can plants grow in fine sand?

[UnityLover]

I have not had any issues growing plants in sand.

As for the extra sand. Just spread it in your grass or garden, no need to store it.

I live in an apartment complex.

 

[Byron]

Just be careful of whatever sand you do buy. Some aquarium sands are much too rough for pygmies, and some is calcareous and will increase GH/KH/pH. And avoid black or white. A natural tan or brown tone is ideal and very natural.

 

[anewbie]

Use play sand for a kid's playground, available from a hardware store. It's cheap and works.

in usa hth pool filter sand is pretty good - $20 50LB local store or $16 shipped. I always worry about trying random vendor sands (though i love play ground sand colour) since sometime they have stuff in them - sort of like i buy estes black substrate instead of bbs (since it sometimes have iron slivers); btw estes black substrate is pretty fine - nearly as fine as pool filter sand and plants grow well in it - but it is kind of $$$ though not quite as $$$$$ as caribsea substrates. If you must get caribsea substrate the moonshine packs and will create all sort of long term headaches if deep; also petco/petsmart sometime has it for big discounts (only useful for usa customers).

 

[Benji k]

i have so many plants growing in my tank and it only has gravel not even root tabs

 

[AbbeysDad]

Trumpet snails to the rescue.

MTS are great, however, these snails will only burrow to levels that also support oxygen which may not be the case in deeper fine sand where anaerobic conditions exist.
Btw, in tanks where I have substrate, it's all pool filter sand.

 

[Lateral Line]

I used swimming pool filter sand in my two planted tanks in the living room, worked like a charm.

 

[anewbie]

I used swimming pool filter sand in my two planted tanks in the living room, worked like a charm.

It charms your plants into growing ?

 

[Lateral Line]

They grew, so yes.