live sand change?

alirons

New Member
Should you ever do a live sand change?I was wondering if i should change live sand or clean it?I am going to do a mager tank clean.Any advice would be great.
Thanks Al
 

9supratt4

Active Member
No never. There are beneficial bacteria and critters that live in the sand. If you change it out, you may risk a spike in the chemical levels and possibly another cycle.
Why would you want to clean it out that much?? How deep is your sand bed??
 

dmyers557

Member
Changing the sand bed will only cause a killer spike in nitrates. Besides, you would also lose all your beneficial bacterial like 9supratt4 said
 

alirons

New Member
OK,Thanks for the info.I am going to rearange my live rock and clean them off a little.I did not know if you should ever change live sand.Thanks for the help.
 
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