Bichir;s with peace river gravel

[always4lora]

Anyone know if this will be ok with bichir's? I currently have no substrate and was thinking of somewhere for my rays to bury and don't want my bichir;'s eating eat or out

http://www.aquaessentials.co.uk/caribsea-instant-aquarium-peace-river-45kg-p-4695.html

 

[Thalan]

I'd say there's a risk that they'll swallow some. Sand is your best bet.

 

[always4lora]

I'd say there's a risk that they'll swallow some. Sand is your best bet.

Hmm not to wurry i have sand in my other tank but found the ray seemd to mash the sand up and it ended in the filter sand the sump

 

[Darth Scohin]

I actually think that it's the gravel I use. It's REALLY small, almost sand grain size but I think it'd be too rough for rays.

 

[Divasen]

I use fine black sand in my tank, as a lot of ppl advised not to use gravel as poly's mite eat it, i personally have not kept ploys with gravel but i believe that it is very possible that a poly will eat a piece of gravel that smell like food.

 

[always4lora]

I actually think that it's the gravel I use. It's REALLY small, almost sand grain size but I think it'd be too rough for rays.

I've seen some posts recommening it for rays , sands bes tbut can get messy. Might have to go back to sand and find a way of stopping it getting into the pfilter and the sump;

 

[Moloch]

I've seen some posts recommening it for rays , sands bes tbut can get messy. Might have to go back to sand and find a way of stopping it getting into the pfilter and the sump;

sponge over the intake. You'd probably have to clean it pretty often, but it should filter out the sand before it gets out of your tank.

 

[ZeroOne]

They told me at my LFS that gravel would be fine, but within a week my senegal ate 2 gravel bits. I changed to sand the next day. This was a few months ago, and he still has the gravel in his belly. You can see it when he moves, he's ok for now (5" and growing like a weed) and hoping he gets big enough to one day poop them out before they do any real harm. I wouldn't have them with gravel, but if your gravel is as fine as sand, guess as long as if they accidentally ingest it they can poop it out run with it; I still prefer sand.