Gravel To Sand

[adamgreen240]

hi all,

im gonna change from gravel 2 sand, few questions,

will simple play sand b ok? - im thinking of getting it from argos - only £2.49!

also how should i go about changing it?

thanks

adam

 

[MadMan-JaMeS]

hi all,

im gonna change from gravel 2 sand, few questions,

will simple play sand b ok? - im thinking of getting it from argos - only £2.49!

also how should i go about changing it?

thanks

adam

play sand is totally fine, i have builders sand in my tank with no problems !

take everything out the tank add the sand put ur ornaments and plants in add a dinner plate and pour the water onto that.

that way the water won't kick the sand up making the water murky !

but don't forget take the plate out after

Also a good thing to do is wash the sand in water first like in an old pillow case this will stop and little bits making ur water murky

 

[cane76]

play sand is safe,just have to rinse it thoroughly
i would just net out the gravel,but not all at once
on your next 4 water changes take out 25%

 

[rdd1952]

As mentioned, play sand will work but it is EXTREMELY hard to get clean. I have spent as long as an hour washing half a bag and still got cloudy water. And since you will be putting it in a tank with fish, you will have to make sure you have all the dust out of it before you add it to the tank since you won't have time to wait on it to settle.