Project Sand 101

Subject: Project Sand 101 Thu Jun 04, 2009 6:34 pm

Changing the 75g and the 125 g to sand, might be fun esp with fish in, Will take pics and post later...going to make a mess now!

Subject: Re: Project Sand 101 Thu Jun 04, 2009 7:32 pm

Sweet! Should look good when your done. I can"t wait to see it!

Subject: Re: Project Sand 101 Thu Jun 04, 2009 8:02 pm

Best of luck with conversion MC!

Subject: Re: Project Sand 101 Thu Jun 04, 2009 8:38 pm

How hard is it to change over from gravel to sand?

Subject: Re: Project Sand 101 Thu Jun 04, 2009 8:50 pm

Not too bad but getting the sand clean is a PITA. and removing gravel and adding sand with fish in is a bit tuff....just finished the 75g still cloudy as hell...I doubt I will get to the 125 tonight but maybe.

Subject: Re: Project Sand 101 Thu Jun 04, 2009 9:22 pm

Yikes! Doesn't sound like fun. Can you get all the fish into buckets, drain and then make the substrate swap? :gluk:

Subject: Re: Project Sand 101 Fri Jun 05, 2009 12:01 am

wow that does sound like a pain i hate switching gravel without fish in there lol

Subject: Re: Project Sand 101 Fri Jun 05, 2009 6:09 am

Good luck with your conversion, Paul!

Member Posts : 79 Age : 47

Good luck man. I did this a few months ago. Went from crushed coral to Crushed granite. Not to bad of a time but I washed the shiz out of the new stuff.

Keeper

Subject: Re: Project Sand 101 Fri Jun 05, 2009 2:50 pm

Well not going so good....rinsed the hell out of it and it is still dirty as hell....Who ever suggested play sand should be shot. I am almost going to take it out and start over.....two days the tank is still clowdy 5 50% water changes...I am pissed off right now. gonna do a 100% water change when I am done with the rest of the tanks water change today. If that dont help going a different route.

Subject: Re: Project Sand 101 Fri Jun 05, 2009 2:54 pm

I went to a local hardware store when I was thinking about using play sand. I took a look at it and it looked very dirty and silty so I decided not to use it. I have heard pool filter sand is a much better option but haven't tried it yet.

Member Posts : 79 Age : 47

Playsand.... SUCKS!

Pool filter sand is much better. Much more uniform granules and less dust.

Keeper

Subject: Re: Project Sand 101 Fri Jun 05, 2009 8:03 pm

I want to do my 180 to sand but unsure of what sand i want to use. I think i will do some serious research now. Hope things work out for you MC on the cloudiness.

Subject: Re: Project Sand 101 Fri Jun 05, 2009 8:13 pm

Really sorry to hear that MC. I used play sand for my 30 gallon but not while the fish were still in the tank. I think you will get much better results with the 100% water change. :gluk:

Subject: Re: Project Sand 101 Sat Jun 06, 2009 12:38 am

DragonKeeper wrote:: Playsand.... SUCKS!

Pool filter sand is much better. Much more uniform granules and less dust.

Keeper

So I have found out!

detroitfish wrote:: I want to do my 180 to sand but unsure of what sand i want to use. I think i will do some serious research now. Hope things work out for you MC on the cloudiness.

Sand is sand for the most part but make sure it is pre cleaned or washed...stay away from play sand.

So I got mad and re-did things....I took the sand out and fish and did crushed coral and medium gravel mix....mostly coral though. It look stellar...I will find something to do with the sand. I will post pics when things settle a bit.

Member Posts : 79 Age : 47

As I have told others who want to use play sand.

Steps to using plays and in an aquarium
1 rinse
2 rinse
3 rinse
4 rinse
5 rinse
6 rinse
7 rinse
8 rinse
9 rinse

Think your done? Just to be sure do it again!

Keeper

Subject: Re: Project Sand 101 Sun Jun 07, 2009 4:50 pm

Well as I said I ditched the sand...here is a tanks shot with the crushed coral/medium gravel mix...

This is what it looked like when I first added it...

and today...

Subject: Re: Project Sand 101 Sun Jun 07, 2009 5:34 pm

Looks good!

Subject: Re: Project Sand 101 Sun Jun 07, 2009 6:49 pm

Thanks!

Subject: Re: Project Sand 101 Sun Jun 07, 2009 6:50 pm

Looks great. Wife really likes it alot!

Subject: Re: Project Sand 101 Sun Jun 07, 2009 10:36 pm

Looks very nice!

Subject: Re: Project Sand 101 Sun Jun 07, 2009 11:31 pm

detroitfish wrote:: Looks great. Wife really likes it alot!

dirtydawg10 wrote:: Looks very nice!

Thanks, I liked the sand a bit better but the coral is cool and the tank looks better in person IMO!

Subject: Re: Project Sand 101 Mon Jun 08, 2009 1:44 am

Looks great MC! :Thumbs:

Subject: Re: Project Sand 101 Tue Jun 09, 2009 9:42 pm

It looks great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My brother didn't take my advice and used play sand instead of pool filter sand. He paid for it. About five 75% water changes and he still had a cloudy tank. Sorry you had to go through it. I guess we all live and learn.

:Thumbs:

Subject: Re: Project Sand 101 Tue Jun 09, 2009 10:00 pm

That is part of fish keeping I guess, I have learned a lot of what I know from trial and error and a lot of error.

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