Tropical Coral Gravel.

[The Taffy Apple]

Good evening all,i hope this quick thread finds you all well...

So, here's what i've done.... bought a 4kg bag of tropical coral gravel for my 110L tank and Fluval 205 filter. The initial idea of the purchase was to help me in my PH issues (i live in an area of 0-3 KH water, therefore i suffer with PH 'crashes' every so often). I aim to put a good handful into one of the baskets within my filter with the hope of creating a more stable PH environment.

It is lovely looking stuff though and with my tank being based on a 'neautral colours' effect, i thought it would look lovely on the bottom of my tank in with the sand that i already have in there.

So...has anyone ever used such a product? How does it look in your tank? Have you built some sort of 'landscape' effect with it?
Any reply highly appreciated,
Terry.

 

[fluttermoth]

It's not recommended if you have fish that dig or sift through the gravel as it tends to be too sharp, but with the fish you have, you'd probably be ok having a few handfuls in there, either mixed in or as a patch.

 

[The Taffy Apple]

Thank you fluttermoth, i was a little concerned as my Cherry Barbs love a good little rummage around in my sand... i shall research it a little more before deciding what to do with it, but in the mean time i shall fill up one of the little blue baskets within my filter.
Thanks for the reply.
Terry.

 

[fluttermoth]

Oh, I didn't know cherry barbs liked to dig; yes, best leave it out then

 

[jonnyf84]

crushed coral gravel would work but it depends on your community.

remember this tip guys, not sure its common knowledge, if not then it should be. Crushed oyster shell is a superb mid way buffer, it reacts with changing acidity and alkalinity levels and keeps the ph at neutral.

 

[The Taffy Apple]

crushed coral gravel would work but it depends on your community.

remember this tip guys, not sure its common knowledge, if not then it should be. Crushed oyster shell is a superb mid way buffer, it reacts with changing acidity and alkalinity levels and keeps the ph at neutral.

Crushed oyster shell was my first choice in all honesty..but couldn't find any (unless i went into Cardiff and begged some of the restaurants!). I washed a couple of handfuls of this coral gravel last night, it doesn't look 'sharp' or 'damaging' in any way really, i'm quite surprised and relieved!

Regards,
Terry.