how bad is gravel

[focker]

i agree u deffinetly need sand or bare bottom. me and 3 of my friends bought retics and 2 of us have sand and 2 have gravel. both of my buddies with gravel lost there rays in a week and me and my other buddy have had ours over 2-3 mos now. i have a very black sand which i like alot cause it hides alot of the poop. they say u should do water changes all the time with rays but i guess ive been lucky. i do one water change per week and average 40-80 ppm of nitrates. good luck with urs bro

 

[reptileguy2727]

so the estes' should be fine? how many pounds?

 

[dr_sudz]

i agree u deffinetly need sand or bare bottom. me and 3 of my friends bought retics and 2 of us have sand and 2 have gravel. both of my buddies with gravel lost there rays in a week and me and my other buddy have had ours over 2-3 mos now. i have a very black sand which i like alot cause it hides alot of the poop. they say u should do water changes all the time with rays but i guess ive been lucky. i do one water change per week and average 40-80 ppm of nitrates. good luck with urs bro

From what I understand about rays that is a bit on the high side. It should ideally be in and around 10 - 20 ppm. I would step up the water changes if i was you.

 

[dr_sudz]

i agree u deffinetly need sand or bare bottom. me and 3 of my friends bought retics and 2 of us have sand and 2 have gravel. both of my buddies with gravel lost there rays in a week and me and my other buddy have had ours over 2-3 mos now. i have a very black sand which i like alot cause it hides alot of the poop. they say u should do water changes all the time with rays but i guess ive been lucky. i do one water change per week and average 40-80 ppm of nitrates. good luck with urs bro

From what I understand about rays that is a bit on the high side. It should ideally be in and around 10 - 20 ppm. I would step up the water changes if i was you.

You can go to the h depot and get play sand there for $5 a bag. But always keep your sand under 3/4 - inch at max, that way you won't have a build up of toxic gases.

 

[reptileguy2727]

i plan on ordering 50 pounds of estes' black marine sand.