Sand or no sand
- Thread starter Jimr
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I have sand in some tanks, and bare bottom in some tanks. In all honesty it is so much easier to maintain a bare bottom tank and catch shed barbs right away before a ray accidentally gets impaled by it. Just my 2 cents lol.
I currently have sand, not the powdery one either. No matter what you will have some patches of bare glass as fish scurry along the bottom. I have geophagus and about 2 inches thick of sand and no matter what they create new patches everyday that I actually stopped fixing the patches and let them do their job lol. They save me gravel vac'ing. I will keep it 100% honest, had I known about Tiles when I set up my tank I would have went that route since it is so darn easy to clean and looks sleek as heck.
I use fine gravel Jim. Enjoy watching them sift and it is good stimulus to keep them active.
Some enjoy the sterile look and low maintenance of the bare bottom.
Some enjoy the sterile look and low maintenance of the bare bottom.
Having started with substrate, I’ve moved to bare bottom. My pumps are set so waste won’t stay on the bottom for long, but still gentle enough for pellets to not get sucked up. With substrate, small waste and food particles would be getting trapped. It just makes ease of care much easier for me without it.
I use to have rays, don’t any longer but then, and now, I feel like it’s ultimately best to simulate a fish’s natural environment as much as you can. Especially specialty/experienced level fish