Stupid Question Regarding Sand

[cookiemonster89]

I've always used gravel as a substrate but I'm thinking of getting sand for African Dwarf frogs. Now, I use a syphon to clean my gravel, but I imagine that would only suck up all the sand. How do you clean sand substrate? Or don't you clean it at all?

 

[Cheffi]

I've always used gravel as a substrate but I'm thinking of getting sand for African Dwarf frogs. Now, I use a syphon to clean my gravel, but I imagine that would only suck up all the sand. How do you clean sand substrate? Or don't you clean it at all?

You clean it by waving your siphon above the sand in a swirling motion which lifts the debris up and then it sucks up the siphon leaving the sand on the bottom. Bit of a knack to it but you'll soon pick it up.

 

[rob newland]

I wouldn't say that is a stupid question, cos you wanted to know the answer. The stupid questions (IMHO) are the ones with completely obvious answers (like: would my 12" oscar eat a 1" neon tetra).