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john.stone Banned Posts: 1600 Kudos: 2332 Votes: 18 Registered: 03-Apr-2003   | You put it in a bucket... Fill it up with water... Stir it around... and pour the water out... You have to wash sand a whole lot more then gravel... I had to wash mine about 15 times before it was ok. |
 Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:20 |     |
dthurs      Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 4340 Kudos: 4170 Votes: 529 Registered: 18-Feb-2003 | There are many that say you dont rinse sand. You just add it and the fines will settle and provied more area for benificial bacteria. Dan |
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fishheadfred Fish Addict Posts: 708 Kudos: 653 Votes: 12 Registered: 30-Jul-2003 | DTHURS is right.More and more people are placing the sand directly from the bag to the tank.It does take a little longer to settle but as he said there is more surface area for bacteria. |
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lil_mikey69 Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3180 Kudos: 2380 Votes: 1 Registered: 22-Jan-2003 | I didnt rinse or wash a single pound of sand that went into my tank. I think theres 160 pounds. |
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| lil_mikey69 Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3180 Kudos: 2380 Votes: 1 Registered: 22-Jan-2003 | It will pretty much clear up on its own. It may take time though. If you wish to speed it up, go ahead and use an HOB filter or something similar, cannister, whatever really. |
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| dthurs Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 4340 Kudos: 4170 Votes: 529 Registered: 18-Feb-2003 | You can use your net to skim the stuff off the surface. That's what I did. Dan |
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