adding more sand

thetonyage · 02/17/2010, 02:52 PM

so i have a 2 month old 125 gallon reef with about 75 pounds of caribsea live sand. i have 2 or 3 more bags of it i would like to add to the tank. is this a good idea? how should i do it? im thinking a pvc pipe to kind of place it ontop of the existing sand.

robow · 02/17/2010, 03:39 PM

I am sure some one will think this is crazy or wrong but I have seen people take their bags of live sand clean the bag very good and then put it on the sand bed of tank to open it.

rgonzalez · 02/17/2010, 04:32 PM

I like the pvc idea. I would turn off the water pumps, place the sand in a container, turn the container upside down before entering the water, then bring the container to the final location and let the sand slowly drop to the spot. Repeat.

thetonyage · 02/18/2010, 02:04 PM

would all the dust floating around this would cause affect my fish or coral?

02/17/2010, 02:52 PM	#1
thetonyage Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Pacific NW Posts: 156	adding more sand so i have a 2 month old 125 gallon reef with about 75 pounds of caribsea live sand. i have 2 or 3 more bags of it i would like to add to the tank. is this a good idea? how should i do it? im thinking a pvc pipe to kind of place it ontop of the existing sand.

02/17/2010, 03:39 PM	#2
robow Ninja Robot Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 301	I am sure some one will think this is crazy or wrong but I have seen people take their bags of live sand clean the bag very good and then put it on the sand bed of tank to open it. __________________ I have no idea what is going on Current Tank Info: 120 Gallon mixed reef 24 gallon sump 20 gallon fuge eshopps pks150 skimmer

02/17/2010, 04:32 PM	#3
rgonzalez Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Scottsdale Posts: 892	I like the pvc idea. I would turn off the water pumps, place the sand in a container, turn the container upside down before entering the water, then bring the container to the final location and let the sand slowly drop to the spot. Repeat. __________________ DSA 105 Current Tank Info: 105 DSA

02/18/2010, 02:04 PM	#4
thetonyage Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Pacific NW Posts: 156	would all the dust floating around this would cause affect my fish or coral?