Moving help and tips

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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.

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"