Flourite sand

[Fin35]

So I rinsed well and added a new substrate so I can plant plants. Or of course is cloud but went down today, I imagine by tomorrow it should clear up. I did this because I had mystery snails die and the betta die that was in there. I still have a clown pleco, is he okay in the cloud? Also, will it do this for every single water change when the water is agitated? I really hope I don’t have to deal with it for water changing, everyone said it would settle but I haven’t heard about it when changing water. I assume it will settle?

Also, advice on betta sororities? I know I’ve heard they’re cruel and not natural but I buy my betta fish from betta USA, and he said that if the bettas were never ever separated that only works, is that true?

 

[Aiken Drum]

There are measures you can take to reduce the disturbance of the substrate when doing water changes. See post #2 for instance.

https://www.aquariumadvice.com/foru...tricks-to-make-fishkeeping-easier-379754.html


A lot of people place a plate on the substrate below where you are pouring the water back. Pouring water through a kitchen colander so the water sprinkles into the tank rather than pouring in a jet can work too.