Twoapennything
Aquarium Advice Freak
Hi everyone
I purchased an all-inclusive Aqueon deluxe bow front 16 gallon aquarium kit. I have a 10 gallon aquarium that I'm finding to be just a tad bit too small after a couple of years. I'd like the fish to have more room.
I also have a 37 gallon Marineland Eclipse 3 with a biowheel and all that, which I am currently rebuilding.
So for both aquariums I want a really stellar substrate. I absolutely love sand -- it's beautiful and natural-looking -- but had ongoing problems with sand previously. It burned out four intake impellers because the sand would get up into the filter intake, and I'd like to see if there's a way to have sand as a substrate but avoid the constant filter intake burnout.
Can I get recommendations for sand or sand-like substrate? NOTE: I do not have access to pool sand. I would prefer white, black, or something along the lines of this nifty blue:
The blue substrate is called "Special Spectrastone Gravel" so is clearly not sand, but any advice on sand and keeping the impeller from burning out would be most welcome. I do have the ability to special order if I need to. Thank you for any replies
I purchased an all-inclusive Aqueon deluxe bow front 16 gallon aquarium kit. I have a 10 gallon aquarium that I'm finding to be just a tad bit too small after a couple of years. I'd like the fish to have more room.
I also have a 37 gallon Marineland Eclipse 3 with a biowheel and all that, which I am currently rebuilding.
So for both aquariums I want a really stellar substrate. I absolutely love sand -- it's beautiful and natural-looking -- but had ongoing problems with sand previously. It burned out four intake impellers because the sand would get up into the filter intake, and I'd like to see if there's a way to have sand as a substrate but avoid the constant filter intake burnout.
Can I get recommendations for sand or sand-like substrate? NOTE: I do not have access to pool sand. I would prefer white, black, or something along the lines of this nifty blue:
The blue substrate is called "Special Spectrastone Gravel" so is clearly not sand, but any advice on sand and keeping the impeller from burning out would be most welcome. I do have the ability to special order if I need to. Thank you for any replies