More sand

[Kado]

I'm going to add more sand to my mbuna tank and was wondering if I need to remove my fish before doing so and let the water settle? Also can I add the sand while the tank is full of water if I do remove the fish? Cheers

 

[Andrew McFadden]

Just turn off the filters while doing it and a little after

 

[tarpon]

Wash the sand then fill a 2 liter coke bottle (that's been rinsed out) or water bottle with it, the submerge it underwater and turn it upside down. You can apply the sand wherever you want and all the tiny particles that would cloud your water stay trapped in the bottle. Then you simply dump that water in the sink.

It's on YouTube, try something like :adding aquarium sand bottle

In theory you don't have to wash it but I still rinse it a little bit

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

Wash the sand then fill a 2 liter coke bottle (that's been rinsed out) or water bottle with it, the submerge it underwater and turn it upside down. You can apply the sand wherever you want and all the tiny particles that would cloud your water stay trapped in the bottle. Then you simply dump that water in the sink.

It's on YouTube, try something like :adding aquarium sand bottle

In theory you don't have to wash it but I still rinse it a little bit

That's a really good idea, I would still do a rinse before though

 

[gman42]

I agree with tarpon, the 2 liter bottle trick is great. I added sand with this method, and the water stayed crystal clear.

 

[Kado]

That's brilliant! Would never have thought of that.thanks so much

 

[Kado]

I will also turn off the filters. Thanks again everyone

 

[tarpon]

Let us know How other turns out

 

[Kado]

All done looks great. Thanks for all the help
What do you think?

 

[Andrew McFadden]

Looks great

 

[Cichlid ism]

All done looks great. Thanks for all the help
What do you think?

Sand looks great and so does the tank. What size is the tank and how many pounds of sand did u put in it? I'm on the verge of putting 60 pounds in a 55.

 

[kjacks]

looks good .. i added more sand to my tank by just using a cup and it stayed pretty clear and got the job done ..

 

[Convict2161]

Awesome job!!

 

[Kado]

Thanks for the great feed back. Sorry about the time difference I'm in Australia.
The tank is 4foot 155litres I think and I have about 20kgs of crushed coral in it. My cichlids are pretty small at the moment all under 3 inches once I've got my head around keeping these little beauties a bit better ill upgrade to a larger tank.