OMG! Sand people, check this out!
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so is it just iron shavings?? doesnt look like there was a whole lot in there which is good news.
Even Estes inert gravels have trace amounts of iron, and with a strong enough magnet you can pick them up.Gr8KarmaSF;1710144;1710144 said:So I dropped my cleaning magnet into my sand and look what I pulled out!!! All these little metal fragments from my pool filter sand.
Can other people please do this and share if they get the same results?
Luckily it doesnt seem to have effected my fish, but Ive dragged the magnet through the sand over and over again in hopes of getting it all.
My only worry is that it did effect my fish in the long term, even though I cant see anything from it now...
I wonder if all pool filter sand is made equally? This is why I am asking people to do the same!
It would be great if we could figure out which brands have these shards and which dont!!! Unfortunately I dont remember what brand I used!!!
at first i thought u meant Sand People like,.......... people made of sand or people who lived in sand deserts and you were like, " check them out! sand people!!"
Had to bump this one.
I tried this magnet thing with the sand in my 300 gallon and at least 50% of the sand stuck
to my mag-float......I didn't even have to stir the magnet around. I just set it on top of the
sand and it all just stuck. I couldnt have 300lbs of magnetite....so is it possible that my sand is pretty much all iron?
Someone please help me out here. I'm freakin' out. I woulda made another thread, but this one was already here..
I tried this magnet thing with the sand in my 300 gallon and at least 50% of the sand stuck
to my mag-float......I didn't even have to stir the magnet around. I just set it on top of the
sand and it all just stuck. I couldnt have 300lbs of magnetite....so is it possible that my sand is pretty much all iron?
Someone please help me out here. I'm freakin' out. I woulda made another thread, but this one was already here..
Wow Cam, 50% thats a lot of mag...
Hope you dont use a canister! Might wreak havoc on your impeller!
Hope you dont use a canister! Might wreak havoc on your impeller!
Gr8KarmaSF;2480357; said:
I know right?
It's in my DIY 300 gallon with my DIY 55 gallon sump so I'm not worried about the impeller. I'm worried about the fish. Is it ok to have so much of this stuff in the tank?
Here's a pic of the gravel. Pretty much every black piece of sand in the pic is magnetic.
Now imagine 300 lbs of it...
