Upgraded 150 gallon Fancy Goldfish tank

Fancy goldfish, danios, dojo loach, guppies, plants, more sand, more lights

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Pets & Animals

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• Fancy goldfish
• danios
• dojo loach
• guppies
• plants
• more sand
• more lights

[CD480]

Have you had any problems with the sand in with goldfish?

I'm thinking of using sand in my next setup when i move them to a larger tank.

do they seem to do ok when they eat a little with their food they find layin around?

[Fishguy2727]

They haven't had any problems with it at all. They sift through it all day, a very natural behavior that should not be denied. I have not seen any sand come out in their feces, they are pretty good about picking the food from the sand. Definitely use it. I would only use Estes' Marine Sand (not a true marine sand).

[CD480]

Thank you for the quick reply.

I'll look into that sand and see where i can get it. I was looking into the black sand Petsmart sells just because it's close and no shipping charges. I think it's Caribsea or something like that.

[Fishguy2727]

Not that one. Find a small locally owned shop and get them to special order Estes' Marine Sand.

[Fishguy2727]

That depends on the size of the grains, the Estes Marine Sand is uniform in size and sinks very fast. They are very good at filtering the food out of the sand.

[xxvolcomkidxx13]

a pair of oscars would go great in there;)

[Fishguy2727]

If you have nothing intelligent to say, ZIP IT!

[tmanutd17]

Hi, with the live plants in your tank, do the gold fish nip off their leaves?

[eurasianchica]

what are the tall background plants?

[Platinum4real1]

Great setup very nice tank. A question what's the name of the plants in the front on the left side?

I noticed you got 4 of them...I would like to purchase some for my tank if only I knew the name of the plant ;-)

[CD480]

Thanks for the sand recommendation. It looks great (once all the air finally got out of it and it stopped clumping).

I tossed one bag of white in with all the black so the "poo" wont stand out as much. Turned out pretty well

[CD480]

Haven't bought my sand yet (only store near me that has it is closed today too).

how is this sand for floating, does it sink right away when tossed up, or does it hover a bit?

I setup of a small test tank using silica sand just to practice cleaning sand to see how i would like it. the silica sand seems to float a bit though if a fish tosses it up or i stir it up.

[CD480]

Ok, will do, there are two pretty good ones in a nearby city, one of the two may carry it already if I'm lucky.

Thanks again