sand
by johnarthur
You can aquascape with some white gravel. It may be easier to use.
As you requested, please consider this a wish for good luck on solving the smelly, sandy substrate situation, sir.
I just beat myself up with the top of the cylinder and now it works. LOL. I got the house picking up gravel now.
Man that sucks up fast. before I knew it most of the water was out of the tank. But ...
... like they have been sprinkled with salt?
Do you know if when you moved everything, the filter media and gravel stayed wet?...
...roblem I'm facing now is when I woke up and noticed a clear white "fuzz" lingering on the gravel in a corner of my tank. (nothing attached to the fish) So in turn, I go back to the pet...
...39;s a 29 gallon tank and i got a Topfin 30 Filter, a 100w heater, a topfin Air - 3000 air-pump, 30lbs of gravel and quite a few decorations as you can probly see in the picture i attatched. ive had t...
Yes, I have a bunch of hornwort, anacharis, crypts and stuff. I'm noticing them closer to the gravel though, they aren't really moving up towards to hornwort.
...ltration is one Eheim 2215 and one Eheim 2217 canister filter. The substrate is a thin layer of dark blue gravel.
My other favorite is my planted 46 gallon bowfront. It has albino cory catfish, a fem...
...39;re happy to answer questions. If you know someone with an established aquarium, borrow a cup or two of gravel and put some in each aquarium. This will help establish the colonies of beneficial bact...
Those are planaria, and the come from dirty water. To get rid of them, do a good gravel vacuum every day for about a week or so, and they will be gone. They are harmless to your fish.
You can get ...
make sure yo don't scrub al lthe gravel or rinse it in cold or hot water- this could kill all the bacteria that you need to keep the cycle working.
...ou have an underground filter with a fw stingray? Do fw Stingrays need a sand bottom, or are they okay on gravel? Thanks...
...quariums and how I set mine up.
I first washed out the tank with only water. Then I washed all of the gravel, plants, heater, filter, etc before putting them in. I let the tank sit with 100% wate...
I love the peppered corys. I had a couple panda corys and they always stayed busy cleaning the gravel.
are bladder snails nocturnal? because when
the light is on the hide under things and then go in the gravel
but when i turn the light on in the morning they are EVERYWHERE.
...radually is to add some Malaysian driftwood or Indian almond leaves to the aquarium. Well seasoned, under gravel filters also lower the pH. At least that's been my experience. Most people use the...
...e from either Petsmart or Petco, and they each came with a small air pump, a hood and light, and an under gravel filter. Some of the bigger on line stores like Drsfostersmith.com, petsolutions.com, an...
...t they will look like when they get ready to sprout? what would be the best way to place them? under the gravel or on top?...
A gravel substrate is fine. You may want to turn down the bubble machine; Bettas, especially the males, do not like turbulent water. They also have a small tummy and don't need to eat very much. ...
Thanks so much. That is basically what I did with the small aquarium. I do not have enough gravel in my 55 because of the gemstones but I guess I could borrow some to get the tank started. Any ideas o...
...s up the same floor space as a regular 29. The complete aquarium kits usually don't include a stand, gravel, etc., and you don't have a choice of filters. To save a little money, you can buy...
...ust put into the trailer. Naturally, you're not supposed to move an aquarium with all that water and gravel and I would recommend against it; but it worked. ...
Since you used the canister filter and gravel from an existing tank you could very well have a cycled tank in 10 days.
I noticed that my hornwort needles are starting to fall off now and creating a bit of a mess all over the gravel. Is it usually normal for hornwort to fall apart?
... PVC Cave
Tools:
5 inch PVC pipe, saw, sandpaper, 100% silicone or hot glue (both are aquarium safe), gravel from your aquarium, buket
Cut the PVC long ways at about 25% so if you see it from t...
.... No one feeds the fish but me, I took all the fish out, so there's nothing in there now but plants, gravel, and decor....
...eolites. Are they used in canister filters, and how effective is the stuff? Since I'm stuck on under gravel filters, all the new technology has apparently passed me by....
...r only one Betta. If the filter is a flat sheet of plastic with holes and a lift tube, it's an under gravel type. Please provide more details, and we'll be glad to help with the setup....
Hi All
by Phil Saint
...genating. its not to bothered by the type of substrate in 1 of my aquariums its in sand in another its in gravel. when it gets to long i just snip some off and stick it in the substate and it grows ha...
...to often even in the light. however the ones I have in my other tank, one of them is always hiding in the gravel and the other lays in the open. Though I think with them 2 they need a couple more mate...
...me way it's been for months and month but I'm afraid the fungus is in my filter and stuck to my gravel and rocks now and i dont' want to put new fish in and have them catch fungus. if t...
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