Q on sand

[mike dunagan]

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/videos/cleaning_sand.php

How I clean sand...

 

[kendog1]

thanks for the link mike, i was wondering about he gas build up in the sand and that link just answered my questions

 

[japes]

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/videos/cleaning_sand.php

How I clean sand...

Great video, I use coarser sand though so I can leave the wide tube on the end without a problem, and I really don't suck up much sand at all. A very long gravel vacuum tube also gives you time before sand does start getting sucked up, which means you can stir and sort the sand with the gravel-vac, which is great if you have an annoyingly high tank.

my O eats crawfish.

My sarcasm has failed me.

 

[kendog1]

coarser meaning pool filter sand, that would be so much quicker, cleaning and stirring at the same time

 

[japes]

coarser meaning pool filter sand, that would be so much quicker, cleaning and stirring at the same time

The same coarseness or even larger grains than filter sand, I use river sand. Has some little pebbles and driftwood and I think I've even got a tiny freshwater mussel shell in there, I love the look of it.

 

[twhittle]

I just want a darker substrate. at lowes the other day, I saw "desert sand" for planting cactus. it was red, pretty cool about $1.00/lb.

Pool filter sand can be dark, even black. It depends on from where it is mined.

 

[scadarette]

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/videos/cleaning_sand.php

How I clean sand...

cool link