Syphoning!?!?

[General Fin]

Had a 60ltr tank a while now, i'm wantin an upgrade but that is another topic LOL!

I've recently gone from the boring gravel, to SAND baby!
im just wundering wether syphoning is the same with sand as what it is gravel or is there a certain way to syphon the sand?

also plants will they root into the sand? and myself and my girlfriend bought a plant which we told grew on our log but we havent seen anything as of yet? anything on that?

Much appriciate the help!​

x ​

 

[Scotty001]

Had a 60ltr tank a while now, i'm wantin an upgrade but that is another topic LOL!

I've recently gone from the boring gravel, to SAND baby!
im just wundering wether syphoning is the same with sand as what it is gravel or is there a certain way to syphon the sand?

also plants will they root into the sand? and myself and my girlfriend bought a plant which we told grew on our log but we havent seen anything as of yet? anything on that?

Much appriciate the help!​

x ​

to the forum General Fin

Im guessing your talking about cleaning the fish waste from the sand ??? if so then it is similar to cleaning gravel, I us a battery operated gravel vac to clean my sand but unlike with gravel where you put the vac into the gravel the get the waste from all the nooks and crannies that there are with gravel, with sand all you need to do is hold the nozel of the vac aprox 1 - 2 cm above the sand and this will suck up the waste but not the sand.

plants will root in sand, you kust need to bury the root of the plant into the sand itself.

Do you know what plant it was you got for the log ???

Scott

 

[murphyk32]

as stated above, to siphon the sand, dont put the siphon right to the sand unless u dont want the sand in ur tank anymore hold it about an inch or so (just judge it, ull figure it out) above the sand and the dirt will come.

 

[General Fin]

Awesum thanks guys
not sure on the plant name but it is small and roots to the log. erm short leaves bt sorry dont know the name
Newbie lol....

 

[OldMan47]

Common plants that get fastened to logs are anubias and java fern. In both cases you tie the rhisome, the part where the roots and top come together, to the wood using fishing line or thread. After quite a long while, the plant will end up pushing out new roots that will loosely attach it to the wood. It is best to use fishing line because it won't rot and fall off before the plant becomes attached as thread often will.