Placing ornaments on Sand

[Zonatedsumo]

I am due to put sand in my tank and was just wondering if I have to put the ornaments in before the sand or can I put the ornaments straight onto the sand?

 

[Andrew McFadden]

If you have fish that like to dig then you would put it on the botttom otherwise its safe to put on top

 

[Zonatedsumo]

I am planning to keep cardinal tetra rams dinos and corys

 

[Andrew McFadden]

You'll be fine to put it on top. They may knock it over every once and awhile. But no biggie

Good luck

 

[DavidAl]

What kind of ornaments and how thick of a substrate? If it's an ornament that is unlikely to be moved, you may eventually get an anaerobic pocket beneath it. This is not an issue if they are small ornaments that can be moved during maintenance or if you have burrowers that like to dig through the sand. In my tanks with sand, I always run my fingers through the sand when doing a water change.

David

 

[Zonatedsumo]

Sorry for the late reply. It's a large wall about 45cm by 8 or 9cm it's hollow as well so fish can swim in it.

 

[Bigfish99]

If you have sand i would reccommend some trumpet snails to help with aeration. They can become overwhelming and take over, but if you do not overfeed your fish the population will stay somewhat in check and they will be. Great ddition. Will help prevent pockets in the sand

 

[Zonatedsumo]

Ok so if go for the snails how many do I start of with. So wi they eat my live plants

 

[Bigfish99]

Malaysian trumpet snails wont eat plants. I would start with maybe 10, since they will multiply!