i would like to start a frontosa colony but i am getting confused with what type of bedding should i use... sand or gravel? light color or dark color? any suggestion or picture? 
frontosas.. gravel or sand?
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I had some in a tank with gravel. I didnt care for it too much and they hid all the time. I moved then into a tank with pool filter sand and they are constantly sifting and re-arranging the sand. They also seem to be growing faster. (not to mention they hide a lot less)
That being said, I vote for sand (coarse sand if possible.)
That being said, I vote for sand (coarse sand if possible.)
I have had them in both and out of the two I prefered sand and I think they did to. When they were in the gravel they really didn't do much. But when I put them in a tank with sand they were alot more acitve and would excavate and sift through the sand and I found that to be fun and interesting to watch, so I say sand. Plus that is what they have in the wild.
Sand all the way! Drop in some light blue gravel here and there if you use black sand. It will look awesome!!
I would also recommend using sand. I had a breeding colony of frontosa in a tank with gravel and the females would sometimes pick up grains of gravel with eggs. After 3 weeks I would strip the females to find 2-3 eggs max and gravel that had destroyed the eggs.
Sand. I have one in my gravel tank and it is always rearranging the gravel, and it is a lot harder to do that than with the sand. My front will hopefully go into a sand tank as soon as I move into my new house.
I've never used sand in my tanks but after reading all those posts I'm thinking I might want to set up my 150 with sand since that's my future fronts home. I was wondering though how do you clean the sand? I use a python No-Spill to gravel vac all my other tanks but how do you clean the sand? I know my dad used to use blasting sand in his tanks years ago b/c it's heavier but still unsure how to clean it. . .