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I am new to this so hopefully I can get some helpful information from this place.
I have a 40 gallon tank with White Aqua Terra Sand .1mm - .5mm in size.
I was wondering besides pleco's what other fishes are compatible with sand?
Thanks
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Just about any fish would do good with sand. Cichlids love sand. They move the stuff around alot and the tank is always changing.
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when I had sand, I always noticed that my corydoras liked to push it around a little too.
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Speedy Rodriguez - oranda
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3 red eye tetras
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Corydoras like sand...that's what i read all over the internet
20 gallon: 2 pristella tetras, 2 flame tetras, 1 painted platy and fry, 6 ghost shrimp, 2 female bettas (Athena, and Alectrona) 6 gallon (Fluval Edge): breeding tank, 1 cherry barb5 gallon (Fluval Chi): 1 double-tail male betta (Sephora) 2 gallon: 1 red male vieltale betta (Balboa) 2 gallon (Fluval Spec): 1 male halfmoon betta(Shawano)30 gallon: 2 fantail goldfish, 1 pleco Future Tank (far away future...): 75 or 100 gallon planted tank with 6-8 discus (undecided types of them), a school of red phantom tetras, some loaches, a pair of rams, and a school of rummy nose tetras
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Gourami's, platys, tetras, chiclids, etc. Almost (seems like all) tropical fish are compatible with sand.
20 gallon: 2 pristella tetras, 2 flame tetras, 1 painted platy and fry, 6 ghost shrimp, 2 female bettas (Athena, and Alectrona) 6 gallon (Fluval Edge): breeding tank, 1 cherry barb5 gallon (Fluval Chi): 1 double-tail male betta (Sephora) 2 gallon: 1 red male vieltale betta (Balboa) 2 gallon (Fluval Spec): 1 male halfmoon betta(Shawano)30 gallon: 2 fantail goldfish, 1 pleco Future Tank (far away future...): 75 or 100 gallon planted tank with 6-8 discus (undecided types of them), a school of red phantom tetras, some loaches, a pair of rams, and a school of rummy nose tetras
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Awesome!
I'm glad to hear sand isn't an issue. This makes me more excited on choosing fishes.
I can't wait to get things started.
Thanks for all your help!
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Could you post some pics of your setup for everyone to see? That would be cool!
20 gallon: 2 pristella tetras, 2 flame tetras, 1 painted platy and fry, 6 ghost shrimp, 2 female bettas (Athena, and Alectrona) 6 gallon (Fluval Edge): breeding tank, 1 cherry barb5 gallon (Fluval Chi): 1 double-tail male betta (Sephora) 2 gallon: 1 red male vieltale betta (Balboa) 2 gallon (Fluval Spec): 1 male halfmoon betta(Shawano)30 gallon: 2 fantail goldfish, 1 pleco Future Tank (far away future...): 75 or 100 gallon planted tank with 6-8 discus (undecided types of them), a school of red phantom tetras, some loaches, a pair of rams, and a school of rummy nose tetras
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corydoras and loaches both like sand and tend to root around in it (dont get clown loaches or red tail botias... they get too big for your tank). banjo cats also mess around and bury themselves in sand. and then obviously plecos but you said "besides plecos"... eartheater cichlids also love sand and benefit from it.
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| I am not sure there are any fish out there that are "bad" with sand. There are many that prefer sand over gravel so I am prettty sure you are good with whatever you want to do. If you get a pleco, make sure it's one of the smaller sized ones like rubberplec, clown pleco or bristle-nose. The common pleco gets way to big for your tank. I have seen one in a 55 get longer than my forearm.
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