I have a 10 Gallon aquarium, and as a little project this summer, I gave it 'rock' walls and bottom. I will be keeping a pair of juvie leo's in there until they are big enough that they need to be housed seperately (right now one is about 6.5", and the other a little smaller than that), but I've encountered a problem...
The bottom is very uneven, with lots of caves and dips in it and stuff, and in several places I'd like to level it out, and the only substrate I can see as suitable for that would be sand. I know a lot of people use it without problems, and other are very... heated, in their objection to it. I'm aware of all the problems and such, I don't need a lecture in that area
If I were to use it, the floor would be perhaps 1/2 sand and 1/2 rock. The sand would be moistened and dried to pack it down, and the leo's would be fed in a seperate enclosure. Are the risks still too high? And if anyone has any alternative substrate I haven't thought of (keep in mind I want it to look as natural as possible) please, throw them on out there!
'Natural' enclosure
Threaded Mode