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Iriscience   Hobbyist Posts: 91 Kudos: 90 Votes: 5 Registered: 06-Feb-2004   | I was thinking of scaping my next aquarium with black sand. I'm most concerned about what to use to clean the sand of waste. Is there any kind of vac that works well? |
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Brybenn Mega Fish Posts: 1217 Kudos: 1173 Votes: 1 Registered: 02-Mar-2003  | i use a cheap vac to clean my sand tanks and it works extremly well jsut hold it jsut over the portion of sand u wish to vac the sand is heavier n stays on the bottom u may suck up some sand but u can jsut dump it back in after |
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| rewd Big Fish Posts: 351 Votes: 0 Registered: 29-Aug-2003 | I use a regular old Python vac to clean all of my tanks that have sand. You just have to exercise care when vacuuming so you suck up the gunk on the surface and not the sand itself. It's not difficult and well worth the effort... sand is much better then gravel, IMHO.  |
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jasonpisani  *Ultimate Fish Guru* Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003  | Just use a normal vacuum & keep it 1 or 2 inches from the sand. The waste will be sucked up & the sand will stay at the bottom. It's very easy  http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/s8xi5heh/album?.dir=b5f2 http://www.deathbydyeing.org/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com |
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