Is It Possible?

[tom_os]

i have mixed black gravel but very small gravel with white sand and i dont really like it anymore.

can anyone think of a way of seperating them. i have layed it out to dry. i was thinking in water the black will sink quicker because it is larger and heavier, i could try and get the sand out still floating the the water but i think that will take ages.

anyone got any ideas?

cheers

 

[Truck]

sieve?

 

[saltynay]

sieve?

Or collander depending on the size of the gravel

 

[TigerIssey]

Try a fish net with wide holes, not the fine mesh type. I use this to keep the MTS population in my sand at acceptable levels. The sand falls through the net, the snails (in your case gravel) won't.

 

[Truck]

put it in a pot and bash the pot? the bigger particles will come to the top

 

[saltynay]

Cyclone filter would work aswell there are million and one eyes to sperate two different sized particles

 

[tom_os]

the black gravel is basically sand, that is the black sand in the pic below. the white sand is normal beacsh sand.

also you cant use sand from a beach can you, even if you boil it?

cheers

 

[Nick16]

its illegal to remove sad and stone from beaches and i wouldnt use it anyway. just ditch the lot and redo it.

 

[tom_os]

well just in case you were wondering i did it.

just poured in water then pured it out into another bucket and the lighter sand went with it. took a while but i got most of the sand back

 

[Nick16]

why do you want to keep the sand. it is soo cheap. 15Kgs for £5

 

[tom_os]

i will do what i like mate

 

[Truck]

why do you want to keep the sand. it is soo cheap. 15Kgs for £5

why buy more when you already have some?

 

[tom_os]

why do you want to keep the sand. it is soo cheap. 15Kgs for £5

why buy more when you already have some?

thank you, took me 10 mins, wasnt really a big effort

 

[Nick16]

depends if you have enough for the next set up, plus old sand is horrible and discoloured underneath.

 

[BenPursglove]

To the OP - I have a bonsai sieve set (google it) used for grading bonsai soils but it fits this type of job perfectly - bit bonkers purchasing for one off use but depending on sand grade you could get similar results from a large kitchen sieve.

/ Ignore looks like you solved it - oops