Josh Pedersen

I got sick of having gravel in my tanks after years and years of it and after reading up online and hearing that the cheap £3 bag of play sand from argos does the job, I thought no harm in trying in a spare tank. The donor tank is just a spare 54l Juwel tank that I had lying around since most of my other tanks are already gravelled, set up etc.

That’s the bag, I got three for about £9 so not overly expensive, just meant I had to go to into town with my mum -.-

It took me around half and hour of prodding the sand, spilling out the water, prodding it again get it clean. Your aim is to dislodge as much dirt and crap that has stuck to the sand and to wash it off.

After the water was getting noticeably clearer as it was pouring out,I shoved the pipe into the bottom and just left it to keep spilling out until it ran crystal clear. Then it was ready

So now the tank is fully sanded, I now have to decide what type of set up I want, what plants, single species tank or community etc. SO HARD.

I will create a few posts about this tank in the next few weeks and about my other tanks so be sure to keep checking back!