1981camaroz28 wrote:I don't have gravel I have aquarium sand which unlike gravel nothing gets under it. I have this in all of my tanks for that reason 20 years now and I think the reason my water is so good is because nothing gets under like waste which causes ammonia and nitrate issues and I keep my PH at around 7.5-8.0
feistyjenn wrote:1981camaroz28 wrote:I don't have gravel I have aquarium sand which unlike gravel nothing gets under it. I have this in all of my tanks for that reason 20 years now and I think the reason my water is so good is because nothing gets under like waste which causes ammonia and nitrate issues and I keep my PH at around 7.5-8.0
i heard that because sand tends to be so close together, and not much movement etc, that there can form pockets of anerobic bacteria? supremely dangerous stuff. i also read that swirling the sand around once in awhile stops this from forming.
my 2c.
Sassamo wrote:feistyjenn wrote:1981camaroz28 wrote:I don't have gravel I have aquarium sand which unlike gravel nothing gets under it. I have this in all of my tanks for that reason 20 years now and I think the reason my water is so good is because nothing gets under like waste which causes ammonia and nitrate issues and I keep my PH at around 7.5-8.0
i heard that because sand tends to be so close together, and not much movement etc, that there can form pockets of anerobic bacteria? supremely dangerous stuff. i also read that swirling the sand around once in awhile stops this from forming.
my 2c.
That was brought up in the faq's about sand, when I used sand stirred it before doing a water change, just too be safe
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