Creating bad water quality.

[wocka]

whenever i clean my tank, i have to put my whole arm in becuase i have this metal tool that gets algae off the glass in a snap unlike that crappy magnet i have. and whenever i do tank cleanings i allways stir up the sand and it looks dirty. does that create bad water quality? or is creating bad water quality having a fish die then an ammonia spike? i would like to know how to get bad water quality so i can prevent it.

 

[mr. tuna]

Especially if you have a DSB, when stirred up, it can cause phosphate spikes..ect. That is a possibility.
You dont have any axe, or body spray on your arms right?
Because if you do... thats a problem.

 

[wocka]

no.. thats happened to me before and everything suddenly died. my friend gave me a cup of " LS " but my sand bed is still dirty and is nasty. i think im gonna go to the store and by the smallest bag of LS. i was looking around at night and saw this big bug about this big ---. he looked like a sand flea or somethin

 

[mr. tuna]

was it like some Giant Pod?
LoL

 

[wocka]

ya, it had a " C " curve shape to its body

 

[yellowtail]

probaly a pod