clownbaby Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 Heyo! I am getting ready to increase my stocking pretty soon, and since I am doing a rescape of my 30 gallon (110 liters or so) aquarium, I figured now would be a good time to mix in some new substrate. I've been reading up on honey gouramis and some sources say they will be super uncomfortable without a dark / black substrate, others say it doesn't matter as long as they are taken care of. So uh, which is it? Should I use dark substrate or does it not matter? Additionally, I have snails and pygmy corydoras. Currently I am using a mix of pea gravel and sand, with pebbles to accent. Is there a substrate that works best for gouramis (gravel, pea gravel, sand, etc)? Would this conflict with my cories & snails? My favorite type of substrate is what I have currently (sand and pea gravel / coarse sand), and I am good with replacing this to a different color but I would really prefer to keep the substrate sand or pea gravel. Is this okay? Thanks for helping!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennie Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 Doesn't matter. But I feel like mine looked the best on JBL manado. Maybe Im making it up. I kept mine on Tropica aquasoil and beige fine sand too. No obvious changes in color. They are mainly top to mid dwellers anyway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
face Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 I’m using light sand they don’t seem to mind and there’s bubble nests everywhere lol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony s Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 On 5/1/2024 at 2:49 PM, clownbaby said: Should I use dark substrate or does it not matter There are fish that color-up or down depending on the substrate color. I don't believe honey gourami's do that. they may actually pop more on a dark background. the gold should shine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macdaddy36 Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 I have them on light substrate and if I were to do it again I would use black sand. I don’t think it matters all that much to the fish, but I think they would stand out better on dark substrate. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scaperoot Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 I have mine in a 20 long with black sand and a black background. I don't think it affects them much, but the color does pop for sure! Post a pic when you rescape🙂 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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