How much sand?

[waterlily1072]

I am doing a shallow sand bed in a 10gal nano. How many lbs of sand should it take. I'd like to not have to make multiple trips or over buy if at all possible.

Thanks in advance

[TekCat]

There is a sandbed calculator here at RC: http://www.reefcentral.com/calc/SandBed.php

[picnic]

I bought 1 bag of sand for my 10 gave me about 2"

[Andrew]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7882849#post7882849 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by picnic
I bought 1 bag of sand for my 10 gave me about 2"

That's really not going to help since we don't know how many lbs are the bag you got. ;)


The sand calculator on RC will be your best way to find out how much you need.