Grizzly Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 Question, I have some dirted tanks and they are doing good but have considered adding more of a cap. I have about 1-1.5 inch cap currently some with sand and some with gravel. I was considering putting sand over the gravel caps . Is this doable to make the dirt level anoxic to get anaerobic bacteria? I obviously don’t want to remove gravel over dirt to put sand. These tanks have been up and running for a year and a half and are doing great just want them to last long term and feel this might be necessary for that to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepere Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 Yes, sand can be put over gravel. I have no idea if this would make the dirt anoxic to allow anaerobic bacteria to grow and if that would have any benefit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 I watched a video today and their recommendation (Filipe Oliveira) was to push the soil to the side and add the sand so the sand is directly on the base of the tank. I use flourite black as a cap on my soil and it generally works well for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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