Father Fish made a mistake and admits it, that is appreciated honest advice, way to go FF.

@jdubj3

3 ай бұрын

So I just did this and I'm looking for help can any one help 4 9 24

I always rinse the sand before I put it in my tank🐟🐟👍

Did this myself about 30 years ago. Was glad it just 20 gallon and I was able to save the fish.

I just used play sand from Home Depot and all my tanks were just fine ❤ sometimes the aquarium industry likes to sell us stuff we don’t need that just makes life more complicated.

@sabine3769

9 ай бұрын

Do you have to rinse it?

@dallasbrat81

7 ай бұрын

@@sabine3769yes I purchased Play sand and rised it several times till sand water was nearly clear .

@Interstellar320

7 ай бұрын

@@sabine3769yes you have to rinse it well I recommend rinsing and putting it in your tank without fish the water will get cloudy but having a filter and waiting a few days will help

@kukukaka968

5 ай бұрын

i used play sand from home depo bad cloud

@dallasbrat81

5 ай бұрын

@@kukukaka968 I recommend use sand you get from pool stores it's clean

100% agree always think of your fish when aquascaping and keep them in a different tank till your happy with conditions and leave room for errors

I accidentally did this recently while setting up my 25 gal,I let the filter run for two days and it was partially clear then I did a 40% water change and a day later the water was clear.I recommend rinsing the sand before hand it’ll save you a lot of time😅

I just had to add more sand to my tank. Rinced it. It is raw fine sand from the local concrete store. It rinced clear but the water is dusty brown. Ill have to check my sucker fish when i can. Thanks father fish!

@mr.brightside8491

10 ай бұрын

Sucker fish did indeed pass away. Im not quite comfortable yet and tank is only 4 months old so i took out the body instead of burying it.

I rinsed mine just to remove any contaminants. Glad I did. ❤❤❤

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

good idea, especially if there are cigarette butts in it. lol

There is finder sand mixed with your sand you need to clean your water in a 5-gallon bucket and strain it until you get crystal clear water and do it a couple more times and then you put it back in your aquarium and then it works amazing

Rinse it and then put it in cup by cup by sinking the cup to the bottom then tipping it out.

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

good plan

@nuggetbug

7 ай бұрын

Also laying a plastic bag on top of the sand and filling it gently with the water pouring over the bag makes it fill clear

I fill the water with a plastic bag laying on top of the sand doesn't look like that👍just a pro tip,it works and then you don't have a big milky mess(or cloudy one)the tank fills clear

i'm about to wash my sand I too put straight sand in my tank but the fish are currently in a smaller tank waiting I noticed too that the ewater was the same milky colour, so glad I didn't put the fish in now, thanks FF

I put a huge amount of sand from a local beach into my tank. I didn’t rinse it and it was absolutely fine. I think maybe this advice is just for commercial bags of sand?

@codyshubin1073

11 ай бұрын

Yea oceanic sand is seeded with bacteria but industrial sand has harmful metals and other toxic substances pre rinse

@deborahjeanne2141

11 ай бұрын

My opinion on that is theoretically, it’s already been rinsed by the lake/pond/ocean you gathered it from, so there’s no need to do it again. The only reason I might rinse it anyway would be if it’s ocean sand - because of the salt.

@deborahjeanne2141

11 ай бұрын

That’s such a great idea. Wish I’d thought of that before buying 120lb of sand!🤦🏻‍♀️

@volcanixthanksyoufortheviewz

11 ай бұрын

I got river sand, but it definitely needed to be rinsed due to it mixing with mulm and mud from the riverbed😂

@StormCaller5

11 ай бұрын

Many places view it as a crime to take sand from a beach. Check your local laws, before gathering sand from a beach.

That's why I use quality quartz sand.

Exceptional life experience is gold!!!

I go to a swimming pool supply store and buy pool filter sand, and I've never rinsed it. I've used two different brands. One didn't produce any cloudiness, and the other only produced a very small amount that was cleared by the next day.

Great info Father Fish! Thank you for sharing

I just did the same thing, setting up my first sanded tank this week. A hang on the back filter worked great. I tested the water and it says it's ready for fish but I like to wait until the Ostracods are teeming, then I know it's really ready for fish.

The sand that gets stuck on the glass can grow more algae food for your fish, it's gone the same day it grows lol, the trumpet snails does well btw

Never thought about this! Tha k you!!

I did that sand yesterday first time in my life! I used plastic bottle way to fill the tank! The sand was play sand for kids, but really dirty! I tried let it sit, but after half an hour i turned on filter with fine mesh. In under 2 hours it was clear! 😉 👍🏻

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

perfect

I started setting up an aquarium a few hours ago found a 10G tank for free and I have been watching your videos for a few weeks now, set up the soil about 1 inch and I got washed sand (( guess they didn't washed it enough)) it all messed up inside have changed the water twice by now it keeps setting down but I can tell it will be messy, tomorrow I will head down to a body of water, to get me some leaves as you recommend and a few water plants, If I can find some in there, if in 3 days still murky I will have to start over again. I'm in no rush to get me 🐠🐟🐠🐟 yet only plants for a month or 2 then I might add a couple fishes. Wish me luck father fish.

@FatherFish

10 ай бұрын

Stop changing the water. It is not helping. Just leave it alone.

And this is why I always wash new sand and gravel

I like beach sand that’s far away from the shore so less salts. And less mud mixed in to when it’s on a concrete surface

Rinsed some new sand about 70 times literally and it still clouded my water a decent bit, no issues though just crazy it still manages to cloud

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

I use sponge filters for this.

Home depot has a pre-washed playsand that didnt cloud up at all when i used it. Although dumping any substrate with fish inside seems odd to me.

There's a lot of KZread fish people that say this never happens. But they know it does, and they edit that part out. Some aquarium shop sands are nothing but fine powder that says rinsed, but that's a lie. I turned to black blasting sand, and after one rinse it went straight in, not clouding my water.

I’ve been there but thankfully I didn’t added fish yet but my filter was soaked with sand

Great lesson from another’s mistake. Thank you Father Fish.

Same thing happened too me but i just let the filter run for 24hours and i was almost crystal clear

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

excellent

@iwanjirkuw8596

11 ай бұрын

I had it milky like in this short video, turned on filter with fine mesh on intake and it was clear within two hours! 😉 👍🏻

How can I make the water clear from dust if I can’t fit a sponge filter in my bowl? I have a 3.5 gallon bowl but the hole of it is very small I can’t fit a filter in it

Wash the sand over and over again till the water be cristal clean just moments after agitation

here in s. fl we use crushed limestone rock instead of sand

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Only problem is it is not inert. It dissolves and increases both kh and gh.

@ESPNsPeacockbassProfessor

Жыл бұрын

@@FatherFish thank you i see the quaries here after they dredge the water is blue and the fishing is great the bass love it. the locals say its the lime from the limestone rock

Father fish, I want to thank you for all of your incredible information. I noticed you used black diamond blasting sand. Does it cause diatom spikes? Did you rinse it?

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

All I have used has been inert., There does seem to be some variation in size. I bought one bag that was actually dust.

I rinsed the hell out of the sand over and over and it was still dark, I eventually just started adding it to my tank. My tank is pretty murky right now but is not really white it’s more brown. It’s transparent but I don’t know what else I could have done besides rinse it, wait an hour for things to settle after adding it, then adding the fish back as well as 30% of old tank water from before I added the sand.

@FatherFish

5 ай бұрын

Sounds like play sand. A sponge filter will help clear up the rest.

Allways buy pool filter sand. Never happens with that material

What about myrielonite clay? I put some in my aquariums every week, the water gets very cloudy, but for like an hour. From what I have heard, it adds valuable minerals into the substrate and water column for healthy plants and fish. Do you have any experience with using mineral clay? What is your take on it?

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

I do usee it and like it. However, I put it in the deepp substrate with soil when setting up the tank. It is not used up but remains in the system as long as you are not pulling things out routinely.

@EuroGupper

Жыл бұрын

@FatherFish Very good advice. I discovered it about 2 years after i set up the main aquarium. I have stopped doing water changes. I only do refills, and my fish look so happy and healthy (along with the clay). i also innoculated the already cycled aquariums with creek/pond/river water/dirt I also recently saw your advice to put this pond water/diet in a glass vase or bowl to watch it age and develop. I like that

I respect your honesty. But how can someone who always advises people not know to wash sand before using it...

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

Sand placed as cap on dirted substrate before adding water is better than washed sand. Figure it out.

i added more sand to my fish tank and now its more clear but 1 fish has been missing ever since i added the sand ? i dont get it could he really got burried in the sand?? very wierd all the other fish are fine

I didn't rinse mine and my betta seems stressed. I know my water is fine because i have another tank with other substrate and the shrimp are fine and breeding. It wasn't aquarium sand, it was construction sand so that's probably why. Should i do water changes to remove as much of the affected water as I can? Right now water is cloudy

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

A sponge filter will help.

I switched my tanks to sand when I moved and had to break them down anyway. One of my 20g needs more sand. Can I add sand (rinsed of course) carefully in small amounts without hurting the fish or is that a bad idea? I wouldn’t just dump it in, but take a closed handful to the bottom of the tank….

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

You can just dump the sand in. Fish are smart enough to get out of the way.

@deborahjeanne2141

11 ай бұрын

@@FatherFish thank you. Just started watching your videos recently on the advice of someone on line. I’m surprised KZread didn’t send me a “recommendation” since I watch several other fish videos - Prime Time Aquatics, KG Tropicals, and Aquarium Co-Op. But I’ve hooked up with you now and that’s all that matters! I have one more question. I was in the country on well water so I didn’t need to worry about chlorine. I just used Prime with water changes. Now I’m back in the city on municipal water so I started using API Tap Water Conditioner along with Prime. Last week when I was reading the bottles, it appeared they do the same thing. Am I overdoing it as well as wasting money? Are they identical products with different names but the same function?

how long did it take for the water to turn fully clear?

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

a day typically

Diatomasious filter woulda cleaned it in an hour or two i dont even know if they sell them anymore great emergency clean tank filter

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

Company out of business. GREAT little filter. Nothing on the market comparable.

Is the problem dumping sand into a tank that already has fish? Cause if not i usually just do water changes till it goes away. Easy peasy

@FatherFish

4 ай бұрын

All of you are missing the problem. DO NOT use softened water from a water softener. Use the water DIRECTLY from the well.

I put in the Diamond Black fine gravel substrate but I had rinsed it SEVERAL times prior and my water still turned black 🤦🏻‍♂️

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

have never had that issue. Probably too fine. It does not dissolve. It is dust and will filter out with a sponge filter.

@TheMikeRude

Жыл бұрын

@@FatherFish yea it took awhile but it finally settled down..still worrisome Bc it was pitch black 😅

My bro sandblasted a fish like that

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

not even possible unless he dumped 50 lbs in all at once.

@charleswieand4445

Жыл бұрын

@@FatherFish really fine sand all brand new to big a filter.

I pick up sand from the beach, is it safe to use?

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

yes

that fine sand will also destroy your filter impellers

@FatherFish

7 ай бұрын

Yes it can. The lift tube will not pick it up, however. Do not leave the pump on when pouring sand into the tank or when stirring up the sand. One more reason I use sponge filters.

I bought some aquarium sand should I be worried about the fish when I put them in?

@FatherFish

11 ай бұрын

no

@Keg890

11 ай бұрын

@@FatherFish ok thanks!

I lost my precious betta to white sand

@FatherFish

4 ай бұрын

Sorry

Wash the sand because you use it

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

If it contains cigarette butts it must be washed. If it being poured through the tank water it must be clean of dust.

Just redid my tank with pool filter sand. Even after I rinsed it, it still made the water incredibly cloudy. Polyfill in the filter is a great way to clear up cloudy sandy water.

Everytime i do something! 2 minutes later you put out a video telling me not to do it!! I just dumped 2 tbsp of diatomaceous earth in my tank, turned my tank milk white! Im trying to kill parasites. Im a dumbass

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

I understand perfectly. It is called counter intuitive. What we think will be wonderful sometimes turns out to be terrible. Always double check yourself. My worse times are at night when I wake up and make decisions. ALWAYS terrible. That's why I am supposed to be asleep, to prevent idiocy.

@crawfordwice

Жыл бұрын

@@FatherFish hey well I was adding the diatomaceous earth to fight parasites! And it worked they all fell off my shrimp! Now my tank is crystal clear. I invented a way to treat scutariella japonica that is chemical and salt free. Not so bad. I guess that's kinda what your movement is about!! Also my endlers had not trouble breathing in the milky water!

Miillkk 🐄

Shit I did that

Gets in your lungs and dont come out. Dont breathe the dust

Wash sand, first.

@FatherFish

5 ай бұрын

good idea unless it is wild from the water

I wouldn't put anything alive in water that isn't clear

Oh look you did it WRONG.. and had to make a video of it… buzz of chap.

@FatherFish

Жыл бұрын

so you want perfection? You got it!