New plants today

[Jenste]

Grains of sand can be ingested, which is why you seek a soft/smooth/small grain so that it passes easily and with out pain.

Feeding floating reptomin sticks greatly reduces any sand being ingested. I have used sand with ACF, ADF, and axolotls in addition to being in every one of my fish tanks. Even with my newly morphed froglets I have used thin layers of sand. I have never had one suffer ill effects.

Not to talk badly about that group, it may not even be the same one I had previously visited, but I had noticed a great amount of inaccuracies being pushed forward as fact and despite the fact that I stated how many years or species I kept or bred, I was talked down to, contradicted, and treated as a "newbie"....

You can also try a different type of look by doing a semi-substrate. Use plastic to make a barrier or even use a container to hold the sand and plant in an island/ledge. You can see how you like the sand and reduce your worry.

edit: now I am tempting myself to make islands in a spare tank I am setting up for my sparkling gouramis.....hmm....

[rodsboys]

Not to talk badly about that group, it may not even be the same one I had previously visited, but I had noticed a great amount of inaccuracies being pushed forward as fact and despite the fact that I stated how many years or species I kept or bred, I was talked down to, contradicted, and treated as a "newbie"....

I 100% agree. A little over the top and lots of holier than thou mentality. There is a slight taste of it on the Facebook group too.
Sand is the way to go as long as it is smooth and small. I have yet to hear about an anphibian becoming impacted from ingesting sand. Hell some animals eat "grit" to help with digestion.

[deranged chipmunk]

i was waiting for Jen to chime in glad you did jen! carole, as you noticed, there are many groups and forums out there that are like that. i could namd several, but i'm not a fan of bad mouthing other forums in public forums unfortunately, there is so much "i read on another forum" info that is incorrect, and people take it as gospel, for lack of a better term. you are in the right place to get info from people with EXPERIENCE, and not just the ability to read and type