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Substrate: Pebbles or Sand?

Coral / Puka Shells Substrate for new 90 gallon

Tue, 04/23/2013 - 02:17 — Tamara

Love my fish and I am upgrading to a 90 gallon with wet/dry sump eith bio balls and sponge filter ( lower tank for sum is 30 gallon) and beautiful set up.

I currently have two large blood red parrots 6 years old in 46 gallon tank with bio wheel and rock substrate. I keep an extra clean tank and change water frequently.  I just want it to be a good adjustment.

 

Sand in my tank

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 13:05 — Niekomaster

 

 

OK, So I bought 150 pounds of pool filter sand and took out my fish and put it in there, there was no easy way too, so i just dumped it in. Well, that was last night and now I still have a cloudy mess. can't see through it at all. I thought it would clear up. My canister and sponge filters are still on, should I turn them off for a while? will this clear? could I do a massive water change? The sand is at the bottom, it is just very very murky like it died the water.... now i have a 125 gallon pond :( HELP 

Best filter with sand substrate and BP

Thu, 03/08/2012 - 19:59 — dumpling

I started my aquarist hobby 6 mo ago.
I have several tanks but only One with sand for my BP.
Q is what kind Of filter is best for sand? I have a aqueon Bio wheel which I had to replace several times due to sand getting sucked up when fish stir it up(1x added water w/o shutting off filter-Big mistake!!)It immediate kills the motor for good!
I will be getting bigger tank eventually and want the right system.
I remedied my prob by adding fish net over filter but I am always having to remove and clean silt off it - great way for my BP to attack his enemy -my hand- on a reg basis!

adding gravels

Thu, 12/01/2011 - 13:47 — nicogelo23

i have 50 gallon tank with 3 parrot fish and 2 hummerheads. i want to add gravels (pebbles) in my tank. can i add the gravels while my fish is inside the tank? any suggestions? THANKS!

sand color

Sun, 11/06/2011 - 00:06 — pcmom

I am going to get some sand for my tank. Does anyone know which is best? Any particular color seem to be better?

Suzie Q and Blue

Sat, 03/05/2011 - 15:01 — Anonymous

Hello there we have two freshwater parrots susie q we have had for about eight months and blue for about a month and a half been having algae problems as of lately wondering about changing their gravel to sand would that be a wise decision and also would it hurt them or our snails or the algae eater that doesn"t seem to be much of a help it seems the algae only grows on the rocks that i'm not to sure if i should be using either it' s white marble chips, something we had just laying around we boiled and rinsed them but still very unsure if there any good for the fish

Adding sand to my aquarium

Fri, 04/30/2010 - 21:44 — joey_1984

I am thinking about adding sand to my aquarium with my BP's. I need some suggestion's as to add this to the tank that already has gravel in it. Also should I remove the fish so I do not stress them. I just changed my 10G with 4 guppies to sand and the water is still cloudy a bit. Maybe it will be cleared by tomorrow morning. Any help with this is great. And yes the sand is drained of all the dirt floating on top. But I didn't do it as long for my 10G so maybe that is why it is still cloudy a bit.

Update on the sand storm.. lessons to be learned about changing from gravel to sand!!

Sun, 01/24/2010 - 19:10 — MissMissy

Hey so It pretty much settled yesterday (the sand) I decided to put the
filter on and it pretty much got rid of the tiny particles in the water
not fully but it is much improved. I think I will have to lol dust the
fake plants and re decorate. So lessons learned, if you are changing
from gravel to sand with an already cycled tank I would put the sand in
first make sure you rinse the sand even if your lfs says not to worry. 
Put the sand in your tank wait 2 days then put the filter on the 3rd
day then after that decorate. lol Any who hope this helps new sand

How Do I Get Rid Of The Sand Storm In My Tank ??

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 16:25 — MissMissy

Hi I am new to this forum. First off my name is Noelle and I have a BP currently in a quarantine tank getting better from a case of ick. I decided while she was getting better to do some remodeling in her tank. I switched from gravel to sand last night using about four 5lb bags of silica sand for a 30gal tank. When doing this I shut down my tank completely having my filters off. When I was done with this project I knew the water was going to be cloudy but thought that maybe by the morning it would be pretty normal. I didnt put the filter back on ever since putting the sand in the tank.

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