Pics of Natural Gravel Substrate

[Fresh250]

Im looking into some natural gravel as a choice for the substrate in my 240g tank that i want to plant. I was wondering what type of experience people have had with it/ and live plants.:huh: i love the way it looks and it happens to be pretty cheap where i live. Any pics/ experience that people have had planting with it would be much appreciated:goldfish:

 

[Slappy*McFish]

Well, here are some old pics of one of my tanks from 2001-02. The quality of the pics is pretty bad, but you get the idea.
This was a mixture of natural gravel and flourite. (about 1/3 flourite) 2-4" deep.

 

[snoopy65]

This thread http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=197585 shows my tanks with natural gravel anywhere from 1" to 2 1/2" deep. All of my tanks are low light low tech with no ferts or co2. All of my plants do well.

 

[bluekrissyspike]

my plants are doing great in the natural gravel.
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=194143&page=3

this is my 50g a while ago. can't see much of the gravel anymore. i got the fine grain

 

[rill2004]

all of those pics were beautiful. You all are great at what you do. thanks for the pics

 

[timwag2001]

i've had natural gravel but the stones were a medium size. i loved the look but it was a pain planting. if the plants didnt have a decent root structure they would float away quite a bit.

but it did look good

 

[Fresh250]

nice pics guys, sounds like it will def work with the plants, but i should shoot for some of the smallest sized gravel that i can find?

 

[bluekrissyspike]

nice pics guys, sounds like it will def work with the plants, but i should shoot for some of the smallest sized gravel that i can find?

i would. i find the smaller gravel works way better than the standard sized peices

 

[kj5kb]

http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=137219&highlight=gravel

scroll down to my post. I have this in several tanks.

 

[Blown 346]

Heres my Red Flint.