 BIG Dumb Mistake
A couple of months ago I traded a guy who was returning to reefing a couple of cups of LS for a 50# bag of YardRight (Southdown). When I met him with the LS he'd left home without the YardRight and we finally managed to connect with each other last week. I've never added sand to an established tank but I remembered reading about the funnel and tube method and thought that it sounded like the best way to add sand to an established tank. I didn't have any extra large diameter tubing or an extra funnel laying around so I stopped in the hardware store and bought them. I decided to add my first cup of same last night. I got the tube fixed on the outlet of the funnel and added about a cup of sand to the funnel. The tube was curled and as I tried to straighten it to get the sand to flow through it and go where I wanted it to go I PULLED the tube OFF the funnel. As soon as that happened a bunch of the sand came out of the funnel and into the water. Then I reacted and jerked my hand holding the funnel and got sand in my hair, on the floor, in my tote of supplies, etc, etc, etc! What a BIG DUMB mess!. My tank is cloudy and despite vacuuming my floor is gritty. YUCK!
__________________ Carmie
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