Cleaning the sand bed...
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philgmiami
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Originally Posted by tecster93
Does anyone have a great way to clean your sand substrate(of little debris like pieces of tiny rock and other discolored pieces)? any devices that work well or techniques? any advice would be a great help... 'Tanks'...
get some star sifters and horseshoe crabs(small ones)the horseshoe crabs come out at night like bull dozers and turn your sand up side down, leaving clean paths
Does anyone have a great way to clean your sand substrate(of little debris like pieces of tiny rock and other discolored pieces)? any devices that work well or techniques? any advice would be a great help... 'Tanks'...
get some star sifters and horseshoe crabs(small ones)the horseshoe crabs come out at night like bull dozers and turn your sand up side down, leaving clean paths
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thomas712
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I have a 5 gallon bucket with some southdown that I have in old tank water, if necessary on occation I will syphon some of the top layer of my sandbed and use the precured stuff in the bucket to add a new top layer. This isn't something I do very often though. I just wind up sometimes like you said with some bigger pieces of live rock that has fragmented off the larger pieces, as well as small snail shells and other debris, and I only preform this in the front of the tank to keep it nice looking.
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thomas712
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Just a warning but sand sifting stars could be death to a sandbed, they will eat all the pods and little critters necessary to keep a sandbead healthy.
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thomas712
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Originally Posted by glnzoffun
How about cleaning a crushed coral substrate? I have hermits and turbos, maybe not enough? Any advice would be appreciated.
The best single thing you can do for a crushed coral bed is to remove it entirly. Believe me I know. (there are many many reasons for this)
The second thing you can do is to vaccum the living heck out of it and do frequent water changes.
How about cleaning a crushed coral substrate? I have hermits and turbos, maybe not enough? Any advice would be appreciated.
The best single thing you can do for a crushed coral bed is to remove it entirly. Believe me I know. (there are many many reasons for this)
The second thing you can do is to vaccum the living heck out of it and do frequent water changes.
