Will plants grow in fat round gravel?

[gale]

I don't want sand and I want to replace my little sharp gravel with fat round so my catfish don't get roughed up. Will my plants still grow as well in the fat round gravel (estes brand)? Specifically I have hygrophilia polysperma and walmart aponogeton bulbs right now but will be getting more plants from the proven performers list posted here.

 

[Tempestuousfury]

I would suggest small gravel for plants and corydoras... The cories can't sift massive rocks, and the plants need small, but plentiful crevices to latch on to.

 

[gale]

I would suggest small gravel for plants and corydoras... The cories can't sift massive rocks, and the plants need small, but plentiful crevices to latch on to.

I can't find small gravel that isn't sharp. Do you know of an online source? I hate to pay that much shipping but it might be worth it. I checked big al's but they don't specify the mm of the gravel.

 

[Tempestuousfury]

Hm. I wouldn't know of a site... Nothing labeled: pea gravel or anything that looked remotely suitable?

Farm in Indiana, I'm guessing you have only a select few stores around you, then... .::sigh::.

 

[gale]

Hm. I wouldn't know of a site... Nothing labeled: pea gravel or anything that looked remotely suitable?

Farm in Indiana, I'm guessing you have only a select few stores around you, then... .::sigh::.

Nothing at walmart or the lfs. There is only one lfs. I can get to about 4 others an hour away but they didn't have any selection of gravel either. One is a petco, one is a J&K, one is a really dirty crappy store and the last is ok but the people there are clueless. Even more so than others. Yeah I live out in the boonies.

 

[Pescado Guy]

Try Pea gravel from homedepot, Its very smooth and pretty small but not really small. It's like $3 for 5olbs so its really cheap. Just an idea, probably not what your looking for but just my 2 cents

Kevin

 

[Lateral Line]

Plants grow best in fine substrates, (natural environment). The coarser the medium, the more difficulty you will have rooting plants, they are buoyant and will tend to float out.

You could alway plant in pots.

 

[gale]

What about seachem fluorite? Is that suitable for cories? I think I can find it at petco or petsmart or the lfs might order it for me.

 

[Sanj]

Thats odd, I have found that corys do best in sand and not gravel. Finer substrate is better for plants upto a point.

Flourite sounds like a good idea, good for both in question.

 

[Lateral Line]

I have collected plants from the wild in South America, Africa and Asia. In all but a couple of very special locations, (associated with waterfalls/rapids), the plants were growing in an extremely fine, organic rich, black, stinking, anaerobic mud with a loose top layer of rotting leaves.

That Fluorite stuff is mentioned often on the board, but I've never seen it for sale here, and thus never used it.

 

[gale]

Thats odd, I have found that corys do best in sand and not gravel. Finer substrate is better for plants upto a point.

Flourite sounds like a good idea, good for both in question.

That's true. I have read up extensively on sand and decided it's not for me. I'm going to the lfs today so I might see if they have the fluorite.

 

[SRC]

This site has a good selection of gravel, and the prices for both gravel and S/H are pretty reasonable I thought.
http/www.aquariumsuppliesgalore.com/inde...=&search=gravel

Have you tried the glass gravel? It is very fine, yet big enough the cory's shouldn't suck it down. It is a bit pricey though, yet comes in numerous colors.
http/www.aquariumsuppliesgalore.com/sldg...lid_Colors.html

This is where I bought my gravel, it's not sharp and it's a pretty small grade (I didn't get the glass though because of price lol).
I got this
http/www.aquariumsuppliesgalore.com/CA-a...cent_White.html