Is a planted tank with not much showing substrate ok?

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sandman76
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Is a planted tank with not much showing substrate ok?

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I have a 40 gallon long tank with lots of plants. I was looking to get a school of corydoras adolfoi or pandas. I have sand as my substrate, however there is not alot of open space for the cory's to be in the sand... a lot of carpet dwarf sag and plants attached to rocks.
Will they uproot my dwarf sag? They are some paths of sand, not TOTALLY covered.Will they be unhappy in this setup? Thanks
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Re: Is a planted tank with not much showing substrate ok?

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They don't uproot my dwarf sag so I doubt it they will yours. You can see one of my tanks below, it's not totally covered so I am not sure what yours is like but the bottom used to be almost fully covered as I had eleocharis at the back which I removed to give the corys more sand area.

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