sand in aquarium
i know there are alot of people wanting to know about putting sand in aquariums.
today i went to home depot and got a bag of "play sand" for like 2.50 and a 5 gal bucket for about 5 bucks.
when i got him i put all 5 lbs of the sand in the bucket and stuck the water hose in it. at first i let the hose on the bottom stir the sand around and the cloudy water would just over flow. if you arent sure if it is sand or just the slit and other "junk" in the sand stick your hand in the over flow and if no sand is giong into your hand you are fine.
after a while i would fill the bucket up and swirl it around then dump the water till you could see the sand fixing to come out of the bucket. over and over.
about 20 mins later i desided i was to tired to do this anymore and took the sand in and dumped it into the aquarium. i filled it up half way and i guess what did worked because it is barely cloudy. just new fish tank cloudy. i even let the hose run into the sand without putting my hand in the way.
just a cheap way of getting a great looking substraight.
will revise this and post pics tomorrow after i get up. im dog tired and wanted to get the general idea down while i was fresh =P
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