Switching Your Aquarium Substrate From Gravel To Sand! 125 Gallon Aquarium Overhaul!
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Can you keep a plecos in a tank with sand?
@@sjarvis4839 there's only one thing from Nat Geo at my PetSmart
It's a filter.
I want to have sand in my 30 gallon there are fish in there now, when I remove the water after I’m done adding the sand can I re use the same water to feel it up? Like 50 percent or do I just use new water completely?
I am wanting a soft smooth sand for my cory catfish. Can someone tell me which kind is softest and smoothest?
Yes please make a video about all things about sand in an aquarium. Good stuff my friend.
naranza65 please dooooo🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thats how the aquarium world operates add "aquarium" to the title and jack up the price by 75%
SoggyFries 3-400%, at times.
It's the same thing with forensics equipment
I have been using pool filter sand for the past two years. Great setup, John.
You did a great job and hit all the really important highlights like - you can NEVER wash your sand too much!!!! It really makes a huge difference in the tank. And i agree with your choice of PFS versus play sand, play sand is lighter than PFS, thus the PFS will settle more quickly and easily, thus less chances of ruining your filter impellers, always a plus! I think a follow-up video on properly maintaining the sand bed is crucial as it's a little different than gravel but just as important to be kept up properly and those new to sand need to know what to do. Thanks for a great video!!
excellent! I recently swapped from sand to eco complete without moving any fish. Good luck with your plants and the sand. It seemed to choke my roots out I could only grow annubias and java hence going eco complete.
I’m doing my substrate change from gravel to sand today actually and glad I seen this video :) thank you for the great tips. Love the videos you been uploading. Keep on the great work and love how you have the set ups running ❤
Nice project John,, I just finished my new tank a couple of weeks back. A new 90 with PFS as well. It looks fantastic. My sand was very clean to start with, a few rinses in a bucket and I had zero cloudiness when I filled the tank.
I agree with the sand John. I over wash my sand so it doesn't screw anything up. Love speeding up the vids as well! 👍
Love the look of that sand. Let's see a video on the sand maintanance.
You're the best. I'm a semi newbee to aquariums. You're professional and simple explanations of how to do it all right is amazing. Thanks. Keep up the good work.
So glad I stumbled across this (and your sand maintenance video). I have one 55 gallon that's empty...I want the background black...so I will be painting it. I wanted sand, but found aquarium sand expensive (and people complained it was too fine). I will get pool filter sand... I also have another 55 gallon that is up and running and I think once I sand the empty one I am going to want to take what's in there out and sand it as well. Now I see it can be done and done affordably. Great video thanks for posting it!!
A video about sand and rank maintenance with it would be awesome!!! I've been watching most of your videos as I'm getting ready to set up my first cichlid tank and all your videos have been incredibly informative and helpful! So thank you sir!!!
I too was battling the substrate because I wanted live plants. So yes, I’d love to see your cleaning process of a planted sand substrate. Also. I too sent with pool filter sand for its cleanliness.
Please do the sand rinsing video. Also thank you for the great information your putting out there for us hobbies. Keep up the good work.
Very informative n helpful. I'm going to do my 55 gallon tank that exact same way u showed us!! THANK YOU!! 👍👍
When painting the background I have been using black latex. If u need or want to remove it peels right off! Great video!! Setting up a new tank for my cichlids and really leaning toward sand!
Wow! That pool filter sand ree-hee-heally looks nice and natural and beachy in the tanks!! What a great idea and yet so cheap!! It is a great contrast against the brown wood and the grassy plants in the little sand dunes you created, really fit in well...
Top tip!! Pool filter sand!!
I would like to see a sand water change vid!!! I’m thinking bout changing to sand substrate just doing research before the switch
Let's see that video of how to maintain a sand substrate. Great series John...thank you!
This is…just what I needed! I’m doing exactly this today! Thank you!
I set up a new 36 gallon three weeks ago, and last Saturday "remodeled' my 60 gallon tank. I used Caribsea Floramax in areas where I will add plants, and Topfin gravel, although the "gravel" is actually sand. I didn't want extremely fine sand because it packs too hard. The Topfin is still safe for corys and will allow some air circulation.
John, I am planning on Caribsea live freshwater sand when I set my tank up. Definitely would be interested in cleaning and maintenance video. Thanks for your videos!
I love rinsing my sand in pillow cases. alot less mess and just throw out cases when done. good video kg
That's a great idea, I haven't heard of that trick before.
***** you tank looks awesome
Thanks brother!
That's a great idea, never thought of that. I just rinse in the bag.
Good idea, also once in aquarium I use large sheet bubble wrap on sand then fill slowly the plastic wrap rises with the water good clarity and the substrate doesn't move.
Thanks for this video , being a new aquarium owner I need all the help I can get
Yes please. More sand maintenance videos, especially using a siphon.
Always struggled cleaning sand and I took my Black Tahitian moon sand out because I could not get clean without taking so much sand through the siphon.
Can you also show how you would clean used sand substrate again without chucking it away and buying new sand as that would be too expensive?
Looks great John. I love using sand. have it in both my cichlid tanks. just looks natural.
I would love to see a video about maintaining a sand aquarium. I'm thinking about changing my aquarium to sand from gravel. Thanks for this video it was very helpful.
I honestly have learned so much from you! I would definitely purchase an e-book of a step-by-step how-to guide for beginners. Unfortunately, there’s so much misinformation out there! My mother went to a small chain local fish store and sold her (an impulse buy for my kiddo) two albino corey cats in a tiny FISH BOWL! One of them has ALL of his/her fins nipped off! I calmly and respectfully educated the owner on the correct requirements. I bought a proper 30 gallon tank (from a more reputable place) for them. So far they are doing fine. I will get more, but I’m trying to avoid stressing them too much since they have been through so much. Finless apparently has a strong will to live. He/she is eating well and Dr Who (my husband named that one) is keeps Finless company.
How are they today?
I have learned so much from you John as a new person to the aquarium
hobby. You are extremely informative! I have a question or request for a video; Bigger filtration vs
Tank Size. I have a 30G tank, and random websites are stating that
manufacturers overrate the filtration power. Your opinion will greatly
be appreciated! Thank you!
Your tanks look amazing. Lots of work but lots of fun as well. Love your videos and your advises
Would love to see a sand maintenance video!
Your wish is my command, I just put it up on the channel today;-)
Sand is like another filter. Cheap sand you can get anaerobic Pockets, not live sand. I still stir up a portion every W/C. Cory cats love sand, it does not hurt their wiskers
I added 1/3 sand covered bottom to my L260 set up, i am old school and sand scares me with the chance for anaerobic bacteria pockets...but i am adjusting slowly. The other 2/3 are gravel and plant substrata and the a layer of styrofoam for my rockwork to set on. Would love to see the further videos you spoke about. Have enjoyed this series on the tank tear down thx!
Whats up with the intro, i thought i was loading up a porno dvd.
Yo thanks making me laugh 2 years later 🙏🏻
thanks for sharing friend and yes I would like to see a video on sand maintenance pal.
I would love to see a video on maintain sand. I had a huge loss in my 60 gallon over a period of 3 months an many failed attempts to treat the fish. I have 2 cichlid left and a common pleco. I've decided to break down the tank and start from scratch. While in that thought process, I'm thinking of getting a 75 gallon and building a double stand and using the 60 to grow my 20 gallon saltwater. That being said, I hate cleaning the sand. gravel vac while doing water changes has been so easy. my 20 and 10 gallon have sand. I hate the look of gravel and prefer the look of sand, but it's kind of like carpet vs wood floors. What am I not seeing in my gravel? I can see the dirt on top of my sand! so I'm hoping the switch and I'm painting my tanks black :) will be a huge improvement. I'm still not 100% positive I'm ready for a bigger saltwater, but I know I'm ready for a bigger freshwater and have alternate plans for the 60 gallon if the saltwater does not work out :) so long story short. Yeah, how do I keep sand pristine clean and recommendations of clean crew for both fresh and saltwater.
My only tank with just sand is clean as a whistle. Do not disturb the sand while doing water changes, I stir it lightly about twice a year. The plants and panda Corys together with sponge filter keep it extremely clean. You may want introduce a pathos plant 🌱 in a ciclid aquarium. Hold it up with egg crate or thru a small hole in the back plastic. It’s a way to introduce a plant in a plant hostile tank imo
Watched your presentation of gravel to sand . Great . I have 150 gallon tank that I used Carib sea Super Naturals sand . However with white sand and white holey honeycomb rock I thought I need too break the monotony of white . So when everybody said no I put some small pebbles on top . Looks good .but probably wrong . Hum. Your setup looks neat and clean .
Nice job dude, great looking tanks, the sand likes really cool. I only subscribed yesterday and I'm enjoying all the info , advice and tips. I'm always open to learn from other people. Lives a learning curve, right dude
Pool filter sand is amazing in the aquarium! Its heavy enough that it doesn't cloud the water & ymir vacuum it like I would gravel & its heavy enough to drop & not get sucked out. Upgrading all my aquariums to pool filter sand!
Awesome Video!!!! inspired me to retouch my existing tank with some background paint
Thank you for such a educational video on the sand and how to vaccum it. Now make us a video on what live plants will do well in this sand.
Yes... please videos on maintaining sand substrates. I love the look of sand and want to give my Corydoras sand as well. :-)
very nice videos and tanks....learning a great deal from your tutorials and will forever be greatful for your knowledge.
I attempted sand a while back and oh my...it basically tuned to gutter water and lost all my fish,now i have a 75 gallon and also got another 150 gallon which i am looking at using sand substrate..only question i have is how do you prevent the sand from clumping up or is that based on the kind of sand?
I would love to learn about sand and maintenance of sand aquariums!
awesome video. AS ALWAYS!! stumbled across this bc tomorrow I was planning on going to home depot because it's 5 mins from my house right by my local pet shop to get some quickrete pool filter sand then goin to grab some dwarf african cichlids for a new 55g that's been cycled for a Lil over a week now. but has new gravel in it and out of 20 years I been into fish keeping I've always wanted a sand substrate but been afraid of it for some reason but was wondering how to go about converting it so this helped. and it looks beautiful man. love ur videos Bro, I watch all ur vape related videos as well. keep up the awesome work, an I love ur passion an knowledge for your wet pets!
sand video = YES!
also could you include black sand in it as well?
thanks John.
I love the tanks. Looks so great with the sand.
thanks for the video. It's so helpful. I'm considering pool sand as I start up a new tank. I do want to see how you're maintaining the sand and how it impacts plants. Are you using root tabs to feed your plants? Thanks again!!
Great update and sand maintenance video sounds great.
I would love to see a clip on seeing how to maintaining sand substrate in tanks
Thanks man this was really helpful been having some trouble with my 75
Getting ready to set up a new tank so cleaning sand would be great- thinking of using
after like 10 vids that i prefer...u had it all ty for everything! i had to subscribe now!..also new to fish keeping.. i didn't know it would be a thing for me :")
I know this was over a year ago, but it turned it great. Thanks for sharing.
Great video. Thx!
Do you have a link of your custom stand for the 125g?
hey thats a great video idea i would totally watch maintenance on sand substrates
Looks like you went to town on that tank, great job on hitting the reset button.that should do the trick :) and great shorts! Lol! Thanks for the shout out, I laughed at that😂😂😂
Wow what a amazing tank...!! ;) i have some spawning fish im off to get some pool sand great video thank you so much
looking good boss. cost me a fortune in black aquarium sand for my 5ft but will probably get pool filter sand for my 3 new tanks.
John u need to put some Al Borlin shorts on the website, they'd sell like hotcakes lmao
I am going from a 75 bare bottom to a 125 gallon sand tank. I have three hang on the back filters producing a flow of about 800 gallons an hour. If I just move my water, filter, plants, driftwood, and fish to the 125, do I need to worry about cycling it if I now have sand in it? My plants are Anubias, Java Fern and some floating plants. I also have twelve 3-4" Discus, some tetras, and 2-3 Bristlenose plecos. I am thinking that if I do nothing to the filters, I am fine. I am also thinking of just adding a very thin layer of pool sand (1/2 to 3/4ths of an inch). WIll be adding some Amazon Swords and will probably have to get rid of my bristlenose as they seem to eat more plants than algae. Thoughts?
Thanks for the advice I just bought one 10lb bag of white sand from Petco and paid $19.99! So Im definitely going to Walmart and going back to Petco and return this 10lb bag and go buy 120 lbs for about the same price!
I love the paint idea 😄 I'm gonna try it on my tank
I never thought of painting the back of my 125, great idea. Now what to do with my fish while I work on my only tank?
Yes! Sand maintenance videos please!!!
What is your thoughts on using black diamond blasting sand? I'm seriously thinking about changing from creek pebbles to the black diamond blasting sand. A 50lb bag is under $10 from tractor supply store.
really want to see that sand video!
Joey Molnar i would assume, alot of the bacteria lives in the substrate
I found that ant pile sand has crazy cool consistency. it needs cleaning but it comes out as almost sand but has a small gravel feel
I would LOVE to see a "maintaining sand aquariums" video!My issue with sand is removing all the droppings which seems to be needed 2-3 times a day. There has to be a better way. If you want to know how I am doing it I would be glad to post a description. Just let me know.
I haven't tried this yet but I had my husband buy me a small orange juice strainer it has very small holes in the screen I thought would be perfect for sifting the sand and removing debris my section siphon doesn't have the power for me to stand it upright and work I have to keep it late down to drain the water
Play sand often has a lot of silt in it to keep more moisture so it sticks together better
I'd love a vid on maintaining a sanded tank. just switched over to sand a few weeks ago and I'm not sure if I'm missing details
Awesome job thanks for sharing
I'm a big fan of PFS. Actually considering swapping back to it from the current black sand. Tanks are looking the part, sir. I suggest river rocks and plants for the bottom one. 🍻👍
I left a very small amount layer of gravel behind, and did sand. Left the gravel for the bacteria because I also needed to revamp my filtration :)
It's looking good John! I might do sand next time I set up a tank...👍👍
wow they look great.love the black background
I love pool filter sand. it's in every tank I have except my saltwater tank. oh and on a side note. 6 bags of 40lb sand is 240lbs.
I'm glad I'm not the only one that caught that lol
@@buelliganx1 lol yup. surprising too. they are usually pretty good with their math.
Hey thanks for the video...but I got a question concerning a broken tank...I have 55 gal tank where plastic center broke. and ofcourse the front glass is now bulging out a bit, Using 24in vise I kept the front and back glass from bulging. But now here's the question are there any tips/resource you can recommend about transferring plants from the 55 gal established tank to a new one? My plan is to move from a 40 gaL bowfront to a new standard 75 gal 4 fish: Jack Dempsey, Pleco and T-Barb and Synoditis cat. Then reestablish the 40 with plants from the 55 and eventually move the 55 gal community tank fish to the 40 bowfront.. What do you think?
Yes please show more on maintaining sand thx!!
I used pool filter sand in my 75g African chiclid tank. I might try the black diamond sand from tractor supply for the black substrate look that I want
Hey there I’m wanting switch to CaribSea Cichlid Mix to try to lower the amount of detritus and nitrates and make maintenance easier and I’ve never done it so what should I do and how should I go about it realizing I’ll lose a ton of beneficial bacteria (how do I get that back). I have the tanked well stocked with about 24 3-4” Haps and peas. This project scares me to death I don’t want to and who does to loose any fish. Love your knowledge and you videos thanks in advance
LOOKS GREAT
GREAT video
Thanks for the advice
Peace ✌
I use both sand and gravel. I put the sand down for my plants and then add the gravel on top. This has worked well.
Does the gravel sink to the bottom?
I switched to sand for my 10 gallon I'm liking it compared to gravel. I found all kinds of stuff under the gravel it I had just cleaned that tank a week before I removed the gravel the gravel had green stuff under it and fish poop was bad.
Tank looks very awesome, thinking of doing the same when I upgrade to a bigger tank. What's the brand name of that pool filter sand? I really like how looks when cleaned and settled in the tank thanks.
I have fired bellied toads,my tank is part land part water.Id love to use pool sand for substrate, currently I have LG. flat rocks no gravel.I want live Java Moss & other live plants.Id like to see how to maintain pool sand so when I put the sand in my tank I'll know how to clean it
Great video . Could you put gravel in first with a layer of sand on top ? Would this help keeping the tank cleaner ? Or would the waste still get through to the gravel ?
thank you, helped a lot!
Just bought a new 60 gallon tank and was planning on using a sand substrate. I've never used sand on my previous tanks I had a few years ago. A sand maintenance video would be appreciated.
-Alex
very informative - thanks
I have 3 huge oscars in a 120gl tank and would love to switch to sand. however the problem I have is I have 2 female oscars and a male and they keep trying to breed, digging up my gravel in my tank constantly, in your opinion do you think it would be ok to change out my substrate? I currently have an under gravel filter running the entire tank with 2 power heads but every time my fish lay eggs they tend to lay them on my under gravel filters even though I have large rocks for them to lay eggs on
Thank you so much for the info!!
I have a 90 gallon fresh water tank fish already in and happy, all water levels are very steady and id like to keep it that way, BUT I want to switch over to sand, the substrate I have in is very messy when anything is moved, and clouds the tank, Im not cleaning any rocks, diftwood or plants (all live plants) because I want to keep all the bacteria in the water, and I know it will but how much of an impact will this have on my tank going to sand? how long would it take to acclimate the tank before I can put the fish back in? Thanks in advanced!
So what's the final verdict? Which substrate do you recommend, gravel or sand?
It says in the title, changing from gravel to sand.
Am personally leaning more and more towards sand, at first I was hesitant. I am also experimenting with both gravel and sand in my tanks, way more natural looking. 60-40 or 70-30 ratios in favor of sand. Rocks and plants, in over ten years I have yet to stick any wood in my aquariums. That will change when I set my 10 gallon rack.
Great video... Sand maintenance? Yes please!
What is the best paint to use on the back of the Aquarium, something that doesn’t scratch off very easy. I’m fixing to get a new tank Saturday and was gonna pick up a Black color for the background. Does it have to be a paint for acrylic?
Also can I keep 4 full grown Angelfish in a 37 gallon tall? I’ve got 10 Corydora’s also, but if it’s good to go with the 4 in a 37, can I put a few schooling fish with them, or just stay with my soon to be new setup?
Great video! Glad I came across this video! I have 6 Kribensis I have in a grow out 10 gallon, I’m ready to move them to there own 36 gallon, I have read they prefer sand to build there caves, I have extra pool sand I was wondering if I could use it, but when you say pool sand is it the sand that goes in the filter or the sand that goes under the pool?
yes it is the same sand as they use IN pool FILTERS.
Used gravel in all our tanks for 15 years, then made a switch to PFS last year. Never going back to gravel. I do like the consistancy of Fairmount Santrol PFS over some others, like HTH.
muy buen trabajo. Gracias por mostrarlo.
Nice looking tank John. I really like that half moon rock you have there. By the way... No disrespect here. Your wife have a beautiful black hair. Good luck with this new re-do for the Discus.