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Generally the smaller pieces end up at the bottom :(

Imo I wouldnt worry about it, all 3 of the dwarf cory species are much more mid water fish than other corys, yes they do feed off the bottom but ireally wouldn't worry to much, topping the gravel with the sand will work in the short term but it will soon start migrating under the gravel

Im leaning towards using a mesh for the reason troi stated, I will probably be moving plants around alot to start with Is this mesh suitable ? 1.2m Gardman Greenhouse Shade Net Shading Material - By The Metre / Off The Roll | eBay

Brilliant that makes life easier :)

Ive been reading up on soil substrate and have come across tons of info but what I cant find an answer to is wether on not to use a mesh screen between the soil and sand cap What do you do ?

Good to know thanks tim :) definitely worth keeping an eye on this

How long have you been using it tim ? Any break down yet ? I only ask because when 8 asked the seller he told me it was "compressed soil from forests and not baked" so I wondered how solid it would be

Ive got this in my ebay watch list and was going to ask if anyone on here knew anything about it, I asked the seller some questions but got very unhelpful answers

I picked up a bag of fluval stratum, having never used soil substrates before I was a bit worried about how it would hold plants as it seems very light but its been superb now plants lifting at all even with my clumsy hands wafting them during water changes, although quite expensive I would...

Just what I wanted to hear 18l it is thanks ali

As the title asks really, roughly what sort of coverage do you get from 9l in a 60cm x 30cm tank ?

What about buying a few bags and sifting it to get the smaller grain size you want ?