Aquarium Sand

[danielp]

Have one tank of this stuff.

Had my water tested last night and nitrate levels we within tolerance but on the high side of acceptable

Do i need to stir the sand up from time to time?

[electricblue]

yup, i would stir my sand every time i did a water change.

[rmalford]

yup, i would stir my sand every time i did a water change.

+1
That's what I do. Stuff gets trapped under there.

[fshfrk]

Get a giraffecat. He will stir it for you.

[danielp]

Makes sense.

I do it with my gravel substrate tanks

Thanks

[electricblue]

well sand is alot more finer than gravel, so with gravel you you can just vacum but whit sand i heard gas pockets or bubbles build in the sand.

[aquabee]

Yeah, be careful of gas pockets. They can kill your entire tank at once when release. Make sure to have a giraffe cat stirring up your tank, or intermittent circ pumps, or corys (for smaller tanks), or shellies. Or you can just use the siphon to move the sand around weekly during your WC.

[R_sustaita]

Get a giraffecat. He will stir it for you.

+1

not will it stir it but will clean it too as they work as a vacuum.

[eklikewhoa]

Get a giraffecat. He will stir it for you.

+1 hahaha

[eklikewhoa]

You get anerobic gas pockets with sand and that stuff is lethal if it's been sitting too long.

[danielp]

You get anerobic gas pockets with sand and that stuff is lethal if it's been sitting too long.

Glad I asked.

Just bought a group of Ventralis Chituta juvie's that i want to get a breeding group out of.

[danielp]

Will clown loaches work ok in sand substrate?

[aquabee]

Will clown loaches work ok in sand substrate?

Absolutely! I seem to recall that you have some amazing clown loaches!

[danielp]

Absolutely! I seem to recall that you have some amazing clown loaches!

Oh yeah not breaking my group up though.

New reason to buy some more loaches:mrgreen:

Thanks

[Totenkampf]

yep this is why i went away from sand, MTS will help but then you have another problem unless you keep clown loaches or assassin snails. since anaerobic bacteria use nitrates, you may not have a problem yet.