DragonFish71
Great white snark
Converting over to sand is pretty easy. When I did our 10g I put everyone in a bucket, filter, heater etc, plants in another one. I already had the sand rinsed out and had it soaking for a day in old tank water and a bacterial suppliment (only time I use that crap) and a piece of pantyhose with a few handfulls of the gravel that I was changing out.
I scooped out all the gravel, poured in the sand, let it settle. Put the filter back on and let it cycle around for an hour then added the fish back in. I waited a few days before adding the plants so I could stir up any air pockets. Tested the water, everything was fine so I put the fish back in. It did a mini-cycle on the 4th day after adding everyone back, but daily w/c fixed that right up.
All in all, it was easy and I like it much better. I have some before and after shots in my albums.
I scooped out all the gravel, poured in the sand, let it settle. Put the filter back on and let it cycle around for an hour then added the fish back in. I waited a few days before adding the plants so I could stir up any air pockets. Tested the water, everything was fine so I put the fish back in. It did a mini-cycle on the 4th day after adding everyone back, but daily w/c fixed that right up.
All in all, it was easy and I like it much better. I have some before and after shots in my albums.