cellowithgills wrote:
I'm moving my gold fish into a 55 gallon soon, but I'm trying to see if it would be worth buying white sand to put in it. I've got a pair of Red Cap Orandas, and some others. I think the white sand will make the colors pop.
My biggest concern is water changes, will vacuuming the sand take all the sand out? Any tips for keeping sand bottomed aquariums?
when vaccumig the sand simply hover the vaccum tube about 1/8 of an inch above the substrate and the left over foods and waste will get sucked up but not the sand. if you do pick up some sand just lift the tube about 1-2 inches above the bottom and the sand will fall back into the tank. it takes a little practice but youll find its really not that hard at all.
PAUL wrote:
but red cap oranda and some other gold fish loves to scoop and suck and spit
gravel...i am not sure why but they do.
im not sure i understand what your talking about here paul. are you implying that the wont move the substrate around if she changes it to sand or have you had a couple too many before posting this one?????