Taking care of sand

bsmith · 07-14-2005, 07:05 PM

is it harder to take care of sand than it is to on gravel ? I want to get sand and i just wanted to know how it would effect my tank, achieving enough bacteria, keeping it and maintaining it ?
thanks

**Osiris** · 07-14-2005, 07:23 PM

Sand IMO is much easier to work with, as the debris doesnt go into the sand like it does with pebbles. Just lightly gravel vac over the top of it when need be. Wash it good before putting it in your tank, as for seedin it, just take some gravel put it in a strawberry basket thing and set it on top of sand it will seed the sand.

bsmith · 07-14-2005, 08:15 PM

ok cool im going to get a syphon to clean the tank and do water changes, any good ones ? i see some for 9$ and some for 60$, whats the major differences ? some say you shake it in the water and it creates the syphon and some say to hook it up to the tap. i want the one that hooks to the tap, what are my choices on brands ? i looked at petco.com and saw one that went to the tap but it was 60$, any others ?
thanks

blakeoe · 07-15-2005, 01:12 AM

Agreed sand is easy. As for the syphon id go with cheaper but just my opinion.

maxpayne_lhp · 07-15-2005, 02:06 AM

Agree with MPro... do you keep plants?

07-14-2005, 07:05 PM	#1
bsmith fish n00b Join Date: May 2005 Age: 26 Posts: 406	Taking care of sand is it harder to take care of sand than it is to on gravel ? I want to get sand and i just wanted to know how it would effect my tank, achieving enough bacteria, keeping it and maintaining it ? thanks __________________ * 40 Gallon BR Tank * 2 Blue Ram 2 AngelFish (gold & marble) 4 Green Cory 3 Neon Tetra 1 Pleco 4 ghost shrimp 1 Golden Apple Snail * 10 Gallon Tank * 2 juvi Albino Cory Cats 4 Neon Tetras http://community.webshots.com/user/bsmith000

07-14-2005, 07:23 PM	#2
Osiris Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 25 Posts: 3,838	Sand IMO is much easier to work with, as the debris doesnt go into the sand like it does with pebbles. Just lightly gravel vac over the top of it when need be. Wash it good before putting it in your tank, as for seedin it, just take some gravel put it in a strawberry basket thing and set it on top of sand it will seed the sand. __________________ Reality is for people who can't handle Science-Fiction

07-14-2005, 08:15 PM	#3
bsmith fish n00b Join Date: May 2005 Age: 26 Posts: 406	ok cool im going to get a syphon to clean the tank and do water changes, any good ones ? i see some for 9$ and some for 60$, whats the major differences ? some say you shake it in the water and it creates the syphon and some say to hook it up to the tap. i want the one that hooks to the tap, what are my choices on brands ? i looked at petco.com and saw one that went to the tap but it was 60$, any others ? thanks __________________ * 40 Gallon BR Tank * 2 Blue Ram 2 AngelFish (gold & marble) 4 Green Cory 3 Neon Tetra 1 Pleco 4 ghost shrimp 1 Golden Apple Snail * 10 Gallon Tank * 2 juvi Albino Cory Cats 4 Neon Tetras http://community.webshots.com/user/bsmith000

07-15-2005, 02:06 AM	#5
maxpayne_lhp Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: West Michigan Age: 20 Posts: 2,174	Agree with MPro... do you keep plants? __________________ ~Nam Nguyen~

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07-15-2005, 01:12 AM	#4
blakeoe Educated Idiot Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Hammond, LA Age: 25 Posts: 209	Agreed sand is easy. As for the syphon id go with cheaper but just my opinion.

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