Kayne
2010 Research Grant Donor
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Hello, It has been a while since i've posted anything, But i'm on the verge of buying axolotls. (Today I just got myself an 850x400x400mm tank).
I popped into a pet store (the fish store I usually go to is bit far away) to buy sand, and they said that sand is too hard to clean, and that I should get gravel.
I already know that gravel has to be bigger than the axolotls mouth will ever be, (and I don't exactly want gravel), But apparently the pet store guy didn't (even though he assured me he knew about axolotls). He walked over to a bag of gravel that was around 1cm long and half a cm wide.
Because of this, I'm not sure I want to listen to him as he didn't seem to know what he was talking about.
So. Is there anything wrong with pure white sand? harder to clean? Blocks up filters?
I'm planning to use that cylinder and rubber tubing cleaning method (i'm not sure about the proper name), where you create a suction... I'm sure you all know what i'm talking about.
So a second question would be, Would I use the same method of cleaning or something completley differant?
Cheers
Kayne
I popped into a pet store (the fish store I usually go to is bit far away) to buy sand, and they said that sand is too hard to clean, and that I should get gravel.
I already know that gravel has to be bigger than the axolotls mouth will ever be, (and I don't exactly want gravel), But apparently the pet store guy didn't (even though he assured me he knew about axolotls). He walked over to a bag of gravel that was around 1cm long and half a cm wide.
Because of this, I'm not sure I want to listen to him as he didn't seem to know what he was talking about.
So. Is there anything wrong with pure white sand? harder to clean? Blocks up filters?
I'm planning to use that cylinder and rubber tubing cleaning method (i'm not sure about the proper name), where you create a suction... I'm sure you all know what i'm talking about.
So a second question would be, Would I use the same method of cleaning or something completley differant?
Cheers
Kayne