Hiya I'm katy and I'm new here. I have been keeping tropical fish for about a year and a half. I was just wondering if I could put new sand on top of my gravel whilst fish are in the tank? Or is that a terrible idea? Thanks
After consideration I've decided to keep my gravel for a while as I've got quite a few new fish in the tank some are professional jumpers so probably gonna be way to stressful to swap my substrate I'll let them settle in for a good six months and think about it again. Thanks so much for the solid advice though!Hello and welcome, I just went though changing from gravel to sand, I posted a thread on it that may help you. Plan on at least a day to do it if you have a large tank. I changed over a 55 gallon tank. I am happy so far that I did. Good luck.
Thank you!!That sounds like a reasonable decision to me, I also worry about my fish getting stressed. What I did was put them in a dark covered bucket and covered it with a towel. I also had an air stone for them. When I went to start putting them back into the tank they were all sleeping.