Do you guys vacuum your sand?

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newbie916
 
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Do you guys vacuum your sand?

by newbie916

Hey guys,

Kind of a stupid question, but do you guys vacuum out your sand during your water changes. I have a 3" Live sand bed and my LFS said not to vacuum it because I will suck out alot of the bene bacteria and copepods. Should I just use a powerhead and blow across the sand like I do my rocks before I do the water change? What do you guys do?


schigara
 
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by schigara

I never touch the sand. The nassarius snails, gobies and blenny keep it clean.


newbie916
 
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by newbie916

Hey schigara,

What kind of gobies and blenny are you keeping. I have about 50 Nass snails, but I noticed that my sand isn't as clean as when I transferred my tank two weeks ago.


Snowboss4492
 
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by Snowboss4492

may not be settled down yet either ...just a spike in crude ...........


schigara
 
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by schigara

I got a hectors goby, starry blenny and a rainfords goby.


fihsboy
 
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by fihsboy

Newbie.......same thing is happening to me. I did a TOTAL tank make over......stired it all up, its like a whole new mini cylce. EVERYTHING got moved.......so my sand is brown right now. But give it time, it will go away. I have probably the same amount of Nas snails as you and a sand sifting star......They are trying to take care of it.....but shit happens....literally. :)


puffedupseagull
 
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by puffedupseagull

golden headed sleeper gobies are cheap and great sand sifters moving heaps in a day, always keep my sand white asssssss.

True not to sand sift with a vacumm it will suck up all the good shit

Do you guys vacuum your sand?

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