Bottom Dewellers

[chrisodapz]

hi all,

I want to get something to live at bottom of the tank maybe help clean up abit too. I have standard substrate, and fish i have in the tank are guppies including some babies, zebras, tetra and one red tailed shark who lives in a sunken boat and he dont like anyone else in his boat too
i have read about crabs shrimps sucker fish ( sorry cant remember their real name), so im not sure whats best.

my tank is a fluval roma 125L

suggestions please would be appreciated.

Thanks.

chriso

 

[karin]

No such thing as "standard" substrate. What is it? Sand? Gravel? Planting medium? rock? Sharp? This will be very important in sellecting bottom dwelling fish.

 

[chrisodapz]

No such thing as "standard" substrate. What is it? Sand? Gravel? Planting medium? rock? Sharp? This will be very important in sellecting bottom dwelling fish.

Sorry its gravel

chriso

 

[FishAreFriendsNotFood10]

smooth gravel? or sharper gravel?

 

[Aqua Tom]

Is the gravel nice & smooth or is it jagged in apearance?

This is very important for choosing bottom feeders.

 

[chrisodapz]

Is the gravel nice & smooth or is it jagged in apearance?

This is very important for choosing bottom feeders.

hi,

its premium gravel from pets at home but it looks like sharp gravel

chriso

 

[waterdrop]

Does it feel sharp when you rub a handful in your fingers?

 

[chrisodapz]

Does it feel sharp when you rub a handful in your fingers?

yeah it does abit but not too sharp though

chriso

 

[FishAreFriendsNotFood10]

i wouldnt have any bottom dwellers then .... imagine your skin rubbing on it 24/7

plus when bottom dwellers forage they like to get as far down into the substrate as possible which is why most people have sand for bottom dwellers

i do have gravel but mine is so smooth and my corys are active and happy with no barbel damage

 

[karin]

Yeah, I don't know why the lfs sell the sharp stuff. I put it in one of my tanks because it looks so nice but I believe it has lead to the death of four pleco babies, so no more softbelly or bottom feeding fish until I get that out of there. Any chance of switching it out for smooth round stuff?

 

[chrisodapz]

Yeah, I don't know why the lfs sell the sharp stuff. I put it in one of my tanks because it looks so nice but I believe it has lead to the death of four pleco babies, so no more softbelly or bottom feeding fish until I get that out of there. Any chance of switching it out for smooth round stuff?

Thats a shame, wish i had checked before, my tank is all settled now and i didnt want to disturb it to that extent.

chriso

 

[Tizer]

its actually really easy to swap over gravel to sand

 

[chrisodapz]

Yeah maybe one day il do it, but im not sure if the plants i have will be ok with the change plus my fishes too.

chriso