Changing substrate on 265 gallon tank
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when I set my tank up I went cheap and used crushed coral for my substrate. Everyone told me I'd regret it. They were right. What's the best way to go about removing it and replacing it with sand?
Since it can't be siphoned put its more difficult. Drain as much water as you can and manually remove. I would just keep the water you drained to refill the tank after adding the new substrate. I don't see an easy way to do this.
rayn
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Sadly I don't know of a easy way. I have added substrate in the past and came back with a ticked off tank. Rinsed and funneled in and still had a sand storm.
Possibly a help, if you can do it, cycle your new sand in a delegate container. Your going to kick up a bunch of crap when you pull that CC out. Be prepared for water changes too.
Possibly a help, if you can do it, cycle your new sand in a delegate container. Your going to kick up a bunch of crap when you pull that CC out. Be prepared for water changes too.
It can be siphoned. I did it to my old tank. Just get a large diameter hose like 1". Put a filter sock on the end and put that end in your sump. Start siphoning. It's not going to be a fast processwhen I set my tank up I went cheap and used crushed coral for my substrate. Everyone told me I'd regret it. They were right. What's the best way to go about removing it and replacing it with sand?
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Pdandy
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Looks like I'll be changing out the CC this weekend. It appears as though the seams on the front panel are going bad. I'm transferring all of the water, rock, and livestock to a 300 gallon Rubbermaid bin today. Tank gets swapped out for a new one this weekend. This definitely wasn't the way I wanted to do it.
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It has a very large grain size that allows detritus to build up. Plus I just don't think it looks very natural.
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Good luck on the move. It sucks that the seam is going bad, but if it was going to do that anyway, at least you can take advantage of it by replacing the substrate at the same time (imagine if you'd only noticed the seam AFTER you had done all the work to change the substrate).
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I think I would have quit keeping a reef tank for good if that had happened.
Update: I've got 100lbs of Fiji Pink reef sand coming tomorrow!!
