I gave away all my cichlids to a good friend, and now i could concentrate on tropheus. My tank have gravel with 15 clown loaches. i want to add tropheus in there, should i just stay with gravel and not think about sand? which my tank is ready. Or go with sand than i have to take out all the loaches and gravel? alot more work. what should i do?
Stay with gravel or go with sand
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InfamousRedlineZ
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Aww man! Do you think he would let me purchase the electric blue from him or do a trade! I was gonna purchase it this weekend too. 
larry.beck
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I haven't kept tropheus before, but I think sand would be their natural choice. Lake Tang is primarily rock and sand bottom.
I'd go with sand -- my tropheus like to sift through it.
If you vacuum the gravel thoroughly a couple of times to get most of the crap out, you shouldn't need to remove the loaches to make the switch. Make sure to rinse the sand well and warm it up so it doesn't drop the tank temperature and the fish should be fine. I've done it this way several times with no problems.
If you vacuum the gravel thoroughly a couple of times to get most of the crap out, you shouldn't need to remove the loaches to make the switch. Make sure to rinse the sand well and warm it up so it doesn't drop the tank temperature and the fish should be fine. I've done it this way several times with no problems.