90 gallon fish tank!!

[kimlynn]

Hi guys my dad has a 90 gallon fish tank. he is wondering what type of gravel he is get for his 90. he wants the gravel to look real and not fake. like right now he has blue gravel but he doesn't like it becuase it doesn't look real at all. he wants something that will make his tank Natural.

do you guys have any ideas for him?

[goldfish247]

Go to your local fish shops and have a look around for natural looking gravel. The best way to do this is to ask if you're not sure, or buy gravel which says it is from a river bed.:) Hope it works out!:)

[aahhsin]

Hi guys my dad has a 90 gallon fish tank. he is wondering what type of gravel he is get for his 90. he wants the gravel to look real and not fake. like right now he has blue gravel but he doesn't like it becuase it doesn't look real at all. he wants something that will make his tank Natural.

do you guys have any ideas for him?

go with play sand. it looks 20x nicer.

[Rbishop]

Get some pea gravel at a landscape supply center...

[DrgRcr]

Or pool filter sand, a very natural look also. And cheap!

[glenngreen]

CaribSea has a great sand called "Peace River". It is slightly larger than play sand/pool filter sand, but is it rounded so it is smooth for bottom dwellers' bellies. I really like it, and it looks very natural.

[Blown 346]

I use Red Flint Gravel. I went to my local Petstore and was looking at gravel and saw it in one of ther tanks and had to have it. To me it looks the most natural for the fish and plants I wanted to keep.

It was also cheap, it cost me $15 for a 50LB bag of it. I have 2 bags in my 90.

Here is what it looks like.

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[kj5kb]

Try all purpose gravel from the concrete section (not the garden section) of your local diy place. It's natural river gravel...looks ugly in the bag, but wash some and it looks great.

Cheap too. Like $5 for a 40-50lb bag. probaby want 1.5-2 bags for a 90 depending on how deep you want it.

Rinse half a bag at a time in a wheelbarrow. Much easier than rinsing in a bucket.

[tanker]

A lot may depend on your fish/plants too.

If no plants you only need very little substrate ( just enought to cover bottom==1/2 inch??). If plants you will need more 2-3 inches.

Some fishes like to dig, corys like fine sand, ect.

[bluekrissyspike]

i use a natural river bed gravel from my lps. i got the smallest grain, it's about 1-2mm. it's mostly black/grey but has other colours mixed in. it comes in different colours and it's not rough.

[Jspigs]

If/when you do replace the gravel be sure to replace it a little at a time because Beneficial bacteria live in the gravel and break down waste/remove ammonia and nitrite and if you were to replace all of the gravel at one your tank would go into a mini-cycle and you would see an ammonia spike that could harm/kill your fish.

Oh and I forgot to add I use eco-complete and it looks very natural but it is more like a dirt than a gravel.