gravel or sand?
 

On Wed, 1 Jan 2003 21:36:54 -0500, "Bruce Geist"
wrote:


Also, I warn you up front, Flourite is a pain to rinse. You will need to
get some window screening or similar thing to rinse the stuff with a hose.
I have spent 30 to 40 minutes per bag rinsing. If you don't rinse
thoroughly, you will have a mess in your tank.

-Bruce


You are trying to hard Bruce. I can rinse a bag in about 10
minutes. The secret is not to beat the stuff to death and not to use
the red as it is much dustier.

What I do is put half a bag in a Rubber Maid tub, then using a hose
end sprayer I give it a good hard spraying, then I dump the water and
spray some more, about three to five cycles of this is good enough,
and it saves most of the fines. Then put the stuff in your tank,
place a pie tin or a plate on it and directing the flow of water onto
the pie tin or plate fill the tank slowly. Last tank I did this with
was a 10 gallon with a full bag of Flourite and the water was clear in
about 10 minutes.

gravel or sand?
 

Bruce Geist wrote ...

...(This was a sneaky way to put my pics in the ether again.. :) ...

Tank looks real nice. Can anyone recommend a product for keeping fish from
moving while having their picture taken with a digital camera?

kush

gravel or sand?
 

"kush" wrote in message
...

Bruce Geist wrote ...

...(This was a sneaky way to put my pics in the ether again.. :) ...

Tank looks real nice. Can anyone recommend a product for keeping fish from
moving while having their picture taken with a digital camera?

Do you want them to survive, or just pose for the picture? If survival is
not that important, maybe a little vodka, clove oil, there must be something
to slow them down.

Note:
This is intended as a joke in poor taste. Anyone that takes this as a
serious suggestion needs to relax a bit.

;^)

chet

gravel or sand?
 

Hey Bruce,

Nice input with the photos ;) haha. What are the small forground plants? I
like those :)

what are your stats with that tank? lighting? co2? flourite substrate of
course :)

Dustin

"Bruce Geist" wrote in message
...
I agree with Leigh's recommendation. I would use it straight, and I might
order more than what you have described--enough to put about 2.5 inches of
the stuff down-- say have a *minimum* of 2 inches up front and gradually
slope it to 3 to 3.5 inches in the rear of the tank. Its nice looking
stuff-- take a look at
http://hometown.aol.com/brucekgeist/...e/profile.html
to see an example. (This was a sneaky way to put my pics in the ether
again.. :) ) Are you gonna create elevated regions of the tank? You may
want some extra substrate for terracing..

Also, I warn you up front, Flourite is a pain to rinse. You will need to
get some window screening or similar thing to rinse the stuff with a hose.
I have spent 30 to 40 minutes per bag rinsing. If you don't rinse
thoroughly, you will have a mess in your tank.

-Bruce



"LeighMo" wrote in message
...
So I ordered enough for a 1 1/2 inch layer on the bottom - in your
opinion
what should i put above it? sand or gravel or both?

I would just use it straight. If you want to put something on top of
it,
suit
yourself. On the one hand, fine gravel/sand is generally better for
plants.
On the other hand, Flourite is more likely to stay under gravel than
sand.
Fines tend to settle down, while large particles tend to "float" up.
(Which is
why there are always new rocks in a plowed field, even though the farmer
removes them every year.) So it might be easier to keep the Flourite
under
gravel. (Flourite is very light.)


Leigh

http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/

gravel or sand?
 

What are the small forground plants? I
like those :)

Those are chain swords, Echinodorus tenellus. There actually not doing so
well right now. I just added some plant tabs to the substrate below these
plants. I hope they will pep up. I thinned them rather dramitically
recently, and they have not yet recovered.

I inject CO2, have 385 watts of CF lighting, an Eheim filter (2028).

what are your stats with that tank? lighting? co2? flourite substrate of
course :)

Dustin

"Bruce Geist" wrote in message
...
I agree with Leigh's recommendation. I would use it straight, and I
might
order more than what you have described--enough to put about 2.5 inches
of
the stuff down-- say have a *minimum* of 2 inches up front and gradually
slope it to 3 to 3.5 inches in the rear of the tank. Its nice looking
stuff-- take a look at
http://hometown.aol.com/brucekgeist/...e/profile.html
to see an example. (This was a sneaky way to put my pics in the ether
again.. :) ) Are you gonna create elevated regions of the tank? You
may
want some extra substrate for terracing..

Also, I warn you up front, Flourite is a pain to rinse. You will need
to
get some window screening or similar thing to rinse the stuff with a
hose.
I have spent 30 to 40 minutes per bag rinsing. If you don't rinse
thoroughly, you will have a mess in your tank.

-Bruce



"LeighMo" wrote in message
...
So I ordered enough for a 1 1/2 inch layer on the bottom - in your
opinion
what should i put above it? sand or gravel or both?

I would just use it straight. If you want to put something on top of
it,
suit
yourself. On the one hand, fine gravel/sand is generally better for
plants.
On the other hand, Flourite is more likely to stay under gravel than
sand.
Fines tend to settle down, while large particles tend to "float" up.
(Which is
why there are always new rocks in a plowed field, even though the
farmer
removes them every year.) So it might be easier to keep the Flourite
under
gravel. (Flourite is very light.)


Leigh

http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/

gravel or sand?
 

chet wrote:
"kush" wrote in message
...

Bruce Geist wrote ...

...(This was a sneaky way to put my pics in the ether again.. :) ...

Tank looks real nice. Can anyone recommend a product for keeping fish from
moving while having their picture taken with a digital camera?


Do you want them to survive, or just pose for the picture? If survival is
not that important, maybe a little vodka, clove oil, there must be something
to slow them down.

What about jelly? :o)
should keep the fish in right place. No need to wait for the fish. :)

Note:
This is intended as a joke in poor taste. Anyone that takes this as a
serious suggestion needs to relax a bit.
;^)
chet

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