Thread: sugar sand = problems?
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Old 02-05-2008, 01:37 AM
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That is basically how they eat. they take in mouthfuls of sand and "sift" it through and out of their gills. That is why oolitic sand is nice. It is not so coarse as to hurt them and it is not teeny weeny either.
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