Sand

[brian1]

Hi, I have a sand substrata, there is lots on cleaning gravel but what about sand, also it looks fantastic, far better than gravel, no fish in yet........just my thoughts.......

 

[ZoddyZod]

it will get dirty, and you'll need to clean - you just use the sand equipment as for gravel, just hover it abover the sand you so don't suck it all up, but that should still remove the poop.

 

[Alm0stAwesome]

Yup! It's easier than cleaning gravel IMO, you just use a regular gravel vac/syphon thingy except you just hover the end of it a little above the sand and wiggle/swirl it around gently. This stirs up the muck but leaves the sand behind. At first you'll probably suck up a little sand until you get the hang of it but you can just give it a rinse and put it back in the tank if that happens

 

[brian1]

it will get dirty, and you'll need to clean - you just use the sand equipment as for gravel, just hover it abover the sand you so don't suck it all up, but that should still remove the poop.

Thanks ZoddyZod, what do you think to the lay out..........

 

[brian1]

Yup! It's easier than cleaning gravel IMO, you just use a regular gravel vac/syphon thingy except you just hover the end of it a little above the sand and wiggle/swirl it around gently. This stirs up the muck but leaves the sand behind. At first you'll probably suck up a little sand until you get the hang of it but you can just give it a rinse and put it back in the tank if that happens

Thanks Alm0stAwesome,lots to learn,lots of good advice on this forum..........

 

[asheyna]

I'm no expert on tank layouts, but that looks really nice! What are planning to stock in there?

 

[Alm0stAwesome]

No probs! Yeah they are a pretty friendly lot around here

Tank looks FAB, much better than most do their first time round (and certianly better than I did! lol)

 

[ZoddyZod]

the layout? I like it!

 

[D4n.gr33n]

chuck in couple of thousand Trumpet snails n ull never need the clean it, my tanks been running for about 2 years n I've never had to siphon/clean the sand

 

[brian1]

I'm no expert on tank layouts, but that looks really nice! What are planning to stock in there?

Good question Asheyna,I wanted just angels but tank too small,going to wharf on Friday, to have a look at what I would like, probably get small neons etc

chuck in couple of thousand Trumpet snails n ull never need the clean it, my tanks been running for about 2 years n I've never had to siphon/clean the sand

Thanks 'D4n.gr33n'will give it a go

 

[Tolan]

If you have good circulation, it should keep anything from settling on the bottom and will get sucked up into the filter.

 

[brian1]

If you have good circulation, it should keep anything from settling on the bottom and will get sucked up into the filter.

Thanks Tolan,it is pretty good so will keep an eye on that, thanks