Switching to sand

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angharad

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Right I am going to switch to sand as soon as I can get some... I just wanted to know what's the best way of switching without disturbing or stressing out my axi. I've got a big tank about 3ft and it's also quite deep. If I need to remove the axi would it be alright if I did a big water change at the time as if i have to take him out I will need to drain a lot of the water.
 
i did a gravel to sand change recently, but my Axolotl is only 6cm's long , so i moved her to a dish with a lid for a a day while i did the change and waited for the sand to settle, you could do a gravel to sand change , if you took out most the gravel and add a small handful of washed sand at the bottom of the tank then wait for that to settle and do the same again (may take a few days for the sand to settle depending on the quality of sand)
 
This post is 4 years old. I'm pretty sure this user has already made the switch.
 
haha! you never know... maybe they were waiting patiently for 4 years for someone to answer :D
 
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