Going to sand

[xfactor6699]

Right now I have a 55g tank with gravel and live plants I want to go to sand would it be good to take all gravel out or should I leave a little bit of gravel under the sand so the plants have something to hold on to.

 

[BigJim]

My plants have no problem rooting in sand.

 

[xfactor6699]

So just take out all gravel then

 

[mfdrookie516]

Just get a larger grained sand like pfs... i've never had issues with plants uprooting with pfs.

 

[xfactor6699]

Yeah that what I got (pfs)

 

[mfdrookie516]

You're good then. Just yank out all the gravel.

 

[Homer8]

i was thinking of doing this also but i would be worried about a mini cycle after taking out all the gravel. I was thinking of getting clean containers and putting a bunch of gravel in the container and leaving it in the tank with the sand and slowly take gravel out to let the bacteria regenerate.

 

[mfdrookie516]

I just changed my substrate from PFS to a mix of floramax and flourite. I didn't have any issues during the change.

 

[meegosh]

Right now I have a 55g tank with gravel and live plants I want to go to sand would it be good to take all gravel out or should I leave a little bit of gravel under the sand so the plants have something to hold on to.

Definitely take all the gravel out, if you get finer grain sand it will settle to the bottom and the little bit of gravel you left in there will be on top. If it is PFS you should have no problems with plants rooting in it. I have a low tech low light 20H with all types of plants that root just fine.