QUICK QUESTION - Safe Sand???

[barberking12]

i wasnt just going to throw it in with out cleaning it first i just wanted to know if its aquarium safe . im leaning more toward taking some sand from the creek near my house. cant get any more natural then what comes from nature.

you can use the creek sand just rinse it and you will be fine

 

[Chrisplosion]

Gonna clean it now

 

[Chrisplosion]

This stuff is really clean surprisingly

 

[Chrisplosion]

In the tank, did a small change. Gonna slightly decorate it and then will take a pic.

 

[Chrisplosion]

Threw a couple Parrots and my one of my Argentea in there to test. If there are no problems then tomorrow will take them out return my other fish to the tank. I need to flip the background from blue to black.



The tank a couple days ago

 

[fenderwai]

I would not recommend to use sand as gravel, it's so light and always get sucked by filter and damaged the impeller


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[Chrisplosion]

I'm sure there is plenty of people who would disagree with that.

 

[Nighttouch]

I'm sure there is plenty of people who would disagree with that.

PLENTY of people. Many fishkeepers use sand as substrate for its pleasant look and ease of maintenance.

As long as you rinse the sand well, all of the lighter bits will be gone and you will get minimal amounts of sand in your filter. It's always a good idea to turn your filter off when adding the sand and waiting for any bits to settle before turning it back on, just to play it safe.

 

[seedubs1]

i wasnt just going to throw it in with out cleaning it first i just wanted to know if its aquarium safe . im leaning more toward taking some sand from the creek near my house. cant get any more natural then what comes from nature.

I'd boil it if I were getting it from the creek. No telling what bacteria, microbes, and other nasties are in there.

Personally, I'd rather get sand from a hardware store than the creek.

 

[Chrisplosion]

Tanks no longer cloudy, sand looks awesome in it. None of the tester fish croaked so I'm very happy with it.