Substrate

[guppi]

Does anyone have half sand and gravel substrate.?

 

[swanseastilo]

What u mean like half tank sand half tank gravel? or sand on top of gravel?

 

[XeroTolerance]

Do you mean like plant/sand substrate and gravel? I was about too and it would be fine in terms of health. It would also be fine with a mix of normal gravel and normal sand. It just depends on your personal preference.

 

[joselaz5780]

Well, when you mix them, sand will just simply fall through the gravel and sink to the bottom specially when fish are in the tank since they move it around. But you could if you wanted to.

 

[stu40]

Yes
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[fluttermoth]

I've got a bit of gravel in most of my sand tanks; helped to hold the plants in when I first planted and looks nice and natural, IMO

 

[guppi]

I was thinking front of tank sand and gravel at the back so my fish can have the best of both worlds. Great tank there Stu.

 

[swanseastilo]

Could do but isnt it gona get mixed up could try see what happens i guess

 

[ShinySideUp]

Unless you can put in dividers, the sand and gravel will get mixed up and eventually the gravel will rise to the top and the sand will be lost to view.

I toyed with the idea of using strips of perspex to keep a division between the two substrates. By coincidence, whilst considering this, I had an all-sand substrate with a flower pot with a plant in gravel in it. Clown loaches got in (loved it) and flicked all the gravel out onto the sand. This led me to reconsider the perspex divider idea in that any activity in the fish is still likely to mix the two with the usual result. I gave up on the idea and stuck with the all-sand substrate (but I still have the flower pot, I just put the gravel back in occasionally).

Martin

 

[stu40]

I was thinking front of tank sand and gravel at the back so my fish can have the best of both worlds. Great tank there Stu.

Ta..i used pieces of slate to keep the 2 apart.Been nearly a year.You could also try plastic lawn edging to seperate a larger area