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Dawn II
04/18/2006, 04:25 AM
I know with dry sand, a funnel and pvc- what about adding wet sand to an established tank? I want to increase my sand bed a little without making a mess. Can someone send me a link- the search engine here keeps giving me error messages. Thanks, Dawn.

EricBrian
04/18/2006, 05:00 AM
Well, technically, when dry sand hits water, it will be wet sand. I don't think you will get around the 'dust' cloud. And, it settles in a day or two.

Dawn II
04/18/2006, 05:38 AM
I mean a delivery system to the tank- as wet sand won't pour through a funnel.

lvpd186
04/18/2006, 05:58 AM
You could always submerse the bag of live sand, hold it on the bottom of the tank and then use a razor to cut the bag open. If anything it might cut down the amount of "dust storm" that you will get.

Dawn II
04/18/2006, 07:03 AM
Thank you- that's what I'm looking for! Dawn.