sand advice....

[firetank]

go idea(pillow case)

thanx for the input....

here we go.......

 

[O-man21]

what sand have you decided on using?

 

[FishmasteR2002]

Oh I will be definitely putting live plants in the tank. I don't like fake plants they look really dumb. I like it to look as real as can be. Hey let us know how your cnage to sand works out.

 

[O-man21]

I don't like fake plants ether the only place I have them is in my hospital tank because real plants sometimes can't take the medicin I have to put in

 

[firetank]

decided to go with building sand from a national diy store over here....

its a rich orange colour.....

if i can get a digi camera ill post piccys when im done.

thanx all

craig

 

[firetank]

ps ooops forgot...

its gonna be planted to the nines.

 

[punch]

I used sand blasting sand in my tank with a layer of latrite undernieth. Plants are doing a ok, actually where the plants are
I have latrite, sand and a layer of gravel. a little bit of everything.
see,
http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=1282755&uid=653489&members=1
For a look @ my tank.

 

[firetank]

well ive lookeda ll over my local lfs' for laterite\flurite and cant find any of the damn stuff.

in our equiv of home depot is a substance called vemiculite "a totally sterile, unreactive mineral" used for storing water\beneficial substances in house plants soil ..

anyone know if i could substitute this.....