Substrait

[CysticCrab]

Hey Guys im Doing my 55 gallon tank with sand sub, its a freshwater, and i have herd that play sand, cheap and if thoroughly rinsed can make a good sub, any ideas on that?

 

[Tizer]

Crazy isnt it. Play sand, who would have thought.

 

[ultimatebob]

i have heard it works fantastic as a substrate, never tried it myself, but considering it in the future for my tanks as well as my pond. seems like a good, less expensive substrate.

 

[fluttermoth]

i use play sand in most of my tanks; wonderful stuff. It's only the washing it that's a PITA!

 

[CysticCrab]

Cheers all, appricitae the feed back ill be going to pick some up tomorrow

 

[Mowbz]

I thought it was great at first, but have had to cap it with a bag of more expesive LFS stuff as my powerheads blow it around otherwise, its a very fine and light grain.

If your not going to have powerhead, and have something in the tank that will turn it over (Corys, snails, etc) then its perfect. and CHEAP.

 

[robert clements]

hi i got some sand today at argos at 2.99 a bag for 15kg well happy just started a new tank today

 

[Mowbz]

Awesome, get some pics up, we all love to see new tanks

 

[robert clements]

i got to get a new camera soon and try to put pictures up soon

 

[This Old Spouse]

Mowbz, if your powerhead is blowing your sand around, what the heck is it doing to your fish??

I will never, ever have gravel again, and I'm too poor to pay LFS prices for sand, so play sand it is. Good stuff.

 

[Mowbz]

Mowbz, if your powerhead is blowing your sand around, what the heck is it doing to your fish??

Nothing, it seems! The Kribs dont go near the top of the tank, and the Barbs swim up to it like its not even on! Its a 3000lph, a few inches under the surface on the pickup side, aimed slightly downwards to blow dirt back round to the filter pickup. Seems to make a right mess of the sand

 

[robert clements]

its fine at the moment only put the sand in the tank.about 7hrs ago and the filter is ok .