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discus friendly substrate
- Thread starter markus
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I use plain black gravel and over the years I guess the gravel has a good source of bacteria etc and build a decent worthy substrate.
I do dose with EI and easycarbo though. However some people swear by getting a decent substrate etc even before they added their fish and plants.
Its a bonus, but in the long run the minerals in the substrate fade over time regardless.
Rik
I do dose with EI and easycarbo though. However some people swear by getting a decent substrate etc even before they added their fish and plants.
Its a bonus, but in the long run the minerals in the substrate fade over time regardless.
Rik
It all depends on what you fancy. I chose fine gravel as its easy to clean and for plants.
Also if any food sit on top of the gravel the discus can see it perfectly well. Generally all discus food are coloured so the ever so diligent discus fish will enjoy wolfing down the pellets that may sit on top of gravel.
If you keep other fish along, such as corys etc might prefer sand. I have been wanting to try black sand but opted against it as over time it can compact quite densly and harded to gravel vac.
R
Also if any food sit on top of the gravel the discus can see it perfectly well. Generally all discus food are coloured so the ever so diligent discus fish will enjoy wolfing down the pellets that may sit on top of gravel.
If you keep other fish along, such as corys etc might prefer sand. I have been wanting to try black sand but opted against it as over time it can compact quite densly and harded to gravel vac.
R