Sand Waterfall

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  1. 24 Nov 2015 - Sand Waterfall
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    greenie

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    Hi,

    Is there anyone who has knowledge of a Sand Waterfall in his / her tank? Feedback will be grate.
     

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  3. 24 Nov 2015 - Sand Waterfall
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    JohanB

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    tagging,
    have only seen it in freshwater tanks, probably since flow in marine tanks are generally too high and will blow the sand around
     
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    I found the following links on YouTube some time ago. Although it is for a tropical aquarium. I hope this will help.



     
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    1mm sand. With the flow we have in our tanks, you will have that sand all over your corals.

    Freshwater tanks, maybe, if you have a catchment area to collect the sand. But still think you will end up with sand outside that catchment area eventually.
     
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    Thanks for the feedback. Will leave it for the freshwater tanks, still very interesting. Riaan I want to agree with you, not all sand will end up in the catchment area.
     
  7. 25 Nov 2015 - Sand Waterfall
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    Looks cool. Very interesting idea. Maybe you can place it in a glass/acrylic tube or box, thus having your sandfall in a controlled environment.
     
  8. 25 Nov 2015 - Sand Waterfall
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    i made 1...the sand falls directly in to the catchment cup
     
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    Vids or pics
     

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