Adding more sand

[Joe Fish]

Is there a special technique to adding additional sand to a tank? I don't want cloud the tank too much.

 

[zoalover34]

my guess would be to get it wet first so there isn't any dust floating around, maybe put it in a cup or bowl and put it at the bottom don't just dump it in.. other than that i really don't see how else to do it and since its allready wet it should be to cloudy

 

[TRe]

im thinking its guna be cloudy no matter what but i would do like jim said and use a cup or sumthing and dump it as close to the bottom as possible

 

[Lorna]

Try this....get a length of pvc pipe or tubing and stand it in the corner and pour the sand down the tube to the bottom it should eliminate alot of the clouding.

 

[TRe]

now why didnt i think of that myself ? *twirlysmi thats a great idea lorna

 

[Joe Fish]

That is a very good idea. I'll give that a shot and see how it works. Will adding sand cause any parameter spikes?

 

[zoalover34]

it shouldn't unelss you stir up alot of sand on the bottom

 

[Hamburgler]

If you rinse it good enough (5g bucket with pressure hose MANY times) you can dump it right in with no problems.

 

[Joe Fish]

I got some Ocean Direct Caribbean Live Sand. I should be able to add this right to my tank with no worries, right? It says to add to an empty tank, but I should be able to add it? I don't want to rinse it or I would be rinsing off all the good stuff.

 

[TRe]

just add it directly to the tank

 

[Lorna]

but pour it down a tube. I added a bunch of live sand/sludge from Premium Aquatics curing tank to regen my live sand and I had a huge mud storm for a couple hours.....Next time I am tubing it. Even a flex hose length will work...

 

[Joe Fish]

I have a piece of PVC i'm going to use. Just want to make sure I wasn't going to cause a param spike.