From Gravel To Sand Tank Pics

[Harlequins]

Thanks everyone

I wanted to make my cories happy with sand,and they adore it,especially the skunks,i can watch them for hours,sifting through the sand,you can actually see it coming back out through their gills has they plough through it,which i never realised they did until i read up on it
There's plenty of hidey holes and yet plenty of space for me to see them
Strangely enough i find it easier to clean the sand than i did with the gravel

 

[Knox213]

i saw this before any-one else in my dream.

Ar'nt i lucky Dont Know how or why.

sometimes i just see things and think

Wow. i've seen that before

unless i read tihs topic earlyer or sumomt..

 

[Harlequins]

i saw this before any-one else in my dream.

Ar'nt i lucky Dont Know how or why.

sometimes i just see things and think

Wow. i've seen that before

unless i read tihs topic earlyer or sumomt..

Spooky or what

I hate the de ja vu,its really eerie when it happens,yet it seems so real...

Perhaps your destined for a rena tank...

 

[Knox213]

how many Gallons is it then Destiny will tell

 

[Harlequins]

55 gals

 

[Knox213]

If you can get a 125 gallon version

Yes Destiny will draw me towards one in a shop. Witch i will end up borrowing For a long long time,

 

[hughessomefish]

harlequins i have a question how did you do it with out making a mess? i want to do this but don't want to make a mess and do you have to do this in small sections or all at once?

and day ja vu is very erie i agree it happens to me when i am day dreaming in class then i think of things and later in the day they happen...my aunt shes the worst though shes...very...different she predicts things...sorry way off topic but i do plan to do a switch if it is not that much of a hassel

 

[Harlequins]

Most recommend changing gravel to sand in one hit by removing the fish into buckets etc..washing the sand then putting it in tank.

I didn't want to stress the fish by moving them all out of my 55 gal tank,so over the course of a few days i gradually moved gravel out using a big tube and sucked it out,then replaced it with sand,it you carefully fill a container with washed sand,has you put it in the water let the water fill the container then gently lower it down and tip it out near the bottom.
It certainly didn't kick up a sand storm and i switched off my filters whilst doing it

It worked fine for me,i still have odd bits of gravel come to the top,mainly due to 19 corys digging away in it but i just suck it up when it happens.

Not the ideal solution,but it stopped me getting whined at when i said i was going to empty the tank to replace the gravel,all i kept hearing was we had a water meter

 

[hughessomefish]

Sounds good to me now all i need is my parents stamp of apporoval

 

[Tortea]

Tank is a little bare for my taste but otherwise great!

 

[hughessomefish]

nah it looks good to me because it gives Corys enough room to scavenge

 

[mini_matt]

so thought I would add some pics, I don't actually have a before shot but a kinda during shot and it now with sand and a bit of gravel lol think it looks loads better with sand!

 

[Harlequins]

Thanks