Adding more sand?

[salty jeff]

Can I add new sand to my existing tank sand? I would add the same kind. I just want to build up the sand bed and replace the bit that I take out when I vacuum the tank once a week.
Thanks

 

[reefnut]

There is no need to vacuum the tank if you are using live sand? To answer your question, yes you can add sand to an existing tank. Using a 2" PVC pipe will allow you to get the sand were you want it and not were you don't. Don't put in over 1/2" at a time to allow the critters to crawl up.

 

[jumpfrog]

ReefNut; great tip!
Do you find that adding the new sand using this technique that you still have the "cloud" to deal with or does it pretty much eliminate it?

 

[salty jeff]

Thanks for the tip ReefNut! No I'm not using live sand. Unless that white suger sand will become live over time. My next tank I WILL order LS for this website. I'm still learning.

 

[reefnut]

jumpfrog, it greatly reduces the clouds...
Salty Jeff, Sugar sand is a very good sand. If I were you, I would put in a bag of live sand. It will seed your sugar sand and in time it will all be LS.

 

[salty jeff]

Thanks again ReefNut. I'll add some LS instead. By the way how did you change the font on your tank discriptions?

 

[reefnut]

You have to use HTML code. There is a cheat sheet to the left of the sig box in your profile called vB code.
Good luck,