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Will this sand work?
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 3:14 pm
by Trinity
I stopped at Petsmart and only saw one kind of aragonite sand. It is called Top Fin Oolite Aragonite Sand. Will that be suitable for Figure Eight puffers? Or is there a different aragonite sand I should use?
Re: Will this sand work?
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 3:23 pm
by Pufferpunk
Sure
Re: Will this sand work?
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 3:31 pm
by Trinity
Thanks, I just wanted to make sure that such a fine grain was alright. : )
Re: Will this sand work?
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 3:50 pm
by bertie 83
The finer the grain the more surface area you get. Great for good bacteria and microbes and also great for buffering.
Re: Will this sand work?
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 4:10 pm
by Pufferpunk
Just make the depth no deeper than 1".
Re: Will this sand work?
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 3:44 pm
by Trinity
bertie 83 wrote:The finer the grain the more surface area you get. Great for good bacteria and microbes and also great for buffering.
Good point!
Pufferpunk wrote:Just make the depth no deeper than 1".
I was reading that 1" at the most was best. It took a couple days for the "cloud" to settle down but my aquarium is starting to look good. : )
Re: Will this sand work?
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 4:11 pm
by bertie 83
That's good to hear. Thick beds of substrate can be a pita, I have a thick patch in my fahaka tank which he levels out before I vac and scoop back to a heap. The tank with my eels in has about 2.5" because he buries and burrows etc, that is really annoying to clean, especially of I make the eels jump cos boy than can move lol. Anyhoo, there probably is a point in my waffle somewhere lol. Oh yes, keep it fairly shallow as pp said lol.
Re: Will this sand work?
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 7:47 am
by RTR
+1 to PP's & bertie's comments above. Aragonite is the best for BW by a huge margin, and an inch or less is plenty. Beyond that requires specialized handling and extra hassle.