How Much Sand

[Joeyg2100]

I am want to switch my tank to sand, and make it a planted tank. I was wondering how much sand I will neet for a 55 gallon tank. I also would like to know how much Latertie is should use for the same tank? Thanks

 

[The-Wolf]

for the sand part, use tankmaster in my sig and it will work it out for you.
as for layerite i guess tha could be used for it too

 

[Squid]

My tank is 48 US gallons, and i used:

Almost all of one of the larger boxes of first layer laterite (it says how much to use on the box). sorry, cant remeber how much this was..

EDIT: its 1oz or 28g per US Gallon..

30 kg of playsand.. which gave a generous 2 inch covering.. so may stretch to do a 55 gallon tank. depends on the dimensions.. my tank is 101 x 50 x 41 cm.

Cheers
Squid

 

[bustamonkey2002]

i think as long as you cover the floor with it, it will be ok.

 

[Durbkat]

75 pounds of sand, thats how much I used of gravel and it is about 2"-3" tall. Also thats what my lps recommends.

 

[onemisterchristian]

Sand and gravel are a bit different though, IME It took less sand to cover my 60 gallon. The laterite...you should be ok with just the large box. It got a bit sparse using one box on my 60 but I couldn't justify buying another box. Also i'm not going to plant every square inch of it. Just a thin layer of laterite and 50 lbs. of playsand should cover about 3 in....maybe 2.5

 

[Squid]

i think as long as you cover the floor with it, it will be ok.

Not for a planted tank

 

[Teelie]

I'm doing sand on my new 55g and it looks like all 50 pounds of it will be going in to get a good 1-1.5" depth to it.

 

[Mithlondwen]

Good to know! Next tank will be a 55 gallon, and am thinking to give sand a try.