Aquarium Sand Advice?

[JohnBoyMinster]

Hi guys

I have a 60 litre tank with one six inch Pleco in it. Pleco / water is all fine but i have just put well wash aquarium sand in.

Every time the plec moves the sand fogs the aquarium up and take quite a while to settle back down again and for the white foggyness to go.

Will this go in time and the sand will settle quickly, as a am considering taking all the sand out and doing a complete change to gravel or a bare bottom as i cant enjoy my tank at the moment!!

Thanks

John

 

[markandhisfish]

the sand will always get stirred up when the plec does that im afraid. is the plec you have the 1 in your pic? if so thats a sailfin plec and its gonna get massive , youre best off re-homing the plec .

 

[JohnBoyMinster]

Hey, thanks for the reply.

In this case i may just change to gravel then

My plec isn't the one in the pic but he is a sailfin. I am planning to re-home him but not quite yet, have had him for two years and am quite attached to the little fella!

 

[markandhisfish]

trouble with sailfins is they are not exactly the easiest fish to re-home due to the size they get to and how messy they are . im in the process of re-homing all my stock to do a complete change in my tank , and im willing to bet my right arm that the plec is the last 1 left and ends up going to lfs .

you could upgrade if you wanted to keep the plecc but youre really looking at a 100g tank for that ,

 

[JohnBoyMinster]

Well, to be honest, i have just put him in a 60 litre as he outgrew his 25 litre, i only have space for a 60 litre, but i get a new house in 8 months time and am putting money aside for a bigger 100/125 gallon tank.

A 60 litre will help me get some experience too before i go huge!

Sand is definatley going though all he does a thrash his tail and mess it all up!!!