Cleaning Sand
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- Fahaka Puffer
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Cleaning Sand
When I do water changes in a marine tank, should I be hoovering the sand/gravel or do I leave well alone?
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Re: Cleaning Sand
If I were you I wouldn't do both water changes and tank cleaning on the same day. You don't want to eliminate too much of your tanks beneficial bacteria.
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Re: Cleaning Sand
Neither changing water not stirring sand remove beneficial bacteria. I do them together.
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Re: Cleaning Sand
For SW tanks, if you have LR then there are beneficial critters in your sand you don't want to disturb/remove. I have a black cucumber who does all my sand's vacuuming.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
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Re: Cleaning Sand
I tend to just skim the surface as I take water out. I will look into getting a cucumber - but I want to make sure the tank is settled & balanced first before adding anything else.Pufferpunk wrote:For SW tanks, if you have LR then there are beneficial critters in your sand you don't want to disturb/remove. I have a black cucumber who does all my sand's vacuuming.
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Re: Cleaning Sand
I have a question then. I will be going full salt soon. Would a Sea Cucumber be safe with a GSP?Pufferpunk wrote:For SW tanks, if you have LR then there are beneficial critters in your sand you don't want to disturb/remove. I have a black cucumber who does all my sand's vacuuming.
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Re: Cleaning Sand
PP can you post a pic of your ''black cucumber'' I might get one to clean my sand toPufferpunk wrote:For SW tanks, if you have LR then there are beneficial critters in your sand you don't want to disturb/remove. I have a black cucumber who does all my sand's vacuuming.
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Re: Cleaning Sand
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I don't see why a GSP would bother one.
I don't see why a GSP would bother one.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
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Re: Cleaning Sand
I must have been misinformed, my apologies!
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Re: Cleaning Sand
Leave the sand alone and see if you can sneak some nassarius and dwarf ceriths in there. they may stay under the stand long enough for the GSP not to get to them.bigfatfish wrote:When I do water changes in a marine tank, should I be hoovering the sand/gravel or do I leave well alone?
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Re: Cleaning Sand
Get yourself a Blue Cheak Goby, they sift the sand and eat any leftovers (mysis etc). Before I got one I was getting red and green hair algea growning from the sand, now the algea doesn't have long enough to grow as the Goby keeps turning the sand over.
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Re: Cleaning Sand
I thought when cucumbers died they would nuke the tank? Maybe it's just certin type of cucumber.
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Re: Cleaning Sand
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You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"