Substrate for khulis

[Sharkbait54]

Wanna replace my regular white sand for good substrate with nutrients for plants.

Which should I use that also won't hurt my khulies?

 

[George9]

Wanna replace my regular white sand for good substrate with nutrients for plants.

Which should I use that also won't hurt my khulies?

Really any type of Flourish Sand or the Carib sea plant sand/substrate. They won't hurt them at all. As long as the substrate is not sharp, you're fine.

 

[Sharkbait54]

Excellent which do you prefer?

 

[George9]

Excellent which do you prefer?

I have not used either, because I do not feel it's necessary to use special plant substrates and expensive. I hear fluorite/fluorite sand can be very dirty, but it's cool. It breaks down to what you want. The Carib sea and fluorite wil ultimately do the same things for plants.

 

[jetajockey]

I like caribsea.

 

[Sharkbait54]

Well the only reason I'm getting one of those is because they are black.

I have a 28g euro bf, with white sand and every little piece of fish poop/ plant debris shows up. I do weekly water changes but that doesn't help.

I wanna get black sand to replace the white sand or have a combination of the two, and I wanted to go ahead and get a plant friendly substrate while I was at it.

 

[Sharkbait54]

I like caribsea.

Thanks

Do you agree it's khuli safe?

 

[George9]

Well the only reason I'm getting one of those is because they are black.

I have a 28g euro bf, with white sand and every little piece of fish poop/ plant debris shows up. I do weekly water changes but that doesn't help.

I wanna get black sand to replace the white sand or have a combination of the two, and I wanted to go ahead and get a plant friendly substrate while I was at it.

Yeah I had that same problem in one of my tanks. Makes it look dirty.

This is kinda off topic, but do you plan on removing the kuhlis when you switch?

 

[jetajockey]

Thanks

Do you agree it's khuli safe?

I don't keep kuhlis personally, but ecocomplete is pretty soft and my corys have never had an issue on it.

 

[Sharkbait54]

No I'm keeping the khulies.

 

[George9]

No I'm keeping the khulies.

Sorry I wasnt clear. I meant will you leave them in the tank while you change from the white sand to Carib sea? Or remove them?

 

[Sharkbait54]

Oh yes I will take them out whilst replacing the substrate.

 

[George9]

Oh yes I will take them out whilst replacing the substrate.

Good luck those things are soo hard to catch lol

 

[Sharkbait54]

Yeah I've done it before. It's not fun.

 

[Coursair]

One of my tanks is Flourite Black Sand with Tahitian Moon Sand cap. My Cories and Otos and Shrimp like it fine. Should be ok with Kuhlis. The Flourite was a PITA and was very "dusty" for a while, but once the tank cleared it's great. I did add root tabs and I do use liquid ferts weekly.
Feeding time 10g Shrimp Jungle - YouTube

My other black sand tank is Black Diamond sand blasting sand. It also grows plants and should be ok. It does appear a little sharper?

 

[Sharkbait54]

I was looking at Eco complete substrate it seems ideal for what I need.

Also I've decided to completely replace the white sand because of algae issues.

Hopefully the khulies will be ok with it

 

[George9]

I was looking at Eco complete substrate it seems ideal for what I need.

Also I've decided to completely replace the white sand because of algae issues.

Hopefully the khulies will be ok with it

The kuhlis will love it! I can't wait to see how it looks

 

[Sharkbait54]

Thanks! I'll be sure to post a before and after

 

[Sharkbait54]

Quick question.

Does the Eco complete substrate come in sand? Or just gravel.

 

[Coursair]

Quick question.

Does the Eco complete substrate come in sand? Or just gravel.

Not in sand.
Flourite has sand.