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Well even if it is properly black (which I hope it is), I was still worried the flourite black sand would maybe be a bit sharp for my rams and kuhlis. You know cause it's basically just flourite black ground up.

And it's cheaper to just cap it with some soft black sand anyways.
 
Im not sure, i have never kept them and dont know alot about them, fine is 1-3mm, normal is 4-5mm.

Mark (saintly) kept rams with it, see "autum blush"

http://www.plantedbox.com/?page_id=185
 
If that's the fine version he is using then no it isn't suitable for filter feeding. I'm not saying for one second that they NEED to filter feed. But as I'm no big aquascaper, and not doing anything even slightly high tech, then I don't want to take away the chance for them to show this natural behaviour.

Thanks very much for the pictures by the way, seeing the rams in proportion to the substrate really really helped! :)

I really wish I'd thought this through before making this thread. Feel like I've wasted peoples time. But at the same time I have absorbed everything that has been said so...not a complete waste of time. :)

Just out of interest, do you think it's worth soaking the flourite in Potassium Nitrate and Potassium Phosphate? I was going by the theory that it's clay based so will hopefully soak up them up?
 
people always take something from the thread, i have learnt something too :p

flourite already contains some nutrients.
 
I know it does, but in the same way Eco complete has no nitrate or phosphates, neither does flourite. I just wondered if it would absorb them in the same way seeing as it's clay based.
 

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