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It's been about 1.5 year of using Black Beauty(coal slag) in a 40 gallon with shrimp, betta's, platties, snails, and some plants. Both male betta's fins are a bit chewed up (its got a divider keeping them separate) It could be the fake plant, or the slightly more rough substrate. Females...

I have a 20g tank with a couple of plants that I want to change to a more planted tank that I am hoping to get advice/help on. I want a kind of want a jungle overgrowth look and feel.(not biotope) To start with, I have hard water, and no plans for doing things like adding CO2. Find with...

Who here has used Black beauty (coal slag blasting sand) as aquarium substrate? I see more talk of people using black diamond on the net, but getting 1 bag of that(20-40) and 2 bags of black beauty, the black diamond is dirtier and has sharp pieces and slivers. Not sure if diff quality and...

Been in Utah for a foew years now and picking this hobby back up, use to do a lot with African Cichlids as a kid including breeding Black Victorians. Between me, wife, and kids we have a few tanks 54, 40, 20, 10, 5, 3.5, and a 1. All freshwater. Wife loves bettas, and while I like Cichlids I...