Sand Is Here! Yea!

[Canadian Man]

Well like the title says the sand is here. I am off today so if you are in need of your sand or just plain want it then today/tonight is a great time to pick it up.

Give me a call if you need directions #235-6467

If you come to the door and I don't answer it just ring the bell again cause I will be in the basement pounding nails all day.

Cheers

[reefphish]

yippee, hey remind me about the $/bag?

[Tau2301]

Picked up a bag of sand this afternoon.

Jon's basement is really taking shape - looks terrific. I now suffer once again from tank envy.

[Canadian Man]

Thanks Kim! Reefphish I suppose I don't have to tell you as you allready picked it up But as a reminder it's $25 a bag.

[kgb]

the sand is sweet johnathon but did you or anyone else knotice it gets silty easy ? is this just happen when the sand is freshly new and go's away after a while or ....
but yeah the tank is some what cloady and when ever the hermit crabs move over the sand bed they fling up a a cloud of silt ?

[Canadian Man]

Welcome to the world of sugar sand. It will decrease with time but if your friends read the directions on the bag it says to rinse the sand. Did they?

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by Canadian Man

if your friends read the directions on the bag it says to rinse the sand. Did they?

:shock: I hope not!! rinsing it would wash away the silt and you want that!!!

Steve

[Canadian Man]

Originally Posted by StirCrazy

:shock: I hope not!! rinsing it would wash away the silt and you want that!!!

Steve

how come steve?

[kgb]

yeah we did and its hilarious we have come up with a few massive time consume tatics and tried them for no reason hehe just curious if anyone knows how to get ride of the silt thats all .

the tactic was we took all the the rock and put it in my tub full of salt water. them we did a massive water change and then shifted al the sand and still it did not work

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by Canadian Man

how come steve?

It is the silt that is one the different particle sizes that are benifical to the life in a DSB.

Here is a quote from Dr Ron

"most desirable of substances, "mud." Generally, what a sediment-studying scientist would refer to as fine or very fine sands with smidgen of silt, most normal folks call mud. These are sediments whose particles generally range from about 1/16th mm (0.063mm) to about 1/8th mm (0.125 mm)."

his recomendation is that 40% of your sand bed should be of this size range, by washing your sand you will most likely be getting rid of a lot of this size.

for what it is worth I dumped all my sand into the tank of water strait from the bag.. it took a week or two to settle out but now I can fluf it with my hand and it settles out right away.

kgb to answer your question, if you have critters and rock in the tank it will settle out fast.. it just takes a few days for the smaller particles to get covered with bacteria and become heavy enuf to fall out of solution.

Steve