Sand... Do u vacuum it?

[probassfisher010]

What I do Is I take the siphon off and and get more suction from just the hose opening, and just skim over the top of the sand and get all the dirt and poop.


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[zoohouse]

I use a 2ft long vac tube and treat pfs like fine gravel. Don't let it pick up more than a few inches of sand or it will pull it all the way to the top. With my big fish I perfer to go bare bottom and use power heads to suspend the waste in the column. Imo gravel is better than sand when it comes to bio stability (just a thought).

 

[Harleydiva]

I have a 2 ft tube I use on my 175 that had pea gravel and river rock. I just wanted a lil different but still natural look in the other tank. What makes the difference for bio in gravel and sand?


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[zoohouse]

Sand will pack together tighter and reduce the oxygen available to the bb in the substrate.

 

[Kcameron]

I vacuum my pfs directly because it doesn't get sucked up. My carib is much lighter though so I stir it up then hover the siphon over it

 

[ckcdrummer]

I bought sand and unfortunately it does get sucked up by the vacuum, I just hover it over the sand to pick up any thing or what I'll do is I'll just mix up the sand every once and a while and get all the crap out then I'll do a water change, that pretty much gets everything out.


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[Harleydiva]

Well I just installed it today. I removed the rocks and pea gravel which made a big ol nasty mess out of the water. So I did a 50% water change and added the PFS I'm just waiting on the filters and the crud to settle


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[ckcdrummer]

Well I just installed it today. I removed the rocks and pea gravel which made a big ol nasty mess out of the water. So I did a 50% water change and added the PFS I'm just waiting on the filters and the crud to settle


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You realize by removing your cycled gravel you going to have to let the your tank mostly cycle again.


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[suckermouth467]

I was wondering the same this, thanks, this was very helpful.

 

[DammitKhoa]

i use a powerhead which is on a few hours each day. i also use a fish net with a small mesh and go about in a circular motion, right on top of the "dead areas" in the tank the powerhead can't get to. Catches big pieces and I just take em out.

As for sand, you're supposed to rotate it every once in a while. The dirty stuff will sink into the lower layers and will need to be dug up to expose them