cleaning up fish poop

[fishingaddict]

i have pool filter sand in my tank and run a wet dry with two overflow boxes. and for some reason.. it pushes all the poop into two piles.. i guess it turned out for the best. now whats the best way to scoop up the crap? a net? scoop it all up and shake till the sand comes out and all you have left is doo? or is there another alternative. what do yall do?

thanks

 

[DrZacharyus]

i vacuum

 

[fsubulldogs]

i have pool filter sand in my tank and when the poo builds up i just take my vacuum and get the poop. place the tube about 1/2 in above the sand and it sucks it up

 

[DrZacharyus]

yep, just use the hose, the suction is much greater due to the fact the hose has much smaller diameter than the head of the vacuum

 

[sncboom]

That's the wonderful thing about sand...it all stays on top well for the most part.

 

[DrZacharyus]

make sure you stir up the sand to release the trapped gasses

 

[Dreamsofpeace54]

Or get MTS, they bury into the sand during the day but surface at night to eat, algae left over foods etc. Best snail ever.

 

[X24]

Or get MTS, they bury into the sand during the day but surface at night to eat, algae left over foods etc. Best snail ever.

i beg to differ, they don't eat algea and my yoyos and puffer hate them.

perfect snail would be like a mts only have a raging hunger for algea and a softer shell.

but ya most of the time all the more work i do with my sand is simply move the gravel vac over the sand and all the poo and stuff gets picked up easily.

 

[Dreamsofpeace54]

i beg to differ, they don't eat algea and my yoyos and puffer hate them.

My clown loaches and africans never seem to have trouble eating them . OK, They arent algae gods, but when i look on my glass after awhile without a good scrap you can see where they've been, carving neat little designs into the algae. You know like cropcircles, pictures, game of tic tac toe, etc etc

 

[bengalsfan47025]

so you can use pool sand for substrate is it cheap filter sand right