Well I did it

[Neptune]

Good Luck Ryan! I'm about to undertake this exact same thing in the next day or two. I recently scrubbed my sump so I'm giving that a day or two regrow some bacteria and then I'm going to swap substrate with PFS and reduce my plant load and rock piles.

[Ryan925]

Good Luck Ryan! I'm about to undertake this exact same thing in the next day or two. I recently scrubbed my sump so I'm giving that a day or two regrow some bacteria and then I'm going to swap substrate with PFS and reduce my plant load and rock piles.

You will be glad you did it. Good call on letting the sump reestablish the BB. That was the one problem I have run into was the loss of bb from my gravel. Here's a before and after.

Fish look instantly brighter it's amazing
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[Neptune]

That last picture...is that the same fish in the left and the right??

[Ryan925]

That last picture...is that the same fish in the left and the right??

Yep same fishPhotoGrid_1470841044159.jpg

[Neptune]

Don't mean to hijack your thread but....
could not find pool filter sand except the red flint stuff. It is a darker brown/red and I didn't like it. I sucked it up and bought CaribSea Super Naturals Moonlight.
Paid $32 for 50lbs so it didn't break the bank too badly. I'm ready to go! I'm right there with ya brother! Probably going to pull the trigger tomorrow.

[Ryan925]

Don't mean to hijack your thread but....
could not find pool filter sand except the red flint stuff. It is a darker brown/red and I didn't like it. I sucked it up and bought CaribSea Super Naturals Moonlight.
Paid $32 for 50lbs so it didn't break the bank too badly. I'm ready to go! I'm right there with ya brother! Probably going to pull the trigger tomorrow.

I found the quartz white pfs at ace hardware. Was like $12 bucks per 50*. I bought 2 bags but only put one in my 75

[Neptune]

I found the quartz white pfs at ace hardware. Was like $12 bucks per 50*. I bought 2 bags but only put one in my 75

Must be this market. I called every Ace in 20 mile radius..no one had it in stock!
I called pool supply places too, they all had the red flint stuff. One guy was funny, he said he "gets this call 20 times a year, it must say on the internet somewhere to use pool sand"! LOL..

[Ryan925]

Must be this market. I called every Ace in 20 mile radius..no one had it in stock!
I called pool supply places too, they all had the red flint stuff. One guy was funny, he said he "gets this call 20 times a year, it must say on the internet somewhere to use pool sand"! LOL..

Only one of three of my local aces had it. Others said you could order it for store pick up