An observation about sand and fine sand

[Pike]

Originally Posted by albert_dao

Okay, now let's pretend your RODI stuff is in good shape and you don't want to spend/afford the $$$ on dosing stuff.

Or how about you're doing everything right but your tank is 3 years old+ and you still have these issues.

Or what if you have a really large bioload because that's what you signed up for when you started this hobby.

Or what if your wife really, really likes to feed the fish and it's conditional to the tank taking up 6' x 2' + worth of the living space in your house.

Or what if this and that and whatever with rice?

Anyway, my point is that I've helped a ton of people overcome these sorts of issues and it all begins with removing old/dirty sand and running for at least a few months BB. You can add after you've overcome your problems if it just sets your soul into eternal torment. Or you can just cover the bottom with corals. Or you can just live with it because a clean tank > a dirty tank.

I understand what you mean. But the prodibio is not that expensive. Replacing the sand would be much more expensive and more work.And you signed up for an expensive hobby as much as you signed up for a large bioload.. And as for your wife well ..you need to give her something else to play with my man

[albert_dao]

Originally Posted by Pike

I understand what you mean. But the prodibio is not that expensive. Replacing the sand would be much more expensive and more work.

I'm going to have to disagree with you here on both counts. Prodibio IS expensive because it's recurring, open-ended cost that might not necessarily fix the problem. Not to say that removing an old sandbed fixes a problem, but it IS free, or damn near free, to do.

Work-wise, like anything, it's easy if you know what you're doing. I helped another board member pull out 1/3rd of the sandbed from his 60 gallon cube the other day. Took max 7 minutes. No mess in the tank, no cloudy water, like nothing happened. 1" diameter hose, some buckets and a helping hand is all you need.

Originally Posted by Pike

And you signed up for an expensive hobby as much as you signed up for a large bioload..

I don't follow the line of reasoning here given that signing up for an expensive hobby and large bioload do not need to be mutually bound to signing up for doing more work than you have to.

Originally Posted by Pike

And as for your wife well ..you need to give her something else to play with my man

"Honey! I just got home for the Love Shoppe with something for you. It's a deluxe model, should keep you happy for years. Now run along while I go spend $$$ on my fish tank." Not sure if that's how the world works. Can we get a chime from either some contemptuous wives or men who have to deal with contemptuous wives? lol... ♥

[Pike]

lol , super delux !!oh man im ****ing my pants laughing dude !!

Ok so I guess you mean to wash the old sand and put it back as opposed to buying new ? , of course i didn t think about that. And my tank is just 65 g, Prodibio would be more expensive for you.

[albert_dao]

Originally Posted by Pike

lol , super delux !!oh man im ****ing my pants laughing dude !!

Ok so I guess you mean to wash the old sand and put it back as opposed to buying new ? , of course i didn t think about that. And my tank is just 65 g, Prodibio would be more expensive for you.

Naw, washing old sand is like putting shot tires back on your car. Buying new sand is cheap. $45 for 40 lbs. That should give you enough shallow coverage to replace on a 65g at least three times, once each year ---> $15/year. Pretty affordable, assuming you decided to go back to it.