First Build - Second Post

[wosborne]

2" awesome! Thanks Kisa.

Mike, the false bottom is egg crate, held up 1/2" off the botttom. Then a screen, then gravel and then soil.

Tank is 80 deg. now with heat pad.

[Kisa]

2" awesome! Thanks Kisa.

Mike, the false bottom is egg crate, held up 1/2" off the botttom. Then a screen, then gravel and then soil.

Tank is 80 deg. now with heat pad.

No problem! White's can stand up to a wide range of temperatures, they should be fine at 80-85, when my White's was sick it got into the mid/high 80's in his tank in the day time and he was fine with that. I kept it extra hot to stave off infection.

[MikeM670]

If you don't have a water feature that includes a pump you should be ok with that depth. It won't give you much leeway as far as having to remove excess water so the substrate does not sit in water. You will need to watch that. I have been giving mine about 2 inch's or more depending on the build. If you have a hight false bottom you can always adjust the water level in the pond by using gravel or stones to raise up the surface. If you need a deeper pond just remove some stones.

[wosborne]

I had spacers cut at 1" - guess I will pull from the trash (if I can find them ) and keep for a later build. I do have 2" off gravel over the egg crate so that gives me some room with the water level.

Thanks again!