I am going to be setting up my new tank this week hopefully before the new year and I was wondering how much substrate I would need? I will have 2 crabs in the new tank. I have 3 bricks of ee for it right now.
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Substrate in a 20 gallon long
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Krusty2015
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Re: Substrate in a 20 gallon long
I'm curious about this, too. I need to look at the weight of an EE/playsand combo and ponder new, sturdier furniture options.
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Re: Substrate in a 20 gallon long
Figure it this way - one block of EE will give you around 1 gallon filled space. One 50lb bag of sand is approximately 4 gallons.
For a 20 gallon long tank you want it at least half full (6 inches) so that means 10 gallons of substrate.
For a 20 gallon long tank you want it at least half full (6 inches) so that means 10 gallons of substrate.
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Krusty2015
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Re: Substrate in a 20 gallon long
Thank you! I discovered I still had 2 other blocks so now I have 5 blocks.
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