I bought a used tank and kept the sand bed in it because it was already well established, I am now considering doing a sand bed change and would like to have some really fine grain, as white as possible sand. If you have any suggestions on what kind of sand to use please reply.
I will most likely remove all the rock, snails, and crabs to a rubbermaid with water in it, put the coral in my aquapod. drain about half the tank with fish in it. Remove sand, packing about 3-5 nylon stockings about baseball size with old sand. Add new sand with nylon stocking sand balls left in to seed new sand (will be taken out in a few weeks). Add back rock, add water, and power system on. periodically clean mechanical filter media for a day or two until dust clears, re add coral from aquapod.
Insights and suggestions to my plan would be much appreciated. Thanks alot.
~edit~ I am thinking of using this sand. How much do you think I will need to have a 2-3 inch bed in a 55g?
http://www.marinedepot.com/ps_ViewItem.aspx?idproduct=CS0930
I will most likely remove all the rock, snails, and crabs to a rubbermaid with water in it, put the coral in my aquapod. drain about half the tank with fish in it. Remove sand, packing about 3-5 nylon stockings about baseball size with old sand. Add new sand with nylon stocking sand balls left in to seed new sand (will be taken out in a few weeks). Add back rock, add water, and power system on. periodically clean mechanical filter media for a day or two until dust clears, re add coral from aquapod.
Insights and suggestions to my plan would be much appreciated. Thanks alot.
~edit~ I am thinking of using this sand. How much do you think I will need to have a 2-3 inch bed in a 55g?
http://www.marinedepot.com/ps_ViewItem.aspx?idproduct=CS0930
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