Re: sand vs gravel

[Doug Brown <debrown@kodak.com>]

Here's my testimonial. I switched to almost all sand over the past year as
a result of this list and have been pretty happy with it. It's easy to
clean (just vacuum the top) and the apistos obviously like it. But I too
have mostly power filters and the sand does eventually get in there,
especially with smaller tanks. Also, I noticed my plants weren't doing as
well. I have one tank with that small BB sized gravel that I treated just
like all my other tanks and the plants are growing out the lid in it! So I
have converted half my tanks back to the little gravel (with the larger
black gravel mixed in to get it darker) and we'll see how it goes.

>John,
>I was also concerned about this when I read a similar thread a few months
>ago.  I decided to try sand in 4 tanks.  Two and a half months later
>everything is still running great.  I only wish the sand was a shade darker.
>Just my experience.
>Walt
>----- Original Message -----
>From: John Wubbolt <BigJohnW@webtv.net>
>To: <apisto@admin.listbox.com>
>Sent: Friday, April 09, 1999 9:08 AM
>Subject: Re: sand vs gravel
>
>
>> My only concern about using sand is that I tend to use outside power
>> filter on many of my breeding tanks and I've read that very small sand
>> particles will get into the propeller part of the motor and burn them
>> out.   In a tank where I use Hydro Sponge filters this wouldn't be a
>> problem.   Just some food for thought.
>> John

-Doug Brown
debrown@kodak.com




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