holy cow its a giant snow globe definitely get sand with a bigger grain
Sand Issues
- Thread starter Poly Pinni
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Look for pool filtersand, red garnet , or black blasting sand.
Im amazed it hasnt destroyed the impellar on your filter
Look for pool filtersand, red garnet , or black blasting sand.
Im amazed it hasnt destroyed the impellar on your filter
Smh lol. Between the double posting and misspelling its amazing im even allowed on here.
I have torn ligaments in my right hand so typing on the phone is awkward sometimes...i dont even bother correcting the spelling anymore.
This right here.
Sand is a fantastic substrate for bichirs, just need to get the right grain size
I'm not sure exactly, it was the remainder of some I bought a while ago. It was a branded type - possibly Sansibar but I didn't read the bag before I threw it away. It is the finest sand I've come across, beautiful but obviously problematic with the polys.
im using pool filter sand and the bichirs keep kicking the sand up. also my wavemakers keep messing up the sand
yeah I would get rid of that sand asap, mainly for your filter's sake. A sand that fine is inevitably going to mess with your filter's impeller. As mentioned above, try pool filter sand or blasting abrasive. I personally use floramax and love it
I hadn't thought about it actually damaging the filter, obviously quite a bit of it must be ending up in there - I haven't cleaned it out yet to check. [I moved the polys into this tank about a month ago]. I really like the red garnet sand but couldn't really afford any at the time and thought this sand I had lying around would do for now. Looks like I'd better raid the dogs piggy bank!
