A bit more research and you would have learned that FM sift through sand to get their food from the bottom. There's lots of information out there about this on the internet, as old as 1998.
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A bit more research and you would have learned that FM sift through sand to get their food from the bottom. There's lots of information out there about this on the internet, as old as 1998.
I already have a 25 bag leftover from putting sand in my flowerhorn and cave tetra tank. Would it be okay to mix the sand and gravel like I did for my flowerhorn
No do not just dump sand on top. Many folks have regretted doing this in the long run. If you don't want to change to all sand, then remove the rocks from the area for the sand. At the very least the area where the FM will eat should be all sand, like 1/3 to half the tank
yes that is what I was talking about (no rocks underneath the sand), but don't make the area too small, at the very least 1/3 of the tank should be sand (only because any smaller and it will be difficult to place the food on the sand area when you drop the food over it)
