depth of sand

[huphreyl]

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I would like to set up a freshwater tank with a silver sand substrate. What depth would people recommend? I have an eheim external filter, but its been suggested that I use an internal as well to keep the water moving, is this true? Any comments?

 

[discusaquarium]

i'd go with ~2" maybe 2.5" sand is pretty easy to keep. no need to use a internal filter. if you need the water to be moving - use a powerhead and stay with the eheim - they're excellent filters. internal filters are also ugly as heck. what kind of fish do you want and how big is the tank?

 

[huphreyl]

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i'd go with ~2" maybe 2.5" sand is pretty easy to keep. no need to use a internal filter. if you need the water to be moving - use a powerhead and stay with the eheim - they're excellent filters. internal filters are also ugly as heck. what kind of fish do you want and how big is the tank?
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[Matt Nace]

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[huphreyl]

I am going to have a 4 ft long tank for characins

 

[dattack]

Huh?

 

[dork187]

what is silver sand substrate?
does it have silver in it?

listen to DA
to keep the water moving you dont neccssarily need a filter
just a pump
like a powerhead

 

[discusaquarium]

oh ok, sounds cool  ;D

 

[dvo112]

can you use any kind of sand for a tank? i've always liked the look of sand but never really thought about using it. don't know anything about sand really.

 

[geoffgarcia (Guest)]

Where can one buy this silver sand stuff? and how much is it for say 50 pounds?
Also, what are the PRO's Con's of it?

 

[Stephen Single]

I've always wanted to try sand as well.  But I figure you'd have to use maybe 1/2 sand 1/2 gravel to hold anything firmly (plants and stuff)  It would probably depend on the type of fish as well as to if they pull things up easily or not (goldfish probably a no especially larger fancy goldfish)


You know...try to simulate real stream type stuff of sand/dirt/rock/gravel mixture.

Sterilized dirt of course... once it settled (probably take a few days) you'd have to worry about hardness shifts and other things leaching out of it so you'd have to be sure of a clean source...

dunno... Anyone every try that?