Sand is engulfing my fish PLEASE HELP

[N.C.]

i use silica sand in my 75gal and its super fine, never had a problem and the plants do great in it, sorry bout your fish

 

[albirdy]

That sucks, man. Good luck. Do more research before you do something like that. Simply product description let me know that it was primarily for turtles and salamanders.

Bon chance.

 

[Riv D]

MAn, My Aus Lung looks bummed out now I sucked out all his sand, like I just destroyed his home.
He's hanging out on the little bit that I left.
I'm def gonna replace it with some 3M sand.

 

[thefishguy7]

That sucks Dan...sounded like cool stuff. Hope your fish will be okay. What color are you going to get?

 

[tylerperkins]

just get sand box sand at home depot for $3 for a 50lb bag thats what i got wash it good and your ready to go im gettin 2 more bags tomorrow for my new 125

 

[skiptomyzoo]

just get sand box sand at home depot for $3 for a 50lb bag thats what i got wash it good and your ready to go im gettin 2 more bags tomorrow for my new 125

Personally I would go with pool filter sand, as i did the sand box sand (if you do this make sure to read the labels, make sure its not treated) and I disliked it bc it was a very dirty sand and required much washing. I eventually took it all out after 6 months, as it didn't look nearly as nice or clean after a while, no mater how much I vacuumed up the waste. If i was to do sand again, I would go pool filter, but that is just my opinion.

 

[Greenspot]

Is the sand starting to come off them?

 

[cichlaguapote]

Live and learn... Hopefully your fish are ok.. Yes I would put some 3m or other sand in asap.. might help keep some of the other sand that's left down..

 

[freshwaterfishing]

I hope all your fish are doing better if not i hope theyll get better soon.

 

[Mudfrog]

just get sand box sand at home depot for $3 for a 50lb bag thats what i got wash it good and your ready to go im gettin 2 more bags tomorrow for my new 125

Sand box sand is horrible, it's way too fine and it will never get clean enough. I destroyed 3 AC110's with that stuff and swore I'd never use sand again. I recently tried pool filter sand and that stuff is great, 1000 times better then play sand.