I was advised against switching to sand

[MichaelsLilGray]

if your tank mini cycled after just changing the gravel.. your tank had to have been over stocked....


I changed mine over from gravel to pfs.. and i loved it.. i only have one tank right now in my possession that doesnt have sand it.. its a 10 gallon aquarium with a crawdad in it.. i dont think he would like the sand all that much..

 

[sieski]

if your tank mini cycled after just changing the gravel.. your tank had to have been over stocked....


I changed mine over from gravel to pfs.. and i loved it.. i only have one tank right now in my possession that doesnt have sand it.. its a 10 gallon aquarium with a crawdad in it.. i dont think he would like the sand all that much..

18 gal 5 guppies and 4 neons in it at the time. Again though my point is why miss any steps out that would only help????? thats all

 

[MichaelsLilGray]

did you keep your ornaments submerged as well as your filter media while you changed over? or did you just set the ornaments and stuff aside? ornaments hold a good chunk of your bb

 

[sieski]

did you keep your ornaments submerged as well as your filter media while you changed over? or did you just set the ornaments and stuff aside? ornaments hold a good chunk of your bb

one 9 gal bucket with filter 5 big plastic plants and 2 rocky thingys even the air stone went in!

From what I have read these things happen sometimes. I wasn't to concerned as at that point in time I was thinking of de-tropicalising my tank so if fish died I'd of been upset but it would of been fate like. as it is they didnt and now I got 3 tropical tanks. the third is being stocked up as we speak!