored. You have to imagine that nearly all fresh water fish have a mostly sandy environment.
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BrynMichael;3401656; said:
so a flowerhorns natural environment would be sandy?
too bad they don't have a natural environment
Well slick since they are comprised mostly of Synspilum, Midas, Trimac, Texas, and other Central and South American cichlids I can say it is safe to assume they could tolerate a sandy environment. After all the rivers and lakes those fish come from don't have much sand do they? 
BrynMichael;3401801; said:Well slick since they are comprised mostly of Synspilum, Midas, Trimac, Texas, and other Central and South American cichlids I can say it is safe to assume they could tolerate a sandy environment. After all the rivers and lakes those fish come from don't have much sand do they?
the OP didn't want to know "what kind of substrate his flowerhorn can tolerate" the OP was looking for the best substrate for his flowerhorn
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