Adding Sand

I found a pretty good way to add sand! I found I needed about 20lbs more sand after Mr. Goby re-arranged the landscape! I stuck a 2 1/2 foot 1 1/2 inch pvc pipe down into the sand--cut the bottom off of a water bottle to use as a funnel and fed the sand down the pipe--when the pipe is full you just slowly lift the pipe and direct the sand where you want it. Most of the dust cloud stays in the pipe. The trick is to get the pipe out of the water without releasing the cloud. I still clouded the tank a little but cleared in about 3 hrs. Goby is happy and it worked pretty well--Just thought I would share.

 

ya man good idea about a month ago when i added the sand to my system i didnt want it to get to cloudy so i used this wiffel ball bat with ends chopped off and a watter bottle attached. pretty similar to what you did man.

 

Great Minds think alike!!!!hahahah

 

that they do my friend, that they do.

 

Cool tip! I think I will be utilizing that method soon. I need another 20 pounds it seems.

 

Cool trick. And finally a use for a busted wiffle ball bat.

 

ya it works pretty well

 

Thanks Robman I was just going ask what is a easy way to add more sand without making a huge mess of my tank k+.

 

No problem!!!!

 

That is a great idea!

I just added about 10 pounds and filled up a big zip lock and cut a tiny hole and did it that way...

Didn't cloud up a bit!