sorry it took so long to reply.. birthday stuff this weekend!! anyways, been looking at different substrates on the net, and there is so much to chose from. i definatly don't want sand, like you said big mick its too much hassle.
we have some pebbley type substrate at the mo (in fact it sounds very similar to the pea gravel that rdd1952 was talking about), it's quite nice, but we would like something a little smaller again, as we have loaches who like to dig about.
we did find some polished amythyst online, which looks amazing, but itll be expensive (and we can't see it to know whether it will look totally cheesy.. or how big the individual bits are) any one seen this stuff.. or have this stuff.. what is it like?
yes we would like plants in there, so i reckon we'll make it about 1 inch and slope it towards the back of the tnak, where most of the plants will be! we are also wanting to put a few small airstones under the gravel, so we do'nt want anything that will shift too much with the air movement....
the light in the tank is good, 2 x beauty light, and 2 x gro light, but we are trying to figure out if a darker substrate will make the tank look too dark!
i just want a basic idea of what is around, looks nice, and is cheap.. just ideas at the moment!!
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