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I was under the impression that with sand, gravel and stones etc that the small stuff always went to the bottom leaving the bigger stuff on top? Why is it then that all the small pebbles I’ve put in one of my tanks have all sunk into the silver sand?! 😕

Anyone tried one of these with a silver sand substrate? I know you can regulate the flow but still wondering if it will suck up any sand with the dirt? https://fluvalaquatics.com/uk/product/gravel-vac-multi-substrate-cleaner-s-m/

Not sure of the actual colour of it yet but is Play Sand ok in a tank? Thinking about using it for Corydoras if I can’t source anything else easily. Plants in the tank will be easy to grow stuff like Moss and Anubias.

Have any of you tried this to get a particular look? I realise that the particle sizes need to be very similar or over time the larger stuff will end up on the top.

I have this in one of my aquariums at the moment and it looks great but it’s a bit too fine. Are there any other sands I can buy mail order with a similar colour but slightly larger grain size? Links would be good if any of you have them. TIA.

ADA Amazonia Aqua Soil Has been suggested as ideal for growing Anubias emmersed in a terrarium. I’m just wondering what alternatives are out there. I think the coarse type Amazonia would look quite good and make planting easier so anything else with a similar grain size would be good. Just...

If Tesco's cat litter is fired (Mollar) clay then I wonder if some of the other clays abundant around the world could be used in a similar fashion? I'd expect the CE to vary somewhat but it would be handy as there are lots of different coloured clays around. Many are much lighter but there are...

I opened a bag of Horticultural sand that I bought some time ago and was quite surprised by it's colour and texture. This got me thinking that perhaps it would be a good idea to have a pictorial database of substrates commonly available so folks would have a better idea of what stuff actually...

I read somewhere that some substrates increase TDS whilst other quite similar looking stuff actually reduces  it. Although there are probably very good reasons for this it didn't seem particularly logical to me. Why for example, would two fired clay products react so differently?  Well I don't...

Anyone tried it? http://www.gardenhealth.com/products/co ... c-compost/

I'd like to set up a tank for mainly Corydoras and what like to use a fairly fine reddish brown substrate for them if I can. Do any of you have some links to some likely materials you could post for me? Any other comments on my choice gratefully received!