elmatadorre
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Hi all,
Just joined and would like to know what peoples opinions are on gravel-less tanks.
Only recently had our first tank, and following some advice (bad as it turns out) from the pet store, managed to kill off the first 2 then another 3 fish. Changed to a gravel-less system (and another pet store) and the two we have at the moment are about 9months and seem to be thriving in it.
It's far easier to clean with a siphon and I doubt it's needed as a substrate for bacteria in our tank. Any reason(s) to put it back in?
(note: we have no live plants, just many ornaments for the fish to hide in)
Is aesthetics the only reason? Because I hate trying to siphon gravel, it gets all up in ma pipes yo.
Just joined and would like to know what peoples opinions are on gravel-less tanks.
Only recently had our first tank, and following some advice (bad as it turns out) from the pet store, managed to kill off the first 2 then another 3 fish. Changed to a gravel-less system (and another pet store) and the two we have at the moment are about 9months and seem to be thriving in it.
It's far easier to clean with a siphon and I doubt it's needed as a substrate for bacteria in our tank. Any reason(s) to put it back in?
(note: we have no live plants, just many ornaments for the fish to hide in)
Is aesthetics the only reason? Because I hate trying to siphon gravel, it gets all up in ma pipes yo.