Best Way To Clean Sand?

[fidjet2]

Hey,
Well i have had sand for ages and it is starting to bother me....
Everytime i do a water change i of course try and clean the sand. I use a gravel cleaner and 'hoover' it over the sand but it doesn't seem to get it all up and i still have some stuff on the bottom of the tank
So what is the 'Best' way to clean the sand?

- i am doing a whole tank clean out- fish in tub- on the weekend so i will wash the sand out then, but for future refference ^^^^

 

[Spurry]

I find if you swirl the gravel cleaner around a bit it lifts the dirt them you can hoover it up

 

[fidjet2]

I do... i swear it doesn't like me

 

[Spurry]

I do... i swear it doesn't like me

sorry m8 it works for me so far

 

[Proxo]

I just use a hose pipe end, my gravel cleaner wouldn't suck anything up apart from sand.
If it's a small tank, you could master the art of sucking on the end of the hose pipe.

On my larger tank my gravel vac pipe fits inside the hose pipe and i just start it by 'pumping' it then disconnect them under the water.

 

[fluttermoth]

You can always just suck up the top layer of sand, rinse it in the bucket and then tip it back in.

 

[Jamie24]

What's the best way to clean it before it's in the tank as a sieve and such like would have holes to big.

 

[Spurry]

put a few handfuls in a bucket fill with water swirl it around wait for it to settle
them poor of the water keep doing this till it settle very quick and the water is clean....

 

[fidjet2]

Thank you all
i will try the hose pipe and if i fail at that i will take the top layer of sand off