Adding more LS

austin552 · 04/28/2006, 10:19 AM

How can I add more LS to an established tank? Do the livestock have to be removed?

Randall_James · 04/28/2006, 10:21 AM

put the sand in a plastic bag and sink it. Puncture a hole in the bottom of the bag and let it leak out where you want it. No need to remove anything this way but you will still get some silting or cloudiness for a day or so.

austin552 · 04/28/2006, 10:22 AM

Hey, Great idea. Thanks

WaterKeeper · 04/28/2006, 10:33 AM

If it is good quality LS that is shipped wet there is no cycle. If you are adding a lot then do so in 1/4 inch increments waiting a day between additions. This prevent crushing some of the burrowing critters in the bed.

Fade · 04/28/2006, 10:37 AM

Take a tube of pvc put it where you want the sand and fill the tube and slowly pull it out.

austin552 · 04/28/2006, 10:55 AM

I am just adding another 10lbs of LS to my 40lbs of LS around the BR. Thanks

04/28/2006, 10:19 AM	#1
austin552 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kinston, NC Posts: 199	Adding more LS How can I add more LS to an established tank? Do the livestock have to be removed?

04/28/2006, 10:21 AM	#2
Randall_James Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 6,727	put the sand in a plastic bag and sink it. Puncture a hole in the bottom of the bag and let it leak out where you want it. No need to remove anything this way but you will still get some silting or cloudiness for a day or so. __________________ "It's a dog eat dog world and I feel like I am wearing milkbone underwear"

04/28/2006, 10:33 AM	#4
WaterKeeper Bogus Information Expert Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 16,147	If it is good quality LS that is shipped wet there is no cycle. If you are adding a lot then do so in 1/4 inch increments waiting a day between additions. This prevent crushing some of the burrowing critters in the bed. __________________ "Leading the information hungry reefer down the road to starvation" Tom Current Tank Info: 130 Now out of service and a 29

04/28/2006, 10:37 AM	#5
Fade Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Ofallon Mo Posts: 2,221	Take a tube of pvc put it where you want the sand and fill the tube and slowly pull it out. __________________ The grass may be greener on the other side but you still have to cut it. Current Tank Info: 150 in the works

04/28/2006, 10:22 AM	#3
austin552 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kinston, NC Posts: 199	Hey, Great idea. Thanks

04/28/2006, 10:55 AM	#6
austin552 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kinston, NC Posts: 199	I am just adding another 10lbs of LS to my 40lbs of LS around the BR. Thanks