A Little Advice On Sand

[onebto]

Hello everyone I hope you are all well ?

In my new tank and first ever I have sand in the base now I cleaned it good in a bucket before putting it in my Tank just wondering how you peeps clean the surface off the bits and peace's that build up the large stuff is easy as I just pick it up ?

currently I am doing a fine dreg with a net from time to time anyone got a better way ? or am I on the Write track ?

regards Ian

 

[jimmyringo]

i use the tube off my gravel vac as shown in this video;

cleaning sand

works great.

 

[onebto]

nice one thanks for that

 

[danielryan]

AS above i also use the gravel vac, sn just hold it slightly above the surface, you always suck a bit of sand up, but its not the end of the world!

 

[Blue Bubble]

Excellent, that helped me too, thanks.

 

[Truck]

i use my fingers to slur up the muck in the substrate and then vac the crap and not the sand

 

[Blue Bubble]

Do you rake it up weekly??, the man in the fish tank (but never know if they are telling me the truth) told me that the bottom 2/3 s compact and to just hoover the top every week and then to go through all of it every 2 months, is this right??

Thanks

Elaine, Blue Bubble

 

[Truck]

not weekly, daily, but my corys do that for me, but if you dont have cories or loaches, use a algae scraper(with a long stick) just to stir it up, or a fork or something similar

 

[jimmyringo]

the man in the fish tank

You have a man in your fish tank