sand bed

Bob I · #1 12-19-2005, 02:07 AM

Absolutely true. Cloudy water will not in any way hurt the fish. i have done it many, many times.

asherah · #2 12-19-2005, 03:40 AM

How will I get all the sand out ? Just scoop it ?
thanks
asherah

Ruth · #3 12-19-2005, 03:51 AM

How long has your tank been set up?
You can scoop some but probably the easiest way is to syphon it out with water changes. Maybe take it out over a month or so with about 1/4 each time. Or else you can take everything, rocks, fish, coral, water etc. out and then use a wet dry vacume to take it all out then add your water, rocks, sand and fish and corals back in.
If your tank has been set up for a while watch out for a cycle with disturbing the sand/gravel bed like that.

Bob I · #4 12-19-2005, 03:54 AM

Yes. if you do it carefully you won't make too much of a mess, but it will still be an ugly job.

asherah · #5 12-19-2005, 03:58 AM

Well it's not a very big tank and the sand bed isn't very deep at all. Maybe 1/2 an inch. It's been setup for a few months now I think.
asherah

reeferaddict · #6 12-19-2005, 04:02 AM

My first tank was set up like yours, and I too wanted just sugar sand... I actually ended up sifting the sand through a net to separate the coarse stuff out of it.... took me a few hours as I had over 125 lbs total... but I ended up with what I wanted... I sifted the sand in a bucket of change water to minimize particulates floating in the main tank... it STILL ended up real cloudy!

geopod · #7 12-19-2005, 04:10 AM

I agree with Bob...(yes my tank looks yellow now thanks) Anyways.... The crushed coral came through my white aragnite sand bed. After 7 months.

george

asherah · #8 12-19-2005, 05:05 AM

phew well i'm glad I don't have a ton of snails or critters =p
I ended up scooping alot of it and sifting with my hands to find any snails=p
I used my h and to reach under the rocks in the front to pull out any gravel.. I don't think I can't got all of it but I got most of it.
Near the end I was like hey lets use the net... duhhh
sheesh
I'm going to let it settle some and see how it is. Get any I missed wit the net.
asherah

Bob I · #9 12-19-2005, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by asherah

phew well i'm glad I don't have a ton of snails or critters =p
I ended up scooping alot of it and sifting with my hands to find any snails=p
I used my h and to reach under the rocks in the front to pull out any gravel.. I don't think I can't got all of it but I got most of it.
Near the end I was like hey lets use the net... duhhh
sheesh
I'm going to let it settle some and see how it is. Get any I missed wit the net.
asherah

Well you got in there, and got your hands wet, but you had fun in the process. Right

asherah · #10 12-19-2005, 05:50 PM

lol I took the time to scrub the rocks to because I was sick of looking at cyano =p Maybe it'll help? Who knows.
On the upside ! My 92 is all settled yay. =)
Now if the rocks would get here.
asherah