New Substrate

[sic0198]

Today I bought 3 red-cherry shrimp. I was surprized at how tiny they are. Anyway I have some natural substrate in my 10 Gallon tank, it's too <bad word> hard to see them. So I think I will go with a whte substrate like sand. I was wondering is sand a poor choice to go with, will it make water changes a pain?

 

[Teelie]

Most sands should be fine to use. Just make sure to wash it thoroughly and turn off your filter before adding it.

 

[GRINYA]

Well you can use the watter wacum system. With the sand it's not to bad, or u can use really fine gravel like-Coral gravel....or fine grade of pea gravel which allows less water movement and creates better planting medium if you want to do that in future.