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That's not too much of a worry, can split them up to other tanks if there are any issues

Hey dudes & dudettes, Would you say these are SAEs or flying foxes? They had been sold to me as foxes and just wanted to double check. They are rad little peaceful dudes cruising around the tank together etc. (Ps I am aware of the crazy amount of algae)

I got mine from bunnings (Australian hardware store) once I had the sand I put it in an old pillowcase and ran water through that till it was clear

Have a look at pool filter sand or playground sand they will be way cheaper. I have playground sand in both my tanks and love it.

Hey there, Brisbane

Thanks for all the kind words, here is my new shrimp tank I just set up yesterday (pic is right after a filled it and didn't wash the gravel properly)

Just a deco, Aquaone makes them

Haha, more then that, also some sand and anubias, also have rams, an angel, neons, bristlenose, kuhlies and a few different synos oh and a rainbow, so I guess in the past few years it has slowly moved away from the south American tank it started as. Girlfriend is more worried about power more...

Here is my south American (plus a few Asian fish) on the left and south African on the right. I want to do an Australian tank or rcs tank but the girlfriend says no :(

I got given it as a gift, I think it was Aquaone that makes them Here is a closer shot if it

I have seen a few places around brisbane like clayfield aquarium and a place in west end (not sure of the name). They might ship up to nth qld but not sure.

Plastic :P nice and easy to look after, all the plants in the first tank are fake, so are most of the ones in the 2nd tank apart from the anubias

Hey guys, been off the forum for a few months but thought I would put up a few pictures of my tanks. Since last time I have changed them around a bit. Let me know what you think.

Looking really good!

True doing 2 large changes each day, it takes heaps of work but will pay off

Agree with Philly, I have had one for two years now, awesome fish to have

That one I can't answer myself sorry, from my understanding it has iron in it, so you could possibly have an issue there, but I am sure some one on here can share their experiences using blasting sand with us.

None at all, just give it a good rinse in a pillow case before you put it in and you will be fine, alot of people on here seem to use it

Hey, I used playground sand from the hardware store $7.95 for a 20kg bag.

Oh and as we all know pics or it didn't happen

Update time! Tank number two now has a mix of cichilds and a eel tailed catfish.

I swapped to sand and had no issues at all, apart from cloudy water due to not washing the sand well enough in one tank.

I have recently swapped both my tanks over to sand the past two weekends, for one tank i removed all plants etc and put them in a bucket with tank water and fish. Drained the water got rid of all the old substrate. Washed the sand put plants back in, and used a mix of old and new water. I...

Thanks guys, I think the change to sand is worth it, I will also be putting up more pics of tank 2 as I set it up more, sold my Oscar yesterday due to not being able to have plants(or a nice looking tank).

Tanks, stands, filters & lights have set me back around $1600 Australian. Then food, fish and plants I wouldn't be able to guess how much I have spent and until recently I always got spring water to put in my tanks