Tropical Fish Aquariums & Equip Marine Fish & Marine Inverts Cichlids Malawi Tanganyikan Cichlids
Wanted Discus Goldfish, Koi & Ponds Retailers & Services ALL ADS By County
|
Viewed: 440 -- Replies: 14 | ||||||||
PM | All Topics | General | Cichlids | Marine | Coldwater | Tanks/Equipment | Diseases | Members | |||||||||
| Posted | play sand....?? |
| 05-08-2007 08:42 by kenty |
Picking my new tank up tonite and up til now ive only used plain gravel as a bottom, but id like to try some sand of some shape or form, now ive read that general kids play sand is as good as anything else... Would you members agree.. Im going to be keeping cichlids... |
| 05-08-2007 10:39 by Lnrak |
play sand is ideal - non-toxic, looks good, and cheap!!! Argos the best. |
| 05-08-2007 10:40 by perky |
The cics wll love it ive got play sand from tesco's @ £1.95 a bag in all my tanks and they lovit and you cant beat a price like that from your lfs. |
| 05-08-2007 11:55 by mwilde |
Ive heard my times over play sand is fine.
The price at the fish shop is crazy. I personally found Argos the cheapest (it was for my daughter not my fish tank). I tryed it once in one of my tanks and found it too hard to keep clean. At least with gravel when you suck the dirt up the gravel stays behind. I think though if your having a cichilds tanks sand is a must. It looks the part. |
| 05-08-2007 12:21 by perky |
I have no problems cleaning my tanks the syphon works ok you loose a bit of sand but not much.
Only thing you cant do with it is use an under gravel filter with it. And if you have a good filter you dont have to syphon that much. |
| 05-08-2007 12:22 by Woz |
if your keeping african cichlids, then go for coral sand as it buffers your ph and is more natural for your fish, if its C.A cichlids your keeping then go for the argos play sand |
| 05-08-2007 12:45 by tony |
try toys r us they do large bags £3.95 argos bags are not very big |
| 05-08-2007 16:46 by telboy |
tescos are having a sale of everything outdoorsie style all 25kg bags playsand £1.65 |
| 05-08-2007 21:30 by kenty |
wikid. thanks a lot peeps...
Playsand it is then!!! |
| 05-08-2007 21:31 by kenty |
what sort of depth would you advise..??
My tank is 60"x30"x19" (inch) thanks in advance Ian |
| 06-08-2007 21:35 by bluboy |
i hav playsand. i wud reccomend gttin about 10 corys if u havnt already or if the type of tank wont allow. they keep the sand strirred
|
| 08-08-2007 00:20 by Caz |
We use a mix of coral & play sand in all of our 12 tanks - play sand from Argos is the cheapest & best for your money.
For your tank size I recommend only making it 1-2 inches deep as if any deeper there will be more chance of it compacting down and this, if left, will form deadly anerobic bacteria pockets. To help with sand movement either move your fingers through it fortnightly (or use a kids plastic toy rake) or get yourself some sifting cichlids or Trumpet snails. If your having SA cichlids get some Satonoperca Jurapari or Geophagus of some kind, if your having an African cichlid setup with bigger fish then for Malawis you could try Fossochromis Rostratus and for Tangys the Callochromis Macrops are brilliant - all these fish love nothing better than to sift through the sand which keeps it turned over and fairly anerobic free. One last thing is put the base of any rock formation in place before adding the sand 'cause if you put the sand in 1st any caught under the rocks will go bad and could also make the rock pile unstable. |
| 09-08-2007 10:14 by kenty |
Thanks a lot for the advice Caz... will certainly be putting the rocks in first now,,
|
| 10-08-2007 10:11 by Caz |
That's OK kenty - I did forget to mention, make sure you give the sand a good wash before you put it in your tank |
| 10-08-2007 12:26 by telboy |
i also mix in a bit of gravel or coral with my playsand!helps to stop it compacting as already mentioned |
 |
|
NEW REPLIES ARE NOW CLOSED ON THIS FORUM
We invite you to join the NEW Aquarist Classifieds Fishkeeping Forum HERE
Your contributions to this forum are greatly appreciated.
This forum will be retained in archive status for reference.
Adverts
Previous
Fish Biz
Sitemap
Links
All
Sponsor
Clubs
Webmaster
Our Sponsors
ShopAds
Visits
Enquire About Banners
| ||||
