whats the best gravel for substrate at home depot?
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Why buy it at Home Depot or Lowe’s? Most pet stores even that don’t sell fish have big bags of substrate. If I had to guess though I’d say anything would be fine as long as it’s natural and you wash it thoroughly.
because thats where i get my sand. id also rather not spend a fortune on gravel for an already expensive aquarium when i can get it for 10% the price in bulk.
Yea as long as you clean it good then I don’t see a problem with it
River Rock or Pea Gravel would be my choice.
yeah im thinkin of going with the pea pebbles but the reviews say that the bags are particularly dirty/dusty this year. so im trying to see if any one has found one of the rockey substrates at a hardware store to be particularly good.
Home Depot and Lowe's sell Quikrete all purpose gravel, in their lawn & garden dept.
It's small grain rounded river gravel & is aquarium safe.
Much cheaper than the gravel sold at pet stores. I use it in my tanks.
It's small grain rounded river gravel & is aquarium safe.
Much cheaper than the gravel sold at pet stores. I use it in my tanks.
I like Pool Filter Sand, and if you get it from places that sell pools, it is usually semi-pre-washed.
I don't like pea gravel, I tried it for a while, and found the large interstitial spaces allowed crud to build up and rot in-between the large pea sized pieces, and work its way too deep in the substrate, not easy siphon out, creating a nitrate sink.
I like sand because it keeps crud on its surface, very visible, and easy to spot and vacuum out.
I don't like pea gravel, I tried it for a while, and found the large interstitial spaces allowed crud to build up and rot in-between the large pea sized pieces, and work its way too deep in the substrate, not easy siphon out, creating a nitrate sink.
I like sand because it keeps crud on its surface, very visible, and easy to spot and vacuum out.