Tank Change

[tbordeau]

I have a 30g tank that currently has 3 jewels, 2 algae eaters, and two other cichlids that I do not know the name of. I have gravel in the bottom of the tank but wat thinking about removing gravel and putting in sand. What kind of sand do I use? And I use a gravel cleaner now to clean tank..what would you use for sand? And will this be okay for all the fish? And will an underground filter still work?

 

[WILDER]

http/www.fishtanksandponds.net/general/tank_decor.htm

 

[tbordeau]

Wow. That had alot of information and answered some other questions that I had. I do not think that I have enough cover for these fish. My jewels just had babies again so I am waiting until they get a little bigger before I move them to the holding tank. My boyfriend has never done a complete (change rock, clean under gravel filer, etc.) cleaning on the tank since he has had it, about 7 years now. My gravel has alot of algae on it. I want to liven it up some, but do not want to hurt my babies at the same time. I have about 150 fry's swimming in my tank now. I have no idea what I am going to do with all of them...any suggestions?

 

[jflowers]

I didn't see it mentioned in that link, so I will add that, no you can't use an undergravel filter with sand. There are lots of cheap internals around, but if you can afford it, go for a canister, they are my preferance.

Jon