Fluffin or churning your sand???

[lil.guppy]

Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/3010127
HUH? Wasn't this whold thread pretty much related to the problems you could have in fluffing or chuning your sand?
https://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/showthread.php?t=352784
Flow, Clean up crew sand shifting critters are the best way IMO to keep your sandbed and tank healthy.

Oh no spanko you had to remind me of that horrid event in my life

 

[scopus tang]

Hey Red, is the same 46gal tank that has the engineer goby in it? If so, I wouldn't worry about it, because as soon as that goby gets used to the tank and starts getting some size too him, he'll take care of churning the sand for you.

 

[naclh2o nut]

Yea, the engineer goby will move more sand then you can. They are neat to watch, word of cation- Have all rock on the bottom! If there is sand under the rock your rock work will also be sifted(shifted).

 

[sepulatian]

What kind of sand bed do you have? How deep is it? If it is a shallow bed, under three inches, then just get a sand sifting fish or sand sifting inverts. Nassarus snails and/or a sand sifting goby will keep the sand bed nice.

 

[don trinko]

As a general statment in a salt water tank you do not want to churn the sand. In salt water anarobic bacteria form deep in the sand. They convert nitrates back to nitrogen.
In freshwater it is different. If anerobic bacteria form it produces hydrogen sulfide. In large amounts it is poisonous to the fish. This does not happen with gravel but will happen with fine sand. (Caused by lack of water circulation and decaying matter.) Don T.

 

[woody189]

I have a question. How do you keep a powerhead on the bottom of the tank w/o it blowing sand all over the place?
Every time I try this, 1 of 3things happen.
1) sand goes everywhere
2) it's not doing anything to the sand
3) it seems fine, but when I come back later, there is a deep impression of where the PH was blowing the sand. All the sand is blown off the floor in that 1 specific area.
Sorry if this is threadjacking.

 

[meowzer]

You could put the powerhead mid tank...and point diagonally towards the sand...so it is blowing at it...not on it...hope that makes sense

 

[woody189]

Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3017155
You could put the powerhead mid tank...and point diagonally towards the sand...so it is blowing at it...not on it...hope that makes sense
YEa, thanks. I'm thinking that when I Think it's not working, it actually is. It's probably blowing the detritus and stuff, but leaving the heavier sand behind.
That's actually how I have it now, but it just doesn't seem like it's working.