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will my cories be ok?

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Shanna66

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 6:34 am


i finally got some driftwood in my tank and its been turing my water yellow, so naturally i want to redo my tank so it looks liek the bottom of a lake and want darker gravel. the problem is is that the type of gravel i hve only comes in the light color i already have. its a pretty fine gravel thats almost sand. i got it for my cories and their little wiskers.

what substrate could i use? would large gravel be ok or would it pinch their wiskers?

or should i suck it up and just just a darker background?
PostPosted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 7:12 am


Why not make a combination?
You can have the majority of gravel be large and dark with a few random 'sandpits' or 'rivers' for the corries.

Here are a few ideas:
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 7:28 am


wow those are pretty. but wouldnt the samd mix in with the gravel eventually?
PostPosted: Sat Apr 17, 2010 1:47 am


True, but check out the thread, they placed the sand in a separate cup.
As long as there isn't too much level difference, and you take extra care during cleaning it should be ok I think.

I suspect that if sand does get into the gravel, it won't stay on top, and maybe you can pick the gravel out of the sand by removing the cup once in a while and sift it.
Theoretically speaking of course ^^;

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PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2010 7:43 am


Irrlich
True, but check out the thread, they placed the sand in a separate cup.
As long as there isn't too much level difference, and you take extra care during cleaning it should be ok I think.

I suspect that if sand does get into the gravel, it won't stay on top, and maybe you can pick the gravel out of the sand by removing the cup once in a while and sift it.
Theoretically speaking of course ^^;


I don't know, it really sounds difficult to clean. XD
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