Colored sand going for a test

25lb box is $28.75

The sand will atleast be in the water for 4 weeks. Right now the only problem is appears the air bubbles like to attach to the sand. Kinda like making sand egg. Perhaps a little to fine.........
 
Well been 6 days since I started, did some water tests

Control
Ph 8.4
Ammonia 0
Nitrate/nitrite 0
Hardness 250
Alk 300

Sand water
PH 8.4
Ammonia 0
Nitrite/nitrate 0
Hardness 250
Alk 300


Color is as clear as the control, no smells or tinting of the glass. Only thing that changed was that was ph went .4 on both
 
wow that green sand looks kick ***!
 
crazy experiment ;)
 
i wonder if there are any sort of chemicals in it that wouldnt show up in the tests?


looks good though! that'd be cool.
 
the sand i use, estes marine sand, also clumps and has a floating layer when you dump water into it or pour it into water too fast. you're losing a lot of good sand if you're skimming that off and throwing it away! it's only floating because of the air attached to it. just run your fingers over it and it will sink.
those little balls of sand are just sand particles covering an air bubble, and if it's at the surface and you tap it, it will break up and all the particles will sink.
 
^^^ What he said.

In my 20H I had sand. Did a mix of blue, black and white for a really good texture affect. The only issue I had with it is that you can't run an under gravel filter and ammonia would build up faster.

Cleaning was a snap. You just vacuum over the "stuff" and it lifts out without disturbing the sand.

My Cory cats would plow through it constantly. The little sand particles would come out their gills as they sifted through it for food.

When I decided to go back to regular gravel I just used the garden hose to siphon out the water and sand all at the same time and was really fast.

The best way to wet the sand or rinse it is to put it in a rubbermaid tub and fill from bottom and let the water cover the sand and then rake it with your fingers. This gets the bubbles out. I would then drain off most of the water and use a little beach toy shovel to scoop the wet sand into the aquarium. If you do have bubbles leave enough water where your filter splashes on the return and it will take care of those little bubbles for you. ;)

If you have fish that rake the bottom like my cory's did be prepared to have a flat bottom. Plants are easily dug up. Rock formations look really good with it though.

Oh and it will destroy any filter in no time so make sure your intake for the filter is well above the sand line.

May have to do the 20L with sand now that I am thinking about it again.
 
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