Hack: Switching Aquarium Gravel to Sand

You can switch your aquarium gravel to say, and I manually removing all of the gravel with a cup or container. If you plan to remove the gravel while the fish are still in the aquarium, you’re gonna have to try to move very slowly and gently. When you remove the gravel, it is going to stir up the fish aquarium a lot of debris that has been housed in the gravel you can also switch out the aquarium gravel by removing all of the fish and draining all of the water and then removing the gravel.

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A fun little hack that I like to do while switching your aquarium gravel to sand is to just put the sand on top of the ground. This way you don’t have to actually remove the gravel at all but instead just put the sand right on top. You can start by moving the aquarium gravel to where the front layer is very thin near the front glass pane. This makes it so it will be hard to see the gravel when you put the sand on top of it in front of the aquarium.

It is possible to change your aquarium gravel to sand, it’s going to take some work. The real trick is to be patient and move very slowly so that you don’t disturb the water severely. You have to remember the gravel in your fish tank is holding a lot of bacteria and debris. There’s also a lot of good bacteria in that gravel as well. That’s benefiting your fish aquarium.