i wanna change my substrate to white sand
what do you guys think or stick with gravel??

its a hard one and your going to get both sides of the argument now )))) its come up a few times and seams to be a split between the 2. I have???? not sure what you call it, a black sand or very fine gravel. anyway its very fine that it gets sucked up the vac so I guess you will call it sand???. makes cleaning easy cos crap sits on top. are you sure its white you want cos black looks good too and we also have a split choice on that

maybe black but a very bright white sand would look amazing
it would stand out and make everything look so clean
lol i dunno but i think sand is the go =]

I've always used gravel. The idea of fish poop sitting on top of sand would make me want to vacuum it every day. I have a hard enough time doing it once a month. To each their own.

true that
i just rather c it then not see it and have a dirty tank

ive always used gravel but my new tank is deliverd tomorow and ive ordered sand with it. as you say i think it will look really cool. ill post sum pics when i get it set up

love your wording on that Marcus haha I like black sand I did say that before silly

White sand rules!!!!!!!!!!!!

I recommend sand. I have black sand.... Easy to clean man.

They both had advantage and disadvantages. Go with the one you like. I prefer gravel

I used to like Sand, now that i switched my main to gravel, its easier to clean imo and it looks nice

I used gravel for many years, but have recently switched to sand. I don't regret it at all. Some day I may go back to gravel, but for now I say sand.

thanks guys it sounds like sand is the go =]
but i will wait a while untill i can transfer my oscars to a diff tank to extract my gravel and
put sand in and plus wait for it to settle =]
sounds good PJ