Hi guys,
I have a goldfish who is almost a foot long and I bought him a 50 gallon tank. I plan to get driftwood and some live plants and a heater and a good filtering system. However, I just do not know what to get my goldfish for substrate. I've looked at other posts and I've seen that it's pretty much 60% sand and 40% bare/gravel/other. I would love to get whatever is best for my fish and not just for me, so I have decided not to buy average-sized (pea-sized) gravel because my goldfish's mouth is way bigger than the gravel and he may have already got a gravel piece stuck in him. As for sand, I really do not want to get it because I am afraid of it messing up my propeller in my new filter. So I think I want to get large pebbles (nickel-sized or so) so that he doesn't choke.
Do any of you know the best kind of large pebbles/stones that I can get online or in the store? It's really hard to find some that are meant for aquariums. If you really suggest sand, let me know what I can do to make sure that the propeller won't get messed up (I had it break on me before due to sand). Thanks! Also, as a side note, do you know where I can get long tubing for a gravel vac? It's one of the bigger ones, I can provide more info later.
I have a goldfish who is almost a foot long and I bought him a 50 gallon tank. I plan to get driftwood and some live plants and a heater and a good filtering system. However, I just do not know what to get my goldfish for substrate. I've looked at other posts and I've seen that it's pretty much 60% sand and 40% bare/gravel/other. I would love to get whatever is best for my fish and not just for me, so I have decided not to buy average-sized (pea-sized) gravel because my goldfish's mouth is way bigger than the gravel and he may have already got a gravel piece stuck in him. As for sand, I really do not want to get it because I am afraid of it messing up my propeller in my new filter. So I think I want to get large pebbles (nickel-sized or so) so that he doesn't choke.
Do any of you know the best kind of large pebbles/stones that I can get online or in the store? It's really hard to find some that are meant for aquariums. If you really suggest sand, let me know what I can do to make sure that the propeller won't get messed up (I had it break on me before due to sand). Thanks! Also, as a side note, do you know where I can get long tubing for a gravel vac? It's one of the bigger ones, I can provide more info later.