Recently I've taken a liking to all the tanks I see here with white sand substrates. I want to switch from gravel in my 80g to white sand before I set my 160g up so I can see how/if it will affect the colour of my ornate and dats. In the 80g I have the ornate, 3 dats, a group of clown loaches, uarus, a sevrum and a flagtail. The ornate, dats, sevrum and flagtail will be going into the 160g, along with a tyre track eel from another tank (once its big enough).
I was looking at a landscaping supplies place yesterday and the only white sand I can find is silica sand, which is very fine. Both tanks are filtered by a wet/dry sump set up, so I'm not worried about the sand getting into the filters. I've just finished reading countless threads on sand, mostly to do with rays. Some people say the silica sand can irritate the rays, will it be alright with the fish I'm keeping?
Don't bother suggesting 'pool filter sand', I think the stuff we get here must be different to the stuff in the US, its more of a grit than sand (kinda half way between sand and gravel) and is grey in colour. I've used it before and it works fine andlooks ok, but I want something white.
Thanks
I was looking at a landscaping supplies place yesterday and the only white sand I can find is silica sand, which is very fine. Both tanks are filtered by a wet/dry sump set up, so I'm not worried about the sand getting into the filters. I've just finished reading countless threads on sand, mostly to do with rays. Some people say the silica sand can irritate the rays, will it be alright with the fish I'm keeping?
Don't bother suggesting 'pool filter sand', I think the stuff we get here must be different to the stuff in the US, its more of a grit than sand (kinda half way between sand and gravel) and is grey in colour. I've used it before and it works fine andlooks ok, but I want something white.
Thanks
