Tostada
Aquarium Advice Freak
I like black sand, and I was going to get some low-light plants, so I'm planning on putting Eco-Complete in my 30 gal. hex. It'll probably take almost all of a 20 lb. bag.
I also really like the look of a little black or dark blue gravel on top of black sand (saw a tank like this at LFS). So I was thinking of putting around 6-8 lbs. of small gravel on top of about 18 lbs. of Eco-Complete.
So right now the plan is 20 lbs. Eco-Complete, 5 lbs. small blue gravel, 5 lbs. small black gravel, with the gravel mixed together and put on top.
Is this going to be a nightmare to keep clean? I'm just thinking things might get a little messy using a gravel vac. Is it just not worth layering the gravel on top? I don't really care if it gets mixed up -- it would probably still look cool.
I'm just wondering how people actually go about cleaning sand, or if they just stick some MTS in there and clean it pretty rarely.
I also really like the look of a little black or dark blue gravel on top of black sand (saw a tank like this at LFS). So I was thinking of putting around 6-8 lbs. of small gravel on top of about 18 lbs. of Eco-Complete.
So right now the plan is 20 lbs. Eco-Complete, 5 lbs. small blue gravel, 5 lbs. small black gravel, with the gravel mixed together and put on top.
Is this going to be a nightmare to keep clean? I'm just thinking things might get a little messy using a gravel vac. Is it just not worth layering the gravel on top? I don't really care if it gets mixed up -- it would probably still look cool.
I'm just wondering how people actually go about cleaning sand, or if they just stick some MTS in there and clean it pretty rarely.