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[Ilovefishes24]

you can suck the old sand out with a gravel vac, just take the but tube off and you the hose. it will suck it right out.

I hate letting the cloud settle. To me, that just means that there is stuff in my tank that has the chance to get stirred back up eventually.

I dump the sand into a 5 gallon bucket, add water, an then mix it with a drill with a cement mixing attachment. Let it settle and dump the cloudy water and extra fine particles. Repeat till clear.

Lmaoo I don't have no mixer lol
But I'll try dumping it into the pvc pipe after I've washed it

 

[Ilovefishes24]

Yep. definitely need to rinse it before you put it in there. I always rinse my sand and gravel in the bag, just stuff it in a bucket so none escapes.

What you mean in the bag?
The same bag u got from your lfs?

 

[GamerChick5567]

Yep. Just cut the top of the baggie open and stuff a hose in there. Put the hose pressure pretty low and then just sift the sand. Dump water really carefully. The nasty stuff should float to the top and the sand should stay in the bag or bucket.

It's like washing a bag of rice kinda sorta haha. I always use sand so I'm a pro. Heh.

 

[Ilovefishes24]

Yep. Just cut the top of the baggie open and stuff a hose in there. Put the hose pressure pretty low and then just sift the sand. Dump water really carefully. The nasty stuff should float to the top and the sand should stay in the bag or bucket.

It's like washing a bag of rice kinda sorta haha. I always use sand so I'm a pro. Heh.

Lmaoo really. Lol omg. I'll try that when I get home
Hopefully it goes good

 

[Ilovefishes24]

Try dumping it through pvc pipe

What should I do

 

[GamerChick5567]

Maybe get a cup and scoop it into the pvc?

 

[Slythy]

I had 3 180g tanks crack on me when i filled them.. new. i had to remove 300lbs of sand each time. Its not bad, go get a flat gardening hand shovel and go at it. Also pool filter sand isnt super fine it doesnt float or cloud when you move it. I drained and filled it up each time.

 

[FMA4ME]

What should I do

Leave the sand that is in it!!! Your geos will be fine, you do not want to deal with fine sand getting into your filter as Duanes mentioned.

 

[J. H.]

I hate letting the cloud settle. To me, that just means that there is stuff in my tank that has the chance to get stirred back up eventually.

You got rinse the sand well and you will have no cloud. I learned this the hard way. That cloud of sand will chew through impellers so fast you won't know what hit you.

you can suck the old sand out with a gravel vac, just take the but tube off and you the hose. it will suck it right out.

I wish I knew this 4 months ago.

Lmaoo I don't have no mixer lol
But I'll try dumping it into the pvc pipe after I've washed it

I used a little plastic box the size of shoebox, and rinsed the sand in there, bit by bit. No hose, carried the water to the backyard bucket by bucket. works just fine. Just make sure it is really rinsed or you will regret it.
Also be careful moving any substrate in and out of a tank, especially sand. You can scratch up a glass tank or completely destroy an acrylic one with no effort at all.

 

[Ilovefishes24]

Maybe get a cup and scoop it into the pvc?

Yes I'll do that. But I'm talkin about my sand I pushed to one side of the tank