Slowly Replenishing Sand

[Quang]

I have a SSB and I want to slowly switch out my sand to Black Tahitian Moon Sand (http://www.aquariumguys.com/moonsand.html). Why? Becuase I like the look. I'm figuring I syphon out a bit at a time of my old sand and adding in twice of the black sand each water change. I will try to do this over the course of 6-8 months. Right now I have a very shallow sand bed with maybe 1/4 - 1/2" of sand across a 24"x8" tank foot print. So essentially, I want to a) slowly replace my old sand b) while makingthe sandbed a little deeper c) doing all this with my inhabitants in the tank.

I know towards the later phase of this transition, I will be syphoning bits of my new black sand with my old "white" sand, which seems like a waste, but I got a 20lb bag to play around with.

Any comments/ suggestions/ cautionary tales are welcomed. Thanks.


-Q

 

[aaron23]

i think you're in the right direction doing things slow and watching how everythings going to react. btw whatsup =] hows the summer?

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

Wow what a task. I have problem keeping the Cancun sand(white) not to mix with my charcoal in my FW "Palm Beach". At first I aquascape it like a Ying Yang but then too much work in maintainance especially I like all kinds of sand burrowing stuff. After a while just keep left and right.

I just broke down the palm beach and move all inhabitants to a new FW mini reef yesterday.

Pics to come in the tank threads soon.