Rachel0001
Aquarium Advice Regular
I have sand substrate in my 100 gallon Malawi, 30 gallon QT, 30 gallon tropical, 5 gallon and 2.5 gallon tanks. I've read about the danger of dead zones in the sand and it worries me. I was going to get Malaysian Trumpet Snails to aerate the sand but I've seen the tanks at my lfs...they're covered in them and I don't want that. I've had zero luck with kuhli loaches, all the ones I've gotten have had fungus show up in a matter of days.
I'm mainly worried about the amount of sand in my large tank, I realize have way too much in there. I know my Africans dig around in it but they don't get every inch and either can I when I vacuum each week. I'm going to get rid of a bunch next time I do a PWC.
Has anyone experienced dead spots with sand? is this something I need to worry about to the point of changing out my substrate? I have PetCo's "aquarium sand" which I think is an expensive version of pool sand but it's not super fine so it doesn't get caught up in my filters.
I'm mainly worried about the amount of sand in my large tank, I realize have way too much in there. I know my Africans dig around in it but they don't get every inch and either can I when I vacuum each week. I'm going to get rid of a bunch next time I do a PWC.
Has anyone experienced dead spots with sand? is this something I need to worry about to the point of changing out my substrate? I have PetCo's "aquarium sand" which I think is an expensive version of pool sand but it's not super fine so it doesn't get caught up in my filters.