Piece-of-fish
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Hello again
A question to our pros.
At the moment i have a gravel substrate + 550g of laterite in my 180l tank. What i was thinking is if akadama would be a better option. At the moment i have some black patches in gravel, mostly i believe due to feeding my cories with JMC catfish pellets which does not hold together for too long and tend to dissolve into many small particles and block the substrate thus promoting anaerobic conditions (correct me please if i am wrong).
So dilema is basically this:
Pluses to the gravel:
1)want to rescape a tank a little (but taking out the fish is a huge problem (heh, otos, saes and cories are not the easiest fish to catch!!!)
2)Leaving the existing gravel would be much easier plus i can squeze some akadama with tweezers here and there as i have some left if this would improve the overall appearance.
3)Dont have enough akadama so would be cheaper with the gravel.
4) Would take much less time and work.
Pluses to the akadama:
1)Might be a better choice for plants (advice needed here)
2)Would solve black gravel patches (advice welcome as well)
Heh really need your opinions on this one..
Regards...
A question to our pros.
At the moment i have a gravel substrate + 550g of laterite in my 180l tank. What i was thinking is if akadama would be a better option. At the moment i have some black patches in gravel, mostly i believe due to feeding my cories with JMC catfish pellets which does not hold together for too long and tend to dissolve into many small particles and block the substrate thus promoting anaerobic conditions (correct me please if i am wrong).
So dilema is basically this:
Pluses to the gravel:
1)want to rescape a tank a little (but taking out the fish is a huge problem (heh, otos, saes and cories are not the easiest fish to catch!!!)
2)Leaving the existing gravel would be much easier plus i can squeze some akadama with tweezers here and there as i have some left if this would improve the overall appearance.
3)Dont have enough akadama so would be cheaper with the gravel.
4) Would take much less time and work.
Pluses to the akadama:
1)Might be a better choice for plants (advice needed here)
2)Would solve black gravel patches (advice welcome as well)
Heh really need your opinions on this one..
Regards...