Does anyone use sand in their planted tank?
Long story short, I had red eco-complete with peace river gravel on top. I had to tear down my tank (54 gallon) and clean it (that's the long story). I tried, but there was no way to keep the 2 substrates separate, so they are now mixed together in a 5 gallon bucket. It looks like vomit. I can't put this back into my tank.
I am thinking of either:
Long story short, I had red eco-complete with peace river gravel on top. I had to tear down my tank (54 gallon) and clean it (that's the long story). I tried, but there was no way to keep the 2 substrates separate, so they are now mixed together in a 5 gallon bucket. It looks like vomit. I can't put this back into my tank.
I am thinking of either:
- Using black diamond blasting sand - I can get a 50lb bag for like $8. Cheap! But I have heard sand sucks.
- Buying a bag of red floramax and mixing it into the vomit mixture - it's the same color as the eco-complete, so it might dilute the vomit look by spreading the color out a little better.
- Some other option that someone will suggest (I can't do dirt. I tried it and I hated it).