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Old June 19th, 2008  
Moderator ~ Betta Mommy
 
Warning about sand in betta tanks:

Fine sand used as a substrate in betta tanks can and has been confused by hungry bettas who can be very piggy in nature as food that has fallen to the floor of the tank and they will eat it. I have had a betta eat sand and die from it. So it would be my recommendation that Fine Sand NOT be used in betta tanks as a substrate. The only recommended substrates for bettas in my humble opinion are the standard pea gravel or the glass stones or flat marbles. With the glass stones or flat marbles really being much desired as they provide a very smooth and nice surface for them to float across when they drag their fins across the bottom of the tank.

Thank You

Rose
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Old June 22nd, 2008  
Fish Keeper
 
I was planning on using whatever sand was leftover from my 50 gallon setup to use on Azul's tank bottom. Thanks for posting this, saved a life
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Old August 14th, 2008  
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Interesting thought:

I've been debating planting my 5 gal that Zengetsu is in (I'll try and get pics up soon) I'd like to use some sand for the plants, but after that i can see why it'd be a bad idea. What about covering with gravel or something I wonder if that would work, feed back would be great.

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Old August 17th, 2008  
Moderator ~ Betta Mommy
 
As long as the betta cannot get to it you can do it but it closely resembles betta pellets and they will eat it so if it sifts up through the gravel during vacuuming then you may put your betta at risk. It is up to you but I have never had a problem using the gravel for plants instead of sand.

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Old August 18th, 2008  
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As long as the betta cannot get to it you can do it but it closely resembles betta pellets and they will eat it so if it sifts up through the gravel during vacuuming then you may put your betta at risk. It is up to you but I have never had a problem using the gravel for plants instead of sand.

Rose
Sand is only good for plants if it has MTS snails digging in it - otherwise it compacts and is bad for roots.
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Old August 18th, 2008  
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Sand is only good for plants if it has MTS snails digging in it - otherwise it compacts and is bad for roots.
You can also manually stir it up with a wooden skewer or something of the sort, but that's not really the point. The biggest concern here is bettas.
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Old September 3rd, 2008  
Fish Keeper
 
Hmm those are all good points that I never thought about thanks guys,

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Old September 16th, 2008  
Fish Bum
 
Thanks for that info as I was about to put a Betta in a planted Tank with sand (under the gravel) at work.
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