So you put the sand in buckets and run hose water through it. Then you stick the drill bit thing (it's actually a paint or concrete mixer attachment) into the bucket and it agitates the sand while the water continues to rinse the sand. I suppose it kicks up the super fine particles of dirt and separates out debris which rinses out leaving clean sand at the bottom.
That is very complex. I got confused even reading it lol.
Yeah, the sand is expensive but since I'm getting corys I wanted to get something that I know for sure is meant for aquariums and won't somehow hurt the fish. And in the grand scheme of things after I look at what I paid for the tank, the stand, the light, and the hardscape stuff, I was like - meh - sure, I'll pay that for sand, LOL.just caught up with this thread, and I have to say I'm super excited for you! I love the sand, it was on my list for the 125 but then the whole reality of $$ resulted in a "no" lol. I don't need to tell you to take your time since you just recently went through this tank setup thing, but oh my gosh am I ever excited about this project!
I also hear you on the pesky "job" thing - on one screen I have TFF open, on another screen I have an excel sheet waiting for some attention. I think we can all conclude which one is winning the attention battle at the moment
My husband really likes the dumbos. I would like a full moon and definitely blue. Although I gravitate towards the full moons and half moons, I've seen some blue rim bettas that are phenomenal. So we'll see. But I don't think I can go without one of those amazing flowing tails. Maybe a blue rim will be my next tank
I have a female dumbo betta in a 12 gallon community tank and she's doing really well.My husband really likes the dumbos. I would like a full moon and definitely blue. Although I gravitate towards the full moons and half moons, I've seen some blue rim bettas that are phenomenal. So we'll see. But I don't think I can go without one of those amazing flowing tails. Maybe a blue rim will be my next tank
Not sure yet where I am going to get it from. LFS doesn't really get them and I'm leery of getting one from PetSmart or PetCo. I might order and have one delivered but still looking for a good online source.
I'll let it do its thing for a while. I can't get my fish until after we take a trip in February. So there's no rush to speed along the cycle. I may use the beneficial bacteria if the tank is still not cycled when we get back from our vacation. I think after I added the Tetra Safe Start to my last tank it completed the cycle in 4 days. For now I'm just going to take my time figuring out the hardscape and plants and just getting that laid out the way I want it.
The S is a serious piece of kit and the same I have on my 100 litre tank, it is definitely a high tech light so get a dimmer, you can get two types for it one where it is just a percent checker and an other where you can set a schedule, I would go for the one with the schedule it is tricky to set up but it makes sense once you've got your head around it.
Did the spiderwood finally sink? I hope it did. You could also attach java fern to the spiderwood too.
So, not sure yet. I don't have the tank filled up with water. Still playing around with the hardscape and waiting for plants to arrive. Right now I have the spider wood soaking in a bucket to get rid of some tannins and water log it (hopefully). But I am planning to glue and/or tie it down with a rock to be on the safe side. I watched a video yesterday where George Farmer was setting up a tank with a piece of wood and LOTS I mean LOTS of little carpeting plants across the entire tank floor. So he goes through I don't know how long of planting these tiny little plants all over the substrate and then as he's filling up the tank at the end the wood starts to float up. Totally tears up the substrate and all of the little plants he had put in. He said he was "rather cross" when it happened, LOL. He's so polite. So I definitely don't want that happening with my wood floating up after I've planted!
