Changing CC for Sand Bed

[tgolbus]

I have decided to make the plunge and change the CC (that my LFS said would be great) for a DSB. I have a 26G and have ordered 40 LBS of Nature's Ocean Bio Activ Aragonite - Live sand.
Does anyone have experience with this product?
Any tips or ideas for changing CC to DSB?
I am thinking that I will have more then enough to have 1 1/2-2 inches.

 

[killafins]

i have used they use fish nets to clear it out but it is going to be manual labor. good choice, i have a sand bed for my 55 and m hoping to do it for my 20 one day. but no time to do so.

 

[timo]

Do a post search under "DSB" and next week, when your done reading, ask again (LOL).

 

[cboyfan2020]

i transfered all my water from my 55 to rubbermaid containers(with inhabitants of course) and left maybe 2 inches of water in with the CC. I used a dustpan(clean) to scoop out all the CC and dumped the nasty water. I rinsed the tank out and put in the sand. Put a trash bag on top of the sand and added water. This cut the cloudiness down to about 8 hours then I added fish and rocks. It also gave me the oppurtunity to clean everything and do a 25% water change for kicks.
BTW: 1-11/2" isnt considered a dsb, more like 4-6" but I only have a 2" sandbed in my tank and it looks much better then the CC.

 

[doodle1800]

I did the same thing you did - replaced cc with the Oceans LS. I did the rubbermaid from Target thing also. Kept most of the same water I had and basically did a small water change. Cleaned the tank...Cloudiness was not a factor.
Do not rinse the LS.
Note your tank will cycle again - maybe a shorter cycle this time, and will happen much quicker.
Hope this helps..

 

[fishkiller]

Yeah, if your are going to do this, make it at least 4' deep. That is when the denitrification process starts. -good thing