Show Us Your Substrate!

[Alm0stAwesome]

I've been inspired by JL94x4's recent post about changing his substrate about 1,000 times

Would any of you be willing to post pictures of your substrate and tell us what it is and maybe why you've chosen it? I've got a fine black gravel at the moment which I honestly do love the look of but when I see my corys scurrying along the bottom I am really tempted to change to sand but am put off by the upheaval and also, I'm not sure what I want! I'll start by posting a picture of mine. As I said I chose it because I love the look and I chose a very small size because I thought it would be a bit nicer for the corys which it is probably nicer than the big stuff but it's still not sand!

Whole tank

Close up-ish (pardon the menacing glare...)

 

[Cazgar]

I started with ordinary black gravel in all mine
I changed to playsand, & while I like the colour, I don't like the dark patches it develops.
I've changed 2 of mine to fine black gravel, the tanks with my corys will stay with sand for now.
My Celestials tank

Part of my cory tank

My shrimp tank

Sorry for the poor quality, I only have an iPad to take pics from

 

[KkAaNnEe]

Playsand from argos for me, I will try black eventually, price puts me off though (argos 15kg = £2.99)

I will be mixing in some gravel too though, as I find it more natural mixed

 

[ian]

Columbo florabase


Echinodorus Red devil by Ian Holdich, on Flickr



new growth by Ian Holdich, on Flickr

 

[FishFanatic04]

Caribsea Tahitian Moon Black Sand. Wishing I bought a black substrate for the plants instead. But I started with ugly river rock gravel.

Playsand

 

[Alm0stAwesome]

Oooh now see I like the look of that tahitian moon black sand - how do you find it?

ianho - is that more like a soil then?

Thanks for the photos guys, keep em coming!

 

[FishFanatic04]

I found it at Petsmart, but you might be able to get it online. I really love the grain size and texture, and it's heavier then playsand. Just a little overpriced though, when doing a big tank.