Ok......I'm not playing!!!!

[bra8ndy8]

ok....on my 300 I have 2 aquaclear 110 and a fluval f5.....I want to get rid of my gravel and undergravel. but how would I get oxygen without the ug and airstones!! I want to do this......but I have to have all my ducks counted before I can talk the hubby into tearing down that monster!!!! unless chris needs some more good karma!!!lmao!! But seriously I want to know what I am doing before I over take this mess!!!

[mongo]

Brandy,
The returns from your power filters should be enough to break the surface tension and allow the gas exchange to take palce at the surface. CO2 is lighter than oxygen, and builds up at the surface. If you disturb the surface through aggitation, the CO2 escapes allowing oxygen to replace it in the tank water. So using the returns from your power filters will help this along greatly. You could keep the air pump and add a "bubble feature" like a bubble wall or just stick the air line tube outlet in a rock and let it do its things as the bubbles rise to the surface. The rising bubbles will break the surface tension also. I hope that answers your question.

[xtc]

Have I not told you how my wife "negotiates" with me when she has an unreasonable request?... :D

[bra8ndy8]

yeah well he already mentioned those favors!!!. I was just to get away from being violated!!! thanks mongo....that answered it!!! I also hear everyone say play sand....and then some say pool!! which one??? I have high ph out of the tap....so I don't want to make it higher!

[kewlkatdady]

play sand...I've heard is dirtier and harder to clean in the initial setup...

PFS is what i used and it cleaned up pretty easily.

[biggin]

Play sand is very dirty.

Color quartz will be easy to clean and is not too expensive, and you get some color options.

[kewlkatdady]

oh yeah...I forgot about 3M CQ...its nice stuff...

[rolloffhill]

And then I'll throw sand blasting sand in the mix. 100#'s for $8.00 Pretty damn clean too.....:cool:

[bra8ndy8]

Where can you get that Skipp?

[xtc]

it takes FOREVER to clean the sand blasting stuff Brandy. I wanna say Lowe's or HD has the sand blasting stuff.

The 3M colorquartz is about $25/ 50lbs and super easy to clean, plus you get to pick your own colors. That's what I have in Peanut's tank. I got 4 bags I think...

Blake's got a good color mix already- get him to snap a picture of it.

[biggin]

S grade is about $18 and T grade depending on the color is $18-$22 for 50lbs. I guess their website is down.... so no link for you...

it takes FOREVER to clean the sand blasting stuff Brandy. I wanna say Lowe's or HD has the sand blasting stuff.

The 3M colorquartz is about $25/ 50lbs and super easy to clean, plus you get to pick your own colors. Blake's got a good color mix already- get him to snap a picture of it.

[bra8ndy8]

Ok so how many lbs would I need for the 300??

[bra8ndy8]

I just want to do a cream color....so color doesn't matter to me!

[greeneyed]

Is THIS (http://www.tera-lite.com/3M_colorchart.html) the stuff?

[biggin]

Yup, that is it. 3M had a nice site but for some reason it is not working right now.

[xtc]

I just want to do a cream color....so color doesn't matter to me!

I would suggest doing a color mix because multiple colors helps to hid fish crap- 3 colors mixed looks better than 2, look better than 1 IMHO. And why not, you're getting multiple bags. I bet your footprint is about what mine is 8'x24"- right? I did 4 bags, but for cichlids, you might go one or two bags heavier.

[bra8ndy8]

Blake send me a pic of yours! PWWWEEESE!!

[rolloffhill]

it takes FOREVER to clean the sand blasting stuff Brandy. I wanna say Lowe's or HD has the sand blasting stuff.

The 3M colorquartz is about $25/ 50lbs and super easy to clean, plus you get to pick your own colors. That's what I have in Peanut's tank. I got 4 bags I think...

Blake's got a good color mix already- get him to snap a picture of it.


Not really, the playsand is definetly harder. Blasting sand is cleaner and more uniform as it needs to be for blasting. Only dust to deal with otherwise it is pretty clean.

I got mine in Denton at Gohlke supply.

You can get grade 3 which is basically sugar sand (white)
and grade 4 which is uniform grained sand and it is tan colored

[bra8ndy8]

That's what I was thinking I wanted Skipp!! What place do u get it from?? Like type of business.... SO I can look in Sherman.

[rolloffhill]

Best bet off the top of my head is to try United Rentals on US82. They should have some there and you could look to see what they have. They may not have the finer stuff but they should have the courser #4 size.

[fishyjoe24]

sand blasting sand, in my opinion would scrach up the glass. don't beleive me let me show you want it can do to paint and rust if you put it in a media blaster.

[rolloffhill]

Ummm..Joey we aren't shooting this at the tank with compressed air. Sand blasting sand is just sand that has been sifted and graded to a uniform size...

[AndrewH]

Maybe Joey just figured out why his tank looks all scratched up... not supposed to "shoot the sand into the tank".

J/K Joey :D

[bra8ndy8]

Andrew....were you grounded for Saturday...cause I haven't seen you on...and now you are posting on a million threads!! (With good info...of COURSE!!)

[AndrewH]

:) naa, just catching up. I was still at KKD and FHB's pad most of the day on Sunday, then Monday I hung out with my girls and watched football, then last night was the first chance I've had to get on the boards.

My wife was understanding and supportive about Saturday night.

(it's pretty bad when you highjack your own threads :D j/k)

[bra8ndy8]

Well I thought it was safe to highjack my own....instead of pissing off someone else! LOL

[fishyjoe24]

i was reading this and a car forum at the time a oppsy for me. nevermind what i said, i guess the sand would work then.

[jimmyk]

keller farms has beach sand 12-15 dollars for 50 Lbs.
Also I love my wet dry sump. That thing takes care of all my fishes oxygen needs.