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Old 08-11-2005, 01:51 AM   #1
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turning up sand in an amazon biotope

hey Iknow i do a lot of posts on a tank is is not even set up yet but i just want to do things right

i know MTS are goood for turning up the sand so it stays clean and i know eels do a good job of that to but what animal would be good for the job in an amazon biotope? i really want to sick with the biotope theme

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corys should sift through sand.
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Old 08-11-2005, 09:13 AM   #3
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Corys will scratch the surface. The best way to turn you sand up is to just do it manually. You could use MTS if you wanted, but manually is easy. Just run your fingers through the sand all the way through to the bottom.
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well i do plan on getting cories but i'll do it manually aswell. Thanks guys
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