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Rocks, Gravel, or Sand? A Newb needs help.

This is a discussion on Rocks, Gravel, or Sand? A Newb needs help. within the Axolotl tank set-ups, filters, substrate forums, part of the Axolotls (Ambystoma mexicanum) category; Hello, i use sand from the gravel pit in my nighborhood. And it is for free. Greetings Ingo V....

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Hello,

i use sand from the gravel pit in my nighborhood. And it is for free.

Greetings Ingo V.
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To get the gunk off the pieces of slate literally all I do is brush them off with a (clean, treated) tooth brush every other time I change their water.

The only problem with doing that is you will wash away your good bacteria.
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He's not disturbing the bacteria. He's just brushing off the gunk so it can get sucked up by the siphon.
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That 'gunk' contains the nitrifying bacteria.
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