sand??

[brad282]

i have coffs harbour pebbles in my tank at the moment and am wanting to change it to sand, is using sand a good idea, does it wreck your filter i just have an internal filter, if i pace and ormantent under neith the filter would it be ok. any feed back would be great. cheers

[Sigmaphile]

Brad,<
>If you use sand use Strad
oke white. It seems to be one of the heaviest sands. <
>Make sure you wash it well and pour off any sand that floats.<
>When you fill the tank with sand in it you can use a very fine fish net and scoop off all the stuff floating on the top.<
>I use it and don''t have any problems.<
>Not sure of what filter you are using but I have used it with hangon style and foam filters with power heads.<
>I can get it cheap if you want any.<
> Phil<
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>Beaudesert<
>debphil@ozemail.com.au<
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>&quot;I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.&quot;<
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[brad282]

ok that sounds ok, i saw it at the pet shop and it was called silver sand or something do u know if thats any good? Do u know what the white crushed coral calcium chips i think thats what its called is like.

[wrk21]

ad,<
>if your''ve got africans the crushed coral is the way to go....<
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