Which is a better "look" for a cichlid aquarium?

[Opiate]

sand prolly looks better but i just prefer gravel!

 

[Jake Jackson]

Finding it was a challenge, found it at a tile store.... but....

3M Color Quartz.... T Grade... Not as kick-up-able as sand, and not as unnatural looking as gravel.

http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/ColorQuartz/HomePage/

 

[bombay_biorb]

i use a more course sand it dosent get into the filters and looks quite good...but it shows alot of poop.i got fine aquarium sand in biorb thats a pain in the crack to change filter pads...it all gets stuck use fine gravel!

 

[Schnauzer]

Finding it was a challenge, found it at a tile store.... but....

3M Color Quartz.... T Grade... Not as kick-up-able as sand, and not as unnatural looking as gravel.

http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/ColorQuartz/HomePage/

I agree. The S grade is too fine for my taste but the T grade is really good stuff. The hard part is finding it.

 

[sledge760]

Sand.

 

[ScullCraca]

Finding it was a challenge, found it at a tile store.... but....

3M Color Quartz.... T Grade... Not as kick-up-able as sand, and not as unnatural looking as gravel.

http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/ColorQuartz/HomePage/

Good find I am going to look into this. I think sand. But I have black gravel diffrent diameters in each tank so I can't say for sure until I actually set up a sand aquarium.

 

[CTU2fan]

That black color quarts looks hot, I want to do sand but I'd prefer a dark color.

 

[DarthV]

Natural gravel all the way. I've tried sand before...and it would be great for some cichlids, but I keep the large diggers. So for me, it would be a nightmare to deal with while doing maintenance. Ever see the piles of gravel that haitiensis, midas, festae, etc make within minutes of a gravel cleaning? Now imagine dealing with it if it were sand? No thanks!

 

[AquataHolic420]

sand is 1,000,000,0000,00,,0,0,0,0,x better.

 

[balton777]

I've used both and prefer sand.