New plants today

[reptileszz]

Carole, you pick the cutest names for your frogs!

I use sand in all of my tanks as well and I've never had any problems with it, apart from cloudy water for the first day or two. It's easy to clean. You just hover the siphon over the top of it and the dirt is sucked up while the sand stays on the bottom.

Thank you Gemma! I wanted to go with the "Al" theme but since I already had an Al that was out.

I bought the sand today. The Carib Sea "Gold" that mpmistr recommended. It was on sale at Petsmart for 19.99 so I grabbed it. I dont think I am going to put it in there til we return from a week off but I WANT to put it in right now!

Thanks!
Carole

[mpmistr]

Oh you got Sunset Gold? It's a good buy, it does hold plants a LOT better than Moonlight. If I could go back and use it in my frog tank I think I would.

Here is a shot of my 20 gallon with cardinal tetra + green emerald corydoras. I use Sunset Gold in this tank.



An easy way to add it to your tank without too much mess is to use a small cup and just sprinkle it on the bottom one scoop at a time. It's a lot easier than just dumping the whole thing in. I would also turn off your filter while you do it so you don't get sand in your impeller.

[Jenste]

Lowering the water level also helps. Can't wait for pictures!