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I took everything out of mine as well, its just easier IMO

I found it easy....I took forever trying to net my fish....fast little buggers.. have the sand washed real well ahead of time and it will go a bit quicker

hehe its a good way to spend a weekend, i speak from recent experience :)

Meegosh gave me some very good instructions on how to do it not long ago http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f12/seeing-everyone-discussing-sand-197015.html

Done! woot. 3 day no ammo or trites, no water changes woohoo! im going to keep testing the water, and changing the water accordingly.. but that went smooth....no deaths and all the fish are happy

accidentally siphoned up one of my zebra danios :o oops

I diddnt think of sloping the sand, might do that the next time I have to empty the water, tho honestly I hope thats not for awhile LOL are mystery and apple snails the same thing?

yeah your right, my nitrite was high last night and again this morning I did 50% water changes and it seems fine now, luckily im just about finished my cycle and was tested daily anyhow

I guess im on both sides of the fence, or maybe right down the middle.. I adore my fish and do all I am capable of to keep them well and happy... on the other hand if I end up with one dead despite my efforts to protect and save it, then thats what was meant to be. I started with 2 snails in...

looking at my own pic makes me think I need a background....I havent yet seen one I like however. maybe im too picky

haha, my dog is actually afraid of me fishtank and wont go near it...mind you he is a fairly neurotic poodle and if he doesnt know what it is he wants nothing to do with it. my old cat is blind and hasnt paid the tank any attention yet. maybe your dog will be the first to alert you to...

I did this this weekend and it went well, aside from rinsing the sand what took the longest was netting my zebra danios, those things are so darn quick...and I am not LOL Ignore the mess on the table....seems the fish had all my attention this weekend rofl

I just turn them off when I am sleeping, fish seem happy and I dont have algae so I think it works for me

I was speaking of stability, and I did follow the directions on the bottle wasnt for me I guess

I decided to call around some more, on an off chance I called toys r us and they had the quickrete brand, so I got that my sunday project is switching my gravel to sand

I tried stability, I still had to cycle so in my experience it diddnt work, im almost finished my cycle now but I dont think the stability had any effect at all

is beach sand thats been washed suitable i guess is the new question

sorry it was biomix washed beach sand, play sand

I looked for that no one has it. I went to rona to get the sand and they gave me biomix washed play sand. is that suitable? if not im going to take it back tomorrow and wait for home depot to order in the brand you suggested.

the only play sand I can find is at rona, its biomix play sand the other i found was crayola but it was wild colours and I dont want that anyway here is the link to the sand I found Play Sand BOMIX - Rona.ca that wont hurt anything will it? Dee

just today I am finally seeing nitrites so I was totally being impatient before lol, not alot but enough to put my mind at ease that things are moving along. is there a such thing as changing too much of the water....yesturday I decided to wait on my morning water change because the ammonia...

from what I have heard, the goldfish likely wouldnt be ok even with a working filter. they are pretty dirty fish so to speak and need a fairly large tank, I think I saw someone on here say like 20 gallons for one, or something similar maybe someone who knows more exact will chime in soon for...

I will, might be the weekend before I tackle it...but I think I will make that my weekend task :-)

wow I love the detailed instructions... with instructions so clear I think I may go look and see if I can find some suitable sand for my tank. thanks for the help

makes me wanna put some in my tank. but honestly I wont decide till I know the process and the effect it will have on my cycle/fish how do you go about changing from gravel to sand? im cycling my tank fish in, but im not showing nitrites or nitrates yet, doing plenty of water changes...