Washing sand from one of my reef aquariums

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Pets & Animals

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• sand
• reef
• fishtank
• fish
• tank
• aquarium
• wash
• cleaning
• diy

[familydred]

i got a black newly bought i put it at my aquarrium once i put water it got very dirty is that good

[AquariumForum]

you dont want it dirty

[inachu]

Rinsing with fresh salt water or are you using tap water?

[AquariumForum]

Thats tap water!

[AquariumForum]

By the way folks, this certainly kills the beneficial bacteria in the sand... only do this when you really need to clean the sand, this is not a regular maintenance type of thing to do. And you must dechlorinate the last batch of water that you rinse the sand with.

[rosserluke]

TIP = instead of buying expensive aquarium sand form a shop, just buy childrens play sand wich is about £1.50 ($3.00) enough for a 10gallon aquarium

[AquariumForum]

I would advise to not use silica sand in a reef though, use aragonite sand instead.

[imabadspeler]

You could, But you might introduce parrisites. Just be sure to starilize it either by boiling it or bakeing it.

[raneatyler]

I want to do sand in my freshwater aquarium. Do you think I should still churn the sand every month even though I have a bunch of khuli loaches that dig in the gravel I have now and will probably dig in the sand if I get it? And how long did it take you to clean that much sand? Thank you.

[yvettenbobby]

hey...i bought live sand in the past and it comes with bio magnet...works great...but im trying somthing new bought some play sand didnt wash it put it in the tank extreamly cloudy did almost a 90% water change cleared up a lot but still noticeably cloudy been like that for about a week after water change....any advice......thanks

[bilbobag111]

Just out of curiosity ... Do you prefer deep sand beds or shallow sand beds? and What kind of sand do you prefer?

[riderinblack57]

@tigreslokos well i know how it feels to look around online and 100 people tell you not to and 100 tell you to do it its confusing and whishing someone just gave you a straight answer ive been there so i decided to help out where i can so your welcome

[tigreslokos]

@riderinblack57 you're probably the nicest guy that has ever replied a comment I've made lol, really thanks man :)

[riderinblack57]

@tigreslokos your very welcome and if you have any future questions dont be afraid to ask me i am more than glad to share my expirience and wisdom !!!

[tigreslokos]

@riderinblack57 thanks a lot man (= my water is clear now, it was just a matter of time as you said, but I don't want to do big water changes because it's a new tank so I want the bacteria to settle and have a good mature water (=

thanks a lot man, have a nice day(=

[riderinblack57]

@tigreslokos it will indeed i had the same prob in my tank but now its crystal clear just give it time dont do water changes out of the ordinary maybe a 5% each week till it clears up then return to regular and recomended 10% water changes let the tank do all the work remember too many water changes can give you a bacteria bloom which will cloud your water if that happens let me know i will tell you how to fix that...

[tigreslokos]

hey man, I think I didn't wash my sand very well, will a 50 gallon filter clean it up on a 35 gallon tank??

please respond anyone (=

[MrDontfeedme]

if you buy white sand that is very bright how do you keep it bright

[damafiafz]

helo there little help would a filter or powerhead suck up the sand and store it in the filter ?????