bumpylemon;1967070; said:ok so whats bumpy doing today after work? buying 100lbs of pool filter sand...emptying 90 gallons of water with 2 5 gallon buckets. removing 110 pounds of rock. cleaning 100lbs of filter sand. adding 100lbs of filter sand....adding 90 gallons of water.. yes i love my life.
when you remove the gravel don't take all the water out...that's your good water from cycling. take out half of the water and add the sand in...depending on how strong is your filter it will settle down within 24hrs...
if you do drain out all the water from your tank just to remove the gravel then you pretty recycling the tank over.