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Pool sand is the way to go, IMO. It's inert so it doesn't affect your water, little heavier than normal sand so it doesn't stir up that easily but fish can still burrow and sift through it, and it isn't very cloudy (in my experience). I just rinsed mine pretty good. I used about 150lbs for my 120gal. Here is a link for a substrate calculator I used.
Exactly what he says^^ the sand sinks right to the bottom so no waiting for it to settle! Its easier to clean IMO also. Plus its really coarse soafter cleaning itreally well your hands feel all soft! Haha
Exactly what he says^^ the sand sinks right to the bottom so no waiting for it to settle! Its easier to clean IMO also. Plus its really coarse soafter cleaning itreally well your hands feel all soft! Haha
Yup. Even removing sand is easy. Used a mixture of a gravel vac and a net lol. I love how it doesn't get all cloudy when fish are burrowing or sifting through it. Plus excess food and waste collects on the top and not down inside the sand. And for me it's all clean and gone by morning because of my catfish.