Hello there,
I am in need of advice on how to remove the sand bed from my tank. Basically my tank is brand new and only been running with water for 2 days. I bought some extra sand about 2 years ago and have been taking a break from the hobby since. I'm getting my feet wet again and have decided to set-up my tank! But bad news is the sand I had bought turned out to be super sugary fine sand, I went to smooth out my sand to make my tank look nice and boom a dust bowl occurred. This simply will not do, especially when I haven't even turned on the power heads yet.
I am looking for advice on whats the easiest way to remove my sand bed so that I can replace it with new sand that is not as fine. Again my tank is brand spanking new so there's no concern for livestock or spike in water parameters.
I would prefer not to have to yank all the rock out and am looking for the easiest way to replace my current sand bed with a new one.
Lastly, I've never really rinsed any of my sands that I have bought over the years, so this sand is not rinsed. Which makes me wonder if there is a way to salvage the sand so I don't have to replace it all? So if you guys think I can somehow fix the problem without replacing the sand bed I'm open to your suggestions.
Thank you in advance!
I am in need of advice on how to remove the sand bed from my tank. Basically my tank is brand new and only been running with water for 2 days. I bought some extra sand about 2 years ago and have been taking a break from the hobby since. I'm getting my feet wet again and have decided to set-up my tank! But bad news is the sand I had bought turned out to be super sugary fine sand, I went to smooth out my sand to make my tank look nice and boom a dust bowl occurred. This simply will not do, especially when I haven't even turned on the power heads yet.
I am looking for advice on whats the easiest way to remove my sand bed so that I can replace it with new sand that is not as fine. Again my tank is brand spanking new so there's no concern for livestock or spike in water parameters.
I would prefer not to have to yank all the rock out and am looking for the easiest way to replace my current sand bed with a new one.
Lastly, I've never really rinsed any of my sands that I have bought over the years, so this sand is not rinsed. Which makes me wonder if there is a way to salvage the sand so I don't have to replace it all? So if you guys think I can somehow fix the problem without replacing the sand bed I'm open to your suggestions.
Thank you in advance!
