Play Sand As A Substrate

[Sly13Cat]

[font="Verdana]So today I picked up some aquarium supplies which includes a 18kg bag of[/font][/color][b] Alltreat Farms Play Sand[/b][color="#222222"][font="Verdana]. Adding water to it created a huge mess so I had to clean the sand before I used it. After realizing that cleaning it out in the sink causes too much sand to go in the sink I did some research and used the water change bucket and a hose outside. I would swish the sand around with water until it pretty much ran clean. I used about half of the bag. I collected quite a bit of sand. Enough to fill a 1 gallon bowl half way.[/font][/color]<br [img]http/i40.tinypic.com/90o7io.jpg[/img]
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[color="#222222"][font="Verdana]The sand I cleaned before I used the hose is in this tank. It's a 1.5 gal with my betta, Bob in it.[/font][/color]18px; background-color: rgb(245, 249, 253); ">[img]http/i41.tinypic.com/2qjdoix.jpg[/img]
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[color="#222222"][font="Verdana]This is a top-down view of his bowl. The sand has been cleaned so well that I can kick some sand up and it just sinks. Do you think that this sand would look good in a NPT "Walstad" set up? This is the sand I plan on using for it. Also, how do you clean your sand? Do you use play sand?[/font][/color]
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[color="#222222"][font="Verdana]My second supply was a bag of[/font][/color][b] Miracle Gro Potting Mix[/b][color="#222222"][font="Verdana]. All I need to buy now is the Dwarf Hairgrass. [/font]

 

[paulyoung666]

cool but i think you need to look at how you are posting your pictures , it is way messy !!!

 

[Joshwainwright]

Play sand looks good in every setup in my opinion

You might want to tidy your post up a little though

 

[Sly13Cat]

Sorry about the messy pictures there I copy/pasted and it must have made a mess. By the way do you think that in a NPT cutting Flourish tabs in quarters and placing it in the dirt would help the plants grow faster?

 

[Sly13Cat]

I was hoping to finally be able to buy my Dwarf Hairgrass today

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[5teady_2012]

Im a big fan of sand in tanks

 

[SO19Firearms]

By the way do you think that in a NPT cutting Flourish tabs in quarters and placing it in the dirt would help the plants grow faster?

I've not read up on the walstad method but adding nutrient tablets will only speed up plant growth if there was an overall lack of nutrients, given the available light and co2 anyway.

Ultimately, in a well planned system, adding more ferts won't speed up plant growth - Nutrients should be the minimum.

IMO