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Originally Posted by Snaz
A fat sandbed full of anaerobic bacteria is worth a lot more than $20... some would say it is priceless.
When you moved yours was it disturbed? If any oxygen or oxygen rich water hits then yes it will take a nasty dive. I left just enough water in to cover the sand bed and made sure not to disturb it in any way.
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just the water moving back and forth when driving
could be enough to disturb the sandbed.....I think moving a sandbed is like playing "Russian roulette" with your tank.....while you may be right about the fact that the beneficial life in a sandbed has some value, with a couple scoops of the old sandbed, a new sandbed will develop that same value with time.....my motto is "if it
cant happen, then it
wont happen"
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