when i had the sand in my 55g i just used one bag it looked alright because the 55g isnt that wide so it gives you a decent depth for substrate. pool filter sand is pretty white, i wouldnt say pure white but its nice and with the right lighting it looks awesome. in my gallery there are a couple pics of my old JD you can see the Pool filter sand in those pics.
Is converting to sand worth the hassel??
- Thread starter sg1
- Start date
its definately worth the hassle as you called it althought i thought it was pretty easy just time consuming.
i have never gone back to gravel for well over 7 years.
i have never gone back to gravel for well over 7 years.
DiXoN;1482669; said:
Well I went and did it lol!! The sand is in and the decore is back in place, just waiting for the cloudy water to clear up. Got it done with only 1 injury, hoping it isnt fatal. My leperinus freaked out when I started pulling everything out and ramed himself through a hole in a rock that was too small for him to fit. The jag took this oppertunity to bite his tail! Opertunistic little brat! Anyway he was jammed in there so good I couldnt push him out either way, Ive got these big dykes used for cutting thick pieces of copper wire, I was able to break/cut through the rock with them to free the fish, but he has lots of damage all around his gills where he wedged himself in
Other than that, went real smooth, and I THINK he is gonna make it.i think pay day im going out and buying some sand. i wanted to do it first but didnt have any research done. now im set on doing it.
I changed my 20g to sand, and thought it would be a pain...
I took half the water out and used a container to take the majority of gravel out. I was worried that taking the remaining gravel out would be hard, but I just used a siphon tube (took the gravel catcher off) and sucked all the gravel bits up - it was easy!
I used pool filter sand, and it looks awesome.
Cleaning with my siphon isn't too bad, I just keep it a few inches above the sand and don't lose much. It is light stuff, but it doesn't get suspended in the water easily.
Fish poo shows up a lot though, because it doesn't get hidden in cracks like gravel.
I took half the water out and used a container to take the majority of gravel out. I was worried that taking the remaining gravel out would be hard, but I just used a siphon tube (took the gravel catcher off) and sucked all the gravel bits up - it was easy!
I used pool filter sand, and it looks awesome.
Cleaning with my siphon isn't too bad, I just keep it a few inches above the sand and don't lose much. It is light stuff, but it doesn't get suspended in the water easily.
Fish poo shows up a lot though, because it doesn't get hidden in cracks like gravel.
Ok I got the sand in what do you guys think? Its still a little cloudy but I think it already look SO much better than it did with gravel!!
I wish you could get it in a darker color, but I'm 99% going sand anyway. Gonna grab some PFS...you think if I call HD or Lowes and ask what color the PFS is they'll think I'm weird/nuts? 
CTU2fan;1484419; said:I wish you could get it in a darker color, but I'm 99% going sand anyway. Gonna grab some PFS...you think if I call HD or Lowes and ask what color the PFS is they'll think I'm weird/nuts?
WellI got mine at a hobby shop, decent price too, $37 for 120 pounds
