how to take out livesand?

[p00num3lli]

yea.. im going to swap my sand in about a week, what should i use to scoop it out with, and
were can i get it,lol?

thanks

[don-n-sa]

wait until you need to do a water change and syphon it

[p00num3lli]

yea, i know hehe:) thats what i was gona do.. if i can find what to use to take it out with wen i get through syphoning it....

[ismvel]

If you have a sump...save a cup or two and put it in there to seed the new sand...and build up the beneficial bacteria that you have in the sand now.

[TheOtherGuy]

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[p00num3lli]

maelv, i ws gona do half of it at a time, take out half and put in one back, then let my old seed my new for about a week, then take out the rest and put in the rest of the new sand