Sand ( How To Treat The It) -Question

[ColiQ]

Hello guys and girls. I Decided using sand in my tank will look amazing so I am going to do it. But the thing is I don't want to go down to the beach take some sand and chuck it into my tank all that salt and stuff will kill my plants and fish. So my question is what is the safe way of doing this. A little(SUPER LITTLE)soap and then just wash it till it does not taste like salt anymore? One more thing, I have this plant which I bought a little while ago but its in this UGLY black piece of plastic and my tank is not big enough to actually cover the entire thing(The black piece of plastic that covers the roots) with sand. What can I do to modify this? Is that white stuff the plant comes in needed, and will I kill it if I take it out? what type of root system do water plants normally take to? I will Upload a picture as soon as I find my camera hahaha.. Thanks in advance if anyone does come up with some smart way to make my life simple and easy haha.

 

[ColiQ]

[/URL] Here we go this is the plant. I know, Im a photography student and I give you this bad Image I truly am sorry. haha

 

[fishy55599]

buy some play sand, at £2.99 for 15kg.
all you do is clean it and then it is safe to add to your tank.

 

[lilfishie]

most people use childs play sand in there tanks, very cheap and fish safe as its childsafe, just give it a quick wash and pop it in

 

[sted]

plus taking sand from the beech is illegal

 

[ColiQ]

plus taking sand from the beech is illegal

I hear you man. But so is a lot of stuff here is South Africa and people still get away with it. If a little sea sand can make the kid in me happy i'm sure they wont mind. Mind you if they don't catch me. hahaha

 

[Joshwainwright]

I think it would be safer and easier to go out and buy some play sand which isn't salty. I know the play sand I bought certainly wasn't salty as I actually tasted some of the water while I cleaned it

 

[ColiQ]

I just did the most stupid thing ever hahahahahaha... I walked to out local petshot less then a mile/1km away asked for sand could't get any so they told me to go to hardware shop about 1km away got there bought 40kg of sand and carried it home IM SO TIRED HAHAHAHAHA

 

[Joshwainwright]

Woops...

At least you have some sand now!

 

[OldMan47]

For your question about the plastic and white stuff around the plant roots, carefully cut away all of the plastic and remove as much of the white stuff as you can. You will want to be gentle doing that since the root system can be easily damaged. Once the plant is out of its shipping container, it can simply be planted in your sand substrate.