A friend of mine is starting a 55 gallon African Cichlid tank. He wants to use sand as the substrate. Is it best to put the sand in before the water or does it not matter?
Sand first? Or water?
- Thread starter Mad wolf
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Having the sand in prior is ideal. If you add the sand after make sure to turn off any mech filters, so the impellers don't get shot by picking up sand. Removing the intakes from the tank is safer if you have a canister.
I prefer water first then sand, but like other posters have already mentioned, filter off for a couple of hours
Cool thanx. I've been keeping aquariums for years but I've never gone with sand. Kinda what I figured though, based on my experience with gravel.
RINSE THE SAND FIRST. lol regardless which way you choose to do this it will cause a lot less aggrivation if you rinse the sand completely first.
