Black gravel

[xShainax]

I love the black gravel with the little colored gravel put in it. Anyone else use that?

[homegrown terror]

we use black gravel in a lot of our tanks, along with colored micro-pebbles for contrast. it's a really lovely way to substrate a tank. just be sure to sift it first, the ground-up "sand" in between the gravel can cloud your water pretty badly otherwise.

[xShainax]

I like it better than the other colors. Pity they only have it in 5 lb bags

[tromboneplaya]

My fiance has that in his betta's 5 gallon. It looks really pretty...much more attractive than plain black IMO :)

[polukoff]

I used to be big on black gravel until I found black sand for even cheaper.


This is what it looks like in one of my tanks.

[homegrown terror]

Originally Posted by polukoff

I used to be big on black gravel until I found black sand for even cheaper.


This is what it looks like in one of my tanks.

how do you keep that contrast path when vacuuming?

[polukoff]

I don't vacuum it he has very big poops, I feed him my cull betta fish. You don't need to vacuum sand as much, just change the water, the granules are so small it keeps everything on top.

[LadyVictorian]

I am getting black gravel for my new 10 gallon :D, supper excited, this will be my first 100% planted tank too.

[MyRainbowBettaFish]

polo, your tank is gorgeous! Tommorrow i am getting the white/or black sand from petco to switch my old "rainbow" gravel out of. I cant wait to see how great it looks! How often should i stir it becasue of gas pockets?

excited!

it is going in my 2 yr VT's cycled 10 gal.

[xShainax]

I stir mine once a week. My 29 gallon is filled with sand