What kind of sand?

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I use playsand and have never had a problem. Aquarium sand is just too damn expensive.

What I did to clean my playsand was to put as much as I could carry in a bucket, and rinse it with a hose till the water ran clear, and then it was fine in the tank.
 
I use pool filter sand and I dont even rinse it (i'm sure with other brands you might have to)
play sand is a lot finer and needs to be rinsed more, and its harder to maintain IMO
 
pool filter sand is the best as rally said imo
no rinsing just dump it in
works awesome
mike
 
Pool filter sand.
agway home depot or any larger hardware store should have it.I paid $6/50lb
 
That would be a pretty good start. I think I ended up putting 2 1/2 bags in my 135.
All of the hardware stores that have pool maintenance supplys will have it. Around here is 5 bucks for a 50 pound bag.
 
So do you vac sand? Seems like it would all come up, what do you do for regular maitence?

Travis
 
Howdy,

I have playsand in my tank. No problems, zero mainenance with my Malaysian Trumpet Snails. I didn't even wash the sand since the residual clay works as plant fertilizer.

:thumbsup:

HarleyK


ps

playsand --> :nutkick:<--pool filter sand
 
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