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Hi,

I was thinking about changing one of my tanks over to a sand substrate. Does anyone have any advice on how best to clean the sand once itâ??s in the tank? I would think my normal gravel cleaner would just suck up all the sand.

Cheers.

Got sand in all my tanks, and never used one of those....

I just hose the tanks (use a hose -python?- to syphon the surface of the sand).
The sand that is sucked up, I re-wash or replace with new (I always have some spare, pre-washed, sieved riversand about).

And once I'm done with the syphoning (wich doesn't use enough water for the waterchanges), I put a spare filtersieve on the hose and syphon about 1/4 to 1/3 of the tankwater out; and replace it with new.

With fry tanks or tanks with other tiny critters, I use pumphose (8-12mm) or even airhose (4mm) to syphon. Takes time but it's safe.

What's a gravelcleaner? can you post a pic?

This is what I mean by a gravel cleaner.

http://www.aquatics-online.co.uk/acatal ... rs_54.html

I currently use the Hagen Standard Gravel Cleaner for my tanks.

Come on SG_Eurystomus,

have you really never heard about a gravel cleaner? This was the first thing I bougth for my 55 litres tank.

here, most "gravel cleaners" from your website are either called gravel vacs, siphons, or pythons. maybe you just use different terms for the same things or group them differently.

-Liz