After having a bad experience with corys and Tahitian Moon Sand, I'm cautioning the fiancee about the Flourite black sand until some of you can tell me you've been okay with it being safe for cory barbels.
Anyone?
Anyone?
Flourite Black Sand and Corys
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Josh Holloway--Be mine!!!
I have black sand with corys. Not the large "pebble like" ones in a bag, but the kind you buy at the LFS by the pound. It is finer then normal gravel, but not quite like sand.
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Crap! I just ordered eco-complete like 5 minutes ago and then come to the forum and read this. Is eco-complete cory safe?
should be fine. a lot of people use eco-complete with cories and have no problems with it. I believe msj is one who keeps the combo with no problems.
I've kept my corys with regular Flourite with no problems. Mine are currently in large river gravel/play sand/Flourite mix and all still have their barbels.
I've kept my corys with regular Flourite with no problems. Mine are currently in large river gravel/play sand/Flourite mix and all still have their barbels.
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Josh Holloway--Be mine!!!
PS--My black sand is over my ECO (ECO on the bottom with 1inch of black sand over it).
Good timing on this discussion. I have sand in my tank and the water is always too murky. I'd like to switch out to something a little heavier but didn't want to cause damage to my cories' barbels. Can I use a small/mid size gravel that is sold in LFS? Someone also recommended, on another forum, a heavier sand.
I had a similar problem with sand, kept getting sucked into my filter. I switched to gravel for a while, but then switched out for Turface. It is smooth enough that the cories are not bothered by it, but it is also heavy enough not to be kicked around. It also has the bonus of being cheap, I think I paid $35 for 100lb of it.
Thanks for the feedback. I'll check it out.