sandy bottom

[toehead11183]

do they make it in black or peppered?

 

[toehead11183]

i like the way the peppered looks. does anyone use black with their fronts?

 

[ShadowStryder]

I prefer the black with lAfricans. Here is a link for african substrates.
http://www.carib-sea.com/pages/products/cichlid.htmlhttp://www.carib-sea.com/pages/products/cichlid.html

 

[unix2k]

Go with Pool Filter Sand Grade 20. Looks pearly white and big enough that it doesnt fly around. Great for frontosas.

 

[merc123]

I'd go with the pool filter sand as well. My malawi's love it and enjoy picking it up and spitting it out.

I don't think it comes in the peppered look though

 

[ShadowStryder]

You can alwas put whatever substrate you like in the tank and put the crushed coral or whatever you want to use as a buffer in the canister filter or whatever filtering device you are using.

 

[fish head )'>]

I would have to agree that there are some very cool sub-straights that you can buy. The peppered or black looks awesome, particularly with cichlids. One of the big reasons why I went with the pool filter media is price. It is a lot of bang for the buck. Price no object- I would have done darker.

 

[fish head )'>]

Or do you mean this "sandy bottom"?

 

[BIGgourami]

i do know that live aragonite does come in peppered, im sure you can find regular arag that is peppered too.

 

[toehead11183]

im going with 4 bags of the peppered cichlid sand (below) and 2 bags of black sand to make it a little darker.
just got to find time to gut the tank