Re: ph, gravel, and filters

["Walter" <wmccree@usa.net>]

Valley pets in Colorado Springs has a few tanks with Hawaiian black beach
sand in them.

I don't know if they sell it but they may be able to tell you where they got
it.

There number is 719-475-9661

Walter McCree
USA.Net
wmccree@usa.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@bewellnet.com>
To: apisto@majordomo.pobox.com <apisto@majordomo.pobox.com>
Date: Thursday, January 28, 1999 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: ph, gravel, and filters


>I use a sand-blasting sand called Tex-Blast. See, something good comes from
>Texas! (No, no, bad - bad Colorado boy - naughty, naughty!). It's very
uniform in
>size (1 - 1.5 mm). My apistos can mouth it easily and it's still easy to
clean
>with a gravel cleaner. It doesn't take forever to settle like play sand. It
also
>has very good porosity so I don't get dead areas in the lower layers like
finer
>sand. I've checked it for carbonate grains but don't find any - mostly
quartz,
>chert, and feldspars. It's an over all tan color. I wish it was darker but
it's
>acceptable.
>
>Anyone out there got any Hawaiian black beach sand?
>
>Mike Wise
>
>David Sanchez wrote:
>
>> I have been using childrens play sand in my Apisto tanks for 10 years
>> now and I've never had any problems. In fact, the reason I started
>> using sand was because it became very apparent to me that most gravel
>> available (at the time) was too large and the fish weren't able to dig
>> and sift through the sand like is their natural behavior. Many of the
>> old litrature on dwarfs in fact mentions sand as a substrate! In my
>> estimation i believe sand to be a very good choice for the husbandry
>> of Apisto's.
>> Dave
>>
>> ---IDMiamiBob@aol.com wrote:
>> >
>> > In a message dated 1/28/99 2:20:44 AM Mountain Standard Time,
>> > K.Laidlaw@roe.ac.uk writes:
>> >
>> > > I use childrens play sand in my tanks.  This is available
>> > >  in toy stores very cheaply.  20kg cost only 3UKP (~5USD).
>> > >  It needs very thorough rinsing but after that looks good in
>> > >  the aquarium and perfect for the small mouths of Apistos.
>> > >  They like to chew it up and sift it through their gills in
>> > >  search of food.
>> >
>> > I've heard of sand getting stucki n the jaws of Apistos, leaving
>> them unable
>> > to close their mouths.  I would be hesitant to use it.
>> >
>> > Bob Dixon
>> >
>> >
>> >
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