Cleaning sand bed along glass?

fish freak2012

fish freak2012

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I have a 265 gallon reef and a 2 inch sand bed. since it is 2 inches deep, you can see it in the front of the tank, and it has nitrogen bubbles in it, with a rainbow of colored algaes. here is my question. i am doing some tank maintenance, and i would like to clean this up because its looks sooooo much better when its clean in the sand bed. does this make sense? so is it safe to disturb all of this? or how else could i deal with this?
thanx
~Dex
 
fish freak2012

fish freak2012

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atleast three months, and it wouldnt be the whole sandbed, just the part where you can see the depth along the front of the glass.
 
spanko

spanko

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Yes, a good stiff scraper along this margin if fine. What you will get is some suspension of the detritus and algae that you are scrappingdisturbing. Food for the coral. Not to worry here.
 
geoj

geoj

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Originally Posted by Fish Freak2012 http:///forum/thread/381077/cleaning-sand-bed-along-glass#post_3317966
atleast three months, and it wouldnt be the whole sandbed, just the part where you can see the depth along the front of the glass.
I siphon my sand every three months and things look better after. If you feed a lot then you could remove the fish first, siphon then after everything clears and you don't smell eggs put them back. You will have to take it slow when you start to see how bad the sand is, people have had losses.
 
flower

flower

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Originally Posted by GeoJ http:///forum/thread/381077/cleaning-sand-bed-along-glass#post_3317981
I siphon my sand every three months and things look better after. If you feed a lot then you could remove the fish first, siphon then after everything clears and you don't smell eggs put them back. You will have to take it slow when you start to see how bad the sand is, people have had losses.

With a proper CUC you wouldn't have to work that hard. One of the things I love about SW tanks is that I no longer have to clean the gravel, or remove all the fish to do so. Cleaning algae, vacuuming the substrate, and chasing the fish around is a thing of the past when I had freshwater tanks
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I believe in letting the little cleaning critter do the work now.
 
geoj

geoj

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Originally Posted by Flower http:///forum/thread/381077/cleaning-sand-bed-along-glass#post_3317999

With a proper CUC you wouldn't have to work that hard. One of the things I love about SW tanks is that I no longer have to clean the gravel, or remove all the fish to do so. Cleaning algae, vacuuming the substrate, and chasing the fish around is a thing of the past when I had freshwater tanks
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I believe in letting the little cleaning critter do the work now.
Don't over feed...
 
bulldog123

bulldog123

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You must not own a trigger. LOL If you did and you want to feel safe putting your hand in the tank you will feed a little extra
 
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