Converted To Sand And Loving It

[Danno]

Man I gotta say, Sand has got to be the best substraite other then I had to clean my play sand for 4 hours... Well, even the knew the different and sparted to zoom thier and zoom thier and was just plain ol LOVIN' IT. I was so happy. Plus all the poo doesnt go in the crackes in gravel but just sits on the top and is easily taken out with a turkey baster.I deffinatly recommend sand.

 

[bshockstubb]

I put sand in with my convicts for the first time and i rate it an A +. I fiqured out how to make the sand cleaning process from 4 hours to 30 min. to 15 min.!

 

[enchanted]

I don't know if it is my corys stirring it up and my double filtration or what, but I never see any poo on the sand. I only see it on my slate rocks, and then only the ones that are somewhat flat.

 

[-cAtFiSh-]

sand is great! i would never go back to gravel

 

[jkun17]

SEE!! SEE!! WHAT DID I TELL YA?!!

SAND IS AWEXXOME!!

I've even put it in my bowls

Love sand so much!!

I used my old gravel to make a zen garden

 

[northpaul]

can you change it when the tank is already up and running

 

[ddm18]

northpaul, you certainly can change the substrate, assuming of course that you don't have an under gravel filter (won't work with sand, for obvious reasons).

jkun17, you're absolutely right - sand is fantastic, but I'm slightly concerned about the amount of sand in the tank in your photo. It seems to be about 2 inches thick - looks really cool, but I'd heard that you should only have thin layers of sand, because otherwise you can get bubbles of toxic gasses that build up in the sand, and then get released if a fish happens to disturb it. This might be completely wrong, but just thought it was worth mentioning...

 

[daddyo72]

northpaul, you certainly can change the substrate, assuming of course that you don't have an under gravel filter (won't work with sand, for obvious reasons).

jkun17, you're absolutely right - sand is fantastic, but I'm slightly concerned about the amount of sand in the tank in your photo. It seems to be about 2 inches thick - looks really cool, but I'd heard that you should only have thin layers of sand, because otherwise you can get bubbles of toxic gasses that build up in the sand, and then get released if a fish happens to disturb it. This might be completely wrong, but just thought it was worth mentioning...

Agreed

 

[beblondie]

anything deeper than 3'' can be dangerous but 1-2'' of sand is fine-Anne








hi daddyo

 

[Discomafia]

I know people like to use Malaysian Trumpet Snails to dig into the sand and loosedn it up to prevent harmful ammonia pockets forming. Or you could just use chopsticks and stir the sand about once in a while or during every few water changes.