Sand Out

[CAC]

Lovely ray and knife...
can we see the fire eel?!?
i love those eels!


Mikey

 

[cane76]

heres a close up of the eel i took a while back when i had my plants in there

 

[AMS]

Wonderful fish cane. Instead of replacing all the sand with a fine gravel you could have removed most of the sand and leave a fine layer just barely enough to cover the bottom. This way it is very easy to clean and looks great. Many ray and discus keepers do this. Hows the cat doing?

 

[PaulEbs]

Please flame me if I'm wrong, and I'm sure the waters a lovely quality for them, but isn't that tank a little too small for those fish?

But I think it looks great, the fish are beautiful my friend, maybe I'd have a bit more greenary in such a big tank, but each to their own.

 

[cane76]

catfish is doing great ams paul their custom tank is being built soon and i did have plants but the ray kept digging em up so i gave up withit

 

[PaulEbs]

fair play then mate.. wish i had the space for a custom.. Where did you get such a lovely ray from?

 

[cane76]

the fish in there have plenty of room for a fair few months yet but your right all the fish will out grow that tank.the ray came from MA aquatics Iver

 

[andywg]

Interesting that you changed the sand out because you didn't like it always looking dirty. Now instead of knowing where the dirt is and easily being able to get it (and having the impetus to get it) it can sink into the gravel and rot where you can't see it, or at least don't notice it.

 

[CFC]

I preffer to have the dirt where i can see it and syphon or net it out rather than have it sink into the gravel, unless you are a vacuming addict keeping the nitrates down with big fish and gravel is going to be a nightmare after a few months.
It also makes feeding harder on big cats and rays, gravel doesnt pass through the gills as well as sand which means the fish have to spit out mouthfulls of gravel before they can eat the next item

 

[cane76]

i thought i would be ok as its a very fine gravel and a thin layer.maybe i will vac it out next water change

 

[Bloo]

Lovely ray 8)

Btw. What size is your current tank you have them in, and will you you sell it once you get the cutom ?

 

[cane76]

the tanks 100g and i have plans for it sorry.its either gonna house my 4 red bellied piranha or maybe a snakehead or i would love to try marine who knows