How Do You Clean Sand?

[Michelleuk]

How do you clean sand?

My shipon just removes sand.

 

[Squid]

Make sure you don't put the syphon into the sand, or too close. If you hover it about a centimeter above the sand and swirl it around a bit, you will find that the waste on top the the sand will rise up a bit and get sucked up. I always have to find a balance between a big tube to get stronger suction, versus a smaller tube that doesn't empty all of the water by the time i have finished cleaning the sand.

You don't put it into the sand because the dirt just sits on top of the sand, unlike gravel..

Cheers
Squid

 

[highfire]

Yes, agree with all that Squid has said.

With a little pratice and patience you will soon get the hang of cleaning with a minimal loss of sand.

 

[Squid]

With a little pratice and patience you will soon get the hang of cleaning with a minimal loss of sand.

Good point.. was going to mention that and forgot. Losing a little bit of sand is inevitable.. !

Squid

 

[fishnterrapins]

I've only cleaned my sand twice but I use a piece of airline and wave it around above the sand. I only use that because its in my fry tank, if it was in any other tank I'd probably use the grqavel cleaner like Squid said