Getting carbon stones out of sand!

[animallover09]

Somehow one of my filter media packets tore and caused all the little carbon stones to fall into my sand. How in the world could I get all of those out? Ive tried picking them out but thats going to take forever. I tried burying them in the sand but they keep making their way up to the top. It looks awful. My goldfish havent been ingesting them but im afraid they will. I tried a sifter but the sand wouldnt go through the holes. Has anyone else had this problem?

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[Delapool]

Can't think of much. Maybe a gravel vac and you might be able to control the flow so it sucks up the carbon but not the sand. Then catch in a net.

 

[Mebbid]

Net the sand into a mesh kitchen strainer. It should be large enough to allow the sand to fall out while keeping the carbon in.

 

[animallover09]

Great ideas! Ill give those a try! Thanks!

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[Delapool]

Well if you give the carbon a little more time and pressure (ok, a lot)....

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond