switched to sand

[noobaquarists]

so i finally made the switch from that boring old blue gravel to play sand in my 30g today anyone know how long it will take roughly for everything to settle? right now my fish and plants are in a cooler

 

[zarmalar]

Wow.... That's cloudy. I've never done sand so... I hope you get some answers too.

 

[boadams87]

so i finally made the switch from that boring old blue gravel to play sand in my 30g today anyone know how long it will take roughly for everything to settle? right now my fish and plants are in a cooler

What kinda filter is on it? U need a piece of pantyhose on the intake so it wont damage ur impellers!!!!

 

[Cynic]

That is very cloudy :/ My PFS took about 30 minutes to settle and while play sand is a bit finer it shouldn't take that much longer I wouldn't have thought.

Did you wash the sand before putting it in?

 

[noobaquarists]

i washed the sand for 2 hours b4 i put it in my tank and its been a few hours now and still no difference

 

[noobaquarists]

What kinda filter is on it? U need a piece of pantyhose on the intake so it wont damage ur impellers!!!!

i have two hob filters ones a dual the other is a single and i cut a sponge filtre from a cannister filter to fit over the intake nozzles and wrapped them in pantyhose

 

[boadams87]

i have two hob filters ones a dual the other is a single and i cut a sponge filtre from a cannister filter to fit over the intake nozzles and wrapped them in pantyhose

Alot have messed their filters up with sand like that.

 

[noobaquarists]

yea i was warned about that ahead of time

 

[boadams87]

yea i was warned about that ahead of time

Is it clearing at all?

 

[noobaquarists]

Is it clearing at all?

a little bit not alot tho

 

[noobaquarists]

i think im going to have to leave my fish and plants in the cooler overnight
am i going to b able to put my small corner filter back in? its one of those small 4 in square submersible ones that run off an air hose

 

[boadams87]

Why do u need that when u got 2 HOB filters? They should be plenty.

 

[noobaquarists]

Why do u need that when u got 2 HOB filters? They should be plenty.

only reason i need it is beacause my airpump has two outputs and i only use one of them for an airstone bar and cant run the pump with one slot open without losing pressure

 

[boadams87]

only reason i need it is beacause my airpump has two outputs and i only use one of them for an airstone bar and cant run the pump with one slot open without losing pressure

U can buy one of those air diffusers and just cut that one off. I've got one like that

 

[noobaquarists]

U can buy one of those air diffusers and just cut that one off. I've got one like that

yea but after buying the sand today and buying groceries and paying off bills im now broke till the end of the month

 

[boadams87]

yea but after buying the sand today and buying groceries and paying off bills im now broke till the end of the month

Right there with ya on that one. What kinda sand did u buy? Is it white?

 

[noobaquarists]

Right there with ya on that one. What kinda sand did u buy? Is it white?

its called alltreat farms playsand fine granulated screened sand and its brown

 

[boadams87]

its called alltreat farms playsand fine granulated screened sand and its brown

Alot here use pool filter sand

 

[noobaquarists]

Alot here use pool filter sand

yea none of the home hardwares in town here stock it untill summertime

 

[boadams87]

yea none of the home hardwares in town here stock it untill summertime

U don't have a pool store? Im using black sand