Painted gravel paint chips?

Veggie · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 1

I'm a newbie setting up a 55 gal. So far, I've been practicing on a
small two gallon, I figure it is easier to learn by starting out small.
I'm about ready to start thinking about the large tank now.

One problem I have on the small tank and haven't been able to solve well
is the painted gravel leaving paint chips in the tank. These chips
float in the water, some of them clinging to the side of the acrylic
tank. Is there any good ways of getting rid of the chips, and
minimizing them in the first place? Is this a common problem with
painted gravel? I'm using Estes green color.

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Jak Crow · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 5

On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 00:37:04 GMT, Veggie wrote:

>I'm a newbie setting up a 55 gal. So far, I've been practicing on a
>small two gallon, I figure it is easier to learn by starting out small.
>I'm about ready to start thinking about the large tank now.
>
>One problem I have on the small tank and haven't been able to solve well
>is the painted gravel leaving paint chips in the tank. These chips
>float in the water, some of them clinging to the side of the acrylic
>tank. Is there any good ways of getting rid of the chips, and
>minimizing them in the first place? Is this a common problem with
>painted gravel? I'm using Estes green color.

Those are loose pieces of epoxy. You'll just have to fish them out.

Roger Sleet · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 39

In article , nospam@vegan.net (Veggie) wrote:

> I'm a newbie setting up a 55 gal. So far, I've been practicing on a
> small two gallon, I figure it is easier to learn by starting out small.
> I'm about ready to start thinking about the large tank now.
>
> One problem I have on the small tank and haven't been able to solve well
> is the painted gravel leaving paint chips in the tank. These chips
> float in the water, some of them clinging to the side of the acrylic
> tank. Is there any good ways of getting rid of the chips, and
> minimizing them in the first place? Is this a common problem with
> painted gravel? I'm using Estes green color.

Well you got the first bit totally wrong - the best way to start out is to
get a big tank and work down. Tanks as small as 2gal are s very difficult
to get stable. OTOH if you've done alright on a 2gal then a 55gal should
be a doddle.

On the second question the only answer I can give, is don't use painted
gravel - but then I hate the stuff.

Roger Sleet
Roger's Aquatic Pages http://www.sleet.plus.com

Tasslehoff · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 18

Dump the hippie gravel!

"Veggie" wrote in message@vegan.net...
> I'm a newbie setting up a 55 gal. So far, I've been practicing on a
> small two gallon, I figure it is easier to learn by starting out small.
> I'm about ready to start thinking about the large tank now.
>
> One problem I have on the small tank and haven't been able to solve well
> is the painted gravel leaving paint chips in the tank. These chips
> float in the water, some of them clinging to the side of the acrylic
> tank. Is there any good ways of getting rid of the chips, and
> minimizing them in the first place? Is this a common problem with
> painted gravel? I'm using Estes green color.
>
>