clown loach barebottom?

[nosegoblin]

maintaining tank with sand as substrates might be a chore.

Actually it is quite easy as all the waste matter doesn't dissappear between the fine sand grains. Instead it all stays on top of it and if one just has some waterflow near the bottom of the tank, all of the waste matter flows to one end of the tank where it can be easily cleaned up. Of course all kinds of plants, driftwoods etc will block some of the debris but generally it is quite easy to keep clean. Also if one just adds few powerful internal filters where all the crap is collected, one doesn't have to do much besides change water regularly and clean up the filters every now and then.

 

[Lupin]

Actually it is quite easy as all the waste matter doesn't dissappear between the fine sand grains. Instead it all stays on top of it and if one just has some waterflow near the bottom of the tank, all of the waste matter flows to one end of the tank where it can be easily cleaned up. Of course all kinds of plants, driftwoods etc will block some of the debris but generally it is quite easy to keep clean. Also if one just adds few powerful internal filters where all the crap is collected, one doesn't have to do much besides change water regularly and clean up the filters every now and then.

Well explained. Sand is indeed very easy compared to gravel.

 

[Valkyrie]

My loaches have been kept in both gravel and sand and from my observation they prefer the sand. IMHO

 

[Cetin]

Actually it is quite easy as all the waste matter doesn't dissappear between the fine sand grains. Instead it all stays on top of it and if one just has some waterflow near the bottom of the tank, all of the waste matter flows to one end of the tank where it can be easily cleaned up. Of course all kinds of plants, driftwoods etc will block some of the debris but generally it is quite easy to keep clean. Also if one just adds few powerful internal filters where all the crap is collected, one doesn't have to do much besides change water regularly and clean up the filters every now and then.

thanks for the lesson