How Much Sand?

[Noahs ark6]

Hi

I'm setting up a 20 litre planted only tank. how many kilos sand will i need (36x22x26) thanks

 

[StandbySetting]

How deep do you want the sand?

 

[Malawi MaD]

36x22x26 inches? Thats bigger than 20L if so.

 

[Fish are AWE]

Just a tin layer of 1cm will do. You dont really need alot of sand. What fish will you be putting in there?

 

[StandbySetting]

For a planted tank I'd recommend an average height of 5cm, 36*22*5 = 3960, divide this by 1000 and you get 3.960 litres, lets just call it 4L, the density of standard silica sand is 1.6Kg dcm[sup]-3[/sup], so 4*1.6 = 7.4Kg of sand.

 

[Noahs ark6]

measurements were in cms. I would idealy like 2 cm depth. I will only be having a few cherry shrimp

 

[Spurry]

ive 1" to 2" in places round the tank 2" where im going to plant

 

[Noahs ark6]

thanks for that, will get 8 kgs then.

Thanks everyone

 

[StandbySetting]

In that case just substitute in the figures into the previous equation:

36*22*2= 1.584

1.584*1.6 = 2.5Kg, but if you're planting it ideally you'll want it deeper.