Sandbox for diggers?

garfieldnfish · 02-13-2006, 10:17 AM

I have always had my eye on horsefaced loaches and my LFS has them again. I would love to get a couple but I have gravel in all but one tank and they can't go in that one. Would a shallow tubberware container filled with aquarium sand and partially buried among the gravel work? I also recently picked up a whiptail catfish (rescue case, got him without research first) and read that they also prefer sandy bottoms and love to bury themselves in sand. I have a 46 gal where I could empty a space about 20" by 20" for the sandbox. Anyone tried this before or would this just make a big mess in the tank?

flamingo · 02-13-2006, 05:05 PM

I've done that before but it was a waste of time. Sooner or later the sand will just be kicked out into the gravel

I would skip it, neither of those fish need a sandy bottom. My cousin had a horsefaced loach and it did just fine in gravel, no trouble burrowing or anything.

MaryPa · 02-13-2006, 05:50 PM

I did that long ago and it was a big mess. That`s why i changes all my substrate from gravel to sand. The sand is much easier to keep clean than the gravel was. Now my loaches and I are all very happy.

micstarz · 02-14-2006, 03:54 AM

big big mess, thats all there is to it

02-13-2006, 10:17 AM	#1
garfieldnfish Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 660	Sandbox for diggers? I have always had my eye on horsefaced loaches and my LFS has them again. I would love to get a couple but I have gravel in all but one tank and they can't go in that one. Would a shallow tubberware container filled with aquarium sand and partially buried among the gravel work? I also recently picked up a whiptail catfish (rescue case, got him without research first) and read that they also prefer sandy bottoms and love to bury themselves in sand. I have a 46 gal where I could empty a space about 20" by 20" for the sandbox. Anyone tried this before or would this just make a big mess in the tank?

02-13-2006, 05:05 PM	#2
flamingo One Word: Croutons. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 17 Posts: 1,878	I've done that before but it was a waste of time. Sooner or later the sand will just be kicked out into the gravel I would skip it, neither of those fish need a sandy bottom. My cousin had a horsefaced loach and it did just fine in gravel, no trouble burrowing or anything. __________________ I'm still around from time to time. If you'd like to chat, send me a pm and i'll tell you where to contact me

02-13-2006, 05:50 PM	#3
MaryPa Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Glenville,Pa. Age: 58 Posts: 270	I did that long ago and it was a big mess. That`s why i changes all my substrate from gravel to sand. The sand is much easier to keep clean than the gravel was. Now my loaches and I are all very happy. __________________ 125 gal. 5 Clown Loaches 4 Phantom Tetras 8 Hyphessobrycon vilmae tetras 1 SAE 1 ABN Pleco 5 Bronze Cory 9 Gold barbs 55gal 1 Angelicus 1 Clown Pleco 1 ABN Pleco 12 cories 2 Discus 55 gal Severum, Blood Parrot 55 1 Threadfin Rainbow 4 cherry Barbs CT Betta 2 Bumble Bee Catfish1 Swordtail Guppy Male 29 gal Platies 29gal Cories 29gal Endlers and RCS 10 Swordtail guppy females and fry

02-14-2006, 03:54 AM	#4
micstarz Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hong Kong Age: 14 Posts: 658	big big mess, thats all there is to it __________________

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