vince0 Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Hey Folks, I have a 20L that houses some shell dwellers. The substrate is sand and only sand. For the past nine months, there hasn't been any plants in it, and I have been battling a cyano outbreak. Im curious if anyone knows of any plants that can tolerate sand, or thrive in sand, so that I may get the nutrients under control. The lights are on less than 8 hours a day, and the tank gets a 20% WC weekly. Any help will be much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyGrl Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Our vals love sand and thrive in it. super easy and fast growing. Try those out vince Amy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonNeko Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Pygmy Chain Sword does well too. I wish I could think of the names of the rest of my plants, excluding that already mentioned Vals. Well I know my Amazon Swords do well in sand, but those would take over a 20L in no time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Pretty much anything will grow in sand. You might run into some issues keeping your plants rooted with shellies digging around in the sand though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quetzalcoatl Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 All my tanks are white sand substrate, and I have amazon swords, vallisnerias gigantea and water lettuce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 I have grown pretty much everything in sand (have a look at my journal - its all sand) Cyanobacteria is caused by either low CO2 or low NO3... or both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckmullin Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 if just straight sand...make sure you get snails that burrow so that they will mix up the substrate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanmer Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 What about some floating plants? My frogbit has quite a root system and would not be uprooted by the shellies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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