Please Help

[fishkeeper33]

Right im in the process of chainging my tank from gravel to sand i currently have
x1 blue armoured shrimp
x2 bamboo shrimp
x2 frogs
x6 cardinal tetra
x6 harlequin rasboras
x4 rainbow fish
x1 betta fighter fish

if i change it to sand silica sand and i have a piece of live ocean rock i worryed that it will effect my chemistry and kill my fish any help or advise would be great thanks in advance

 

[the biffster]

Right im in the process of chainging my tank from gravel to sand i currently have
x1 blue armoured shrimp
x2 bamboo shrimp
x2 frogs
x6 cardinal tetra
x6 harlequin rasboras
x4 rainbow fish
x1 betta fighter fish

if i change it to sand silica sand and i have a piece of live ocean rock i worryed that it will effect my chemistry and kill my fish any help or advise would be great thanks in advance

you cant have living rock in a fresh water tank
living rock is a salt water thing

 

[fishkeeper33]

my epic fail!!

im a penis!!

i didnt mean live rock, its just plain ocean rock

 

[Timmy_Bee]

right....

anyway, add some sand to a bucket full of tank water, and monitor the pH.
Most fish will acclimatise (sp) to a change in pH, but obviously you don't want to do it too quickly.

 

[fishkeeper33]

right....

anyway, add some sand to a bucket full of tank water, and monitor the pH.
Most fish will acclimatise (sp) to a change in pH, but obviously you don't want to do it too quickly.

Many thanks i hope that i dose work as a few of my mates have got sand and it dosent seem to cause to much of a problem i just dont want to kill all my fish

 

[Vidster]

i didnt mean live rock, its just plain ocean rock

Any rock/driftwood/shell or sand from the ocean has the potential to leak salt in to your tank raising the PH.

 

[Aqua Tom]

Dont put anything from the sea into a freshwater tank. That way lies alkaline.

 

[fishkeeper33]

Yeah i know i was a bitsuspect when they gave it to me at the shop but they said that it would act as a buffer fr the ph leveles so do you guys and girs think that sand is a bad idea

 

[the biffster]

silica sand or play pit sand
are normally OK and don't alter
pH i don't think ocean rock is
that bad for changing pH either
not unless it tufa rock do the vinegar
test on the rock and see if it fizzes
if not its OK if it does its no good

 

[UNV_Rasta]

Just wondering, what made you decide to switch to sand? Seems like after a while mots people switch to sand, and right now I'm currently starting off pretty much my first planted tank and can't decide whether to go with sand or gravel

 

[Uriel]

I know i went to sand as some of the fish i wanted to keep peppered and panda cory's thrive of sand substrate. Plus i don't really know of any fish that it affects negatively. Also now having it in the tank i must say i prefer the aesthetics. I did want black sand but after calculating the cost of putting a layer in my 8ft tank i settled on argos play sand instead.