Karen B. Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 Greetings I have a 20 gallons high aquarium, planted, with a pair of apistogramma cacatuoides triple red. The substrate I currently have is the black Estes Stoney River Premium Aquarium Sand. My plants are not thriving at all and they have a hard time growing. I use excel, thrive all in one liquid fertilizer and seachem flourish tabs (sorry, no aquarium coop product, I live in Canada) I read Apistogramma sift through sand… does this mean I can’t go the gravel route at all? I was thinking either the Carib Sea Peace River gravel or the ESTES Nature Blends Gravel - Shallow Creek. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tolstoy21 Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 (edited) They will be fine in gravel. I keep plenty in tanks with no substrate at all, and have kept them on gravel and sand as well. I have not noticed any difference with the fish in regards to substrate at all. Peace River is one of the gravels I have kept them on. I really like Peace River! Did the apistos like it? They didn't tell me. But they did spawn. What they would appreciate is a cave! The Coop apisto cave works very well, as do smaller pleco caves. Edited October 22, 2022 by tolstoy21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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