will this hold my sand river?

[Patrice]

I made a design for a river sand. I need to know if i am going to have any problems with this setup. Don't want sand and gravel to mix together in the long terms.
This is my first time. Its a 30 gallons.

 

[Patrice]

Here the full setup. Water is foggy from gravel disturbance.

 

[reefdiver]

I'm guessing depending on the fish you get it will end up mixing.

 

[aquandrew]

if it ends up mixing the sand will just fall through the gravel anyway i think it will be fine. looks great btw i really like it

 

[Patrice]

No fish, just plants and snails.

Ok then, tomorrow i will add the sand

 

[reefdiver]

You will be fine. I was thinking if you get Cory they tend to move stuff around.

 

[reefdiver]

Have you taught about shrimp. I think it would look awesome.

 

[Patrice]

I like to add shrimps, but I won't do that again. It cost me 180$ of death and pain. Maybe in a year i will think about it, if a get a 600$ water filter.

 

[GodFan]

I like to add shrimps, but I won't do that again. It cost me 180$ of death and pain. Maybe in a year i will think about it, if a get a 600$ water filter.

If I may what happened when you had shrimp last? I also struggled with shrimp at first and would love to help. An expensive filter is not necessary for shrimp at all.

 

[Patrice]

Did every thing i could. The water here contain to high of copper. Even snail has problems

 

[GodFan]

Hmmm... Not sure if you can remove copper very easy. Sorry to hear that.

 

[Patrice]

Here the result. Pretty good . gonna look even better when the grass will flourish. Last ting to do is....Gonna need to put they aquarium in the dark for 3 days, to kill the green dust algae.

 

[aquandrew]

Here the result. Pretty good . gonna look even better when the grass will flourish. Last ting to do is....Gonna need to put they aquarium in the dark for 3 days, to kill the green dust algae.

looks really nice!!!

 

[CichlidsAreBoss]

Here the result. Pretty good . gonna look even better when the grass will flourish. Last ting to do is....Gonna need to put they aquarium in the dark for 3 days, to kill the green dust algae.

Wow I love this!! So unique!

 

[Samzter]

That's amazing! I wish I had a big enough tank to do this in!

 

[Patrice]

Actually a smaller tank, is easier to do.

 

[Samzter]

Actually a smaller tank, is easier to do.

Probably. If I saw this earlier I might of done this with my ten gallon

 

[Patrice]

In any case, thank you .

 

[Blindmelon119]

Looks great. What did you use to hold your gravel back. Can't make it out, looking at your photos.

 

[jessicafish]

I might do this next time I set up a tank! What did you use to hold back the gravel? it looks like some sort of pipe?