denisoni barbs

[Lindy]

Edvet has used river sand in his low tech white cube and it looks nice. Probably similar to unipac natural coarse sand. I have used silver sand in the liquorice gourami breeding tanks just to cover the bottom and it looks much nicer as it lightens an otherwise dimly lit and tanin stained tank.

 

[Lindy]

 

[Nick16]

Lovely looking tank bud! I do like the stained water appearance 🙂

Well tonight i ordered
5l bag of nutri base
12.5kg unipac coarse fiji sand
Litre of ferts
Litre of co2

So the balls rolling now.

It may not seem alot of substrate for a 4x2 ft base, but i plan to keep the substrate very shallow, if i have to order some more fiji, i will! I dont want alot of nutri base, just a sprinkling with some osmocote.

Will forage for some more wood, hopefully get some more 3-4ft pieces again.

Once complete il try to get some surplus plants from the forum 🙂

 

[Lindy]

I wouldn't have bothered with the nutrient base if you are only having a thin layer of sand. It stands a good chance of being disturbed and then ending up in the main water column. The stained water is down to....