Just my opinion; long term maintenance with white sand foreground is not easy, there will always be fish poo and debris in the tank and with a white sand foreground, even tiny specks will look prominent.
Take for examples; the tanks in the recent ADA 2005 catalogue. Did you notice Amano term these white sand as "decorative sand", that's what it is, purely aesthetics, I suspect to make the tanks looks good for the submission, the foreground sand are added or replaced with fresh sand, possible a day or two before the photo-shoot, I might be wrong but notice why they look so white and clean?
I'm thinking of rescaping my daughter's cube tank with white sand forground
1) Doesn't the substrate get anaerobic?
I doubtit will get to be anarobic if these are replace time and again to keep it looking good.
2) Do you vaccum it regularly to keep it clean from fish poo?
probably, a low bio-load and no driftwood might help to keep it clean.
3) What brand do you use?
no brand, those pack in unlabel plastic bags.
4) Any other random tips?
none at the moment
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