Vaccume or not. That is the question

[jmoore1197]

I was told by LFS today that they NEVER "vaccume" the sand beds of reef tanks. I was told by different LFS to vaccume every other water change
so who is correct?

 

[jackri]

I do.. but only a little at a time. Takes out a lot of gunk but I'm sure it pulls out a lot of little critters too.

 

[meowzer]

I don't, but I have a clean up crew to clean the sand....sand sifters (goby's) and lots and lots of nassarius and cerith snails...also some fighting conch's

 

[ugotktfo]

I vacuum every other water change because I don't have a very thorough cuc.

 

[abeandlulu]

I dont mess with the sand, my cleaner crew does a nice job of cleaning up

 

[cedarreef]

i vacuum the sand every water change because i don't have anything in my CUC to clean the sand other than some hermits. I don't think I have enough sand for nassarius snails, though because I don't even have an inch. I would've gone bare bottom, but I like the look of sand.

 

[usirchchris]

I suck up big stuff...like food or big chunks of puffer poo, other than that I leave it alone. I don't stir up the sand much...try not to at all really.

 

[jmoore1197]

Thanks for input. Gonna let cuc and goby do it for me as well