sand care

[dogman]

I read that you don't siphon the sand bed per Dr. Schimek,as to not upset the creatures in the sand bed, but I also read on this BB that you do when you do a water change. Please all experienced fish keepers give me your expert thoughts on the subject.
Thank you.

 

[beth]

It would depend on what type of setup you have. If you are running a DSB than you follow Dr. Ron's advise. However, if you have a FO tank you can do some surface cleanup. Substrate should not be too disturbed, however, as the substrate is a primary natural filter and disturbing it too much will distrupt the biological filtration.

 

[mr . salty]

I have never vaccumed ny sand,but I do stir it up every week or so...

 

[blutang]

The best way to naturally turn your sand is to get a sand sifting starfish.....I think you'll be really happy with that.
Later!

 

[louny]

My Hermit crab vacuums it pretty good