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Removing sand in planted aquarium
Looking for advice:
I have a heavily planted 75 gallon aquarium with about a 1.5 to 2 inch layer of Flourite on the bottom of it. On top of the Flourite is an inch to 1.5 inches of sand. I have had it this way for about a year now. The sand is a real pain to keep clean without disturbing it too much. What I want to do is somehow remove it and replace it with about 1.5 inches of pebble gravel. In this way I will better be able to clean it without having a big disturbance inside the aquarium. Does anyone have any ideas how I can remove this sand without disturbing the waters too much and then replacing it with the pebble gravel. Your advice is appreciated. Dan |
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Removing sand in planted aquarium
On Thu, 6 Jul 2006 20:50:38 -0600, "Dan" wrote:
Looking for advice: I have a heavily planted 75 gallon aquarium with about a 1.5 to 2 inch layer of Flourite on the bottom of it. On top of the Flourite is an inch to 1.5 inches of sand. I have had it this way for about a year now. The sand is a real pain to keep clean without disturbing it too much. What I want to do is somehow remove it and replace it with about 1.5 inches of pebble gravel. In this way I will better be able to clean it without having a big disturbance inside the aquarium. Does anyone have any ideas how I can remove this sand without disturbing the waters too much and then replacing it with the pebble gravel. Your advice is appreciated. Dan I do not understand this thing of cleaning tank bottoms. I have 5 tanks. I change 20% twice weekly with the syphon inlet hanging in the middle of the larger tanks. All my tanks are heavily planted. The only time I disturb the bottom is while I am pulling excess growth. The largest tank, 75 gallons has been set up for 3 1/2 years. I know there is stuff on the bottom as I can see it when larger fish disturb the bottom. The stuff either settles back down or the filter picks it up. Considering that my filters only filter, that is, strain the tank solids, thus not actually removing them, why all the fus? My filters have not active chemicals. I figure any solids held back by the media eventually return to the tank as erosion reduces their size. dick |
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Removing sand in planted aquarium
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Dan wrote: Looking for advice: I have a heavily planted 75 gallon aquarium with about a 1.5 to 2 inch layer of Flourite on the bottom of it. On top of the Flourite is an inch to 1.5 inches of sand. I have had it this way for about a year now. The sand is a real pain to keep clean without disturbing it too much. What I want to do is somehow remove it and replace it with about 1.5 inches of pebble gravel. In this way I will better be able to clean it without having a big disturbance inside the aquarium. Does anyone have any ideas how I can remove this sand without disturbing the waters too much and then replacing it with the pebble gravel. Your advice is appreciated. Siphon it through a seive and replace the flourite that comes out. -- Need Mercedes parts? http://parts.mbz.org Richard Sexton | Mercedes stuff: http://mbz.org 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Home pages: http://rs79.vrx.net 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | http://aquaria.net http://killi.net |
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