Vacuuming - Part Deux

[kien]

I don't vacuum but I do rake it. Or at least unused to before I inherited a sand sifting goby from Brettski.

I used to use this..



.. And let the particulates that I kick up filter into filter socks on my return. It's the only time i'll use filter socks too. General I keep the socks off otherwise.

[lastlight]

Originally Posted by kien

I don't vacuum but I do rake it. Or at least unused to before I inherited a sand sifting goby from Brettski.

Do you miss all the forking you used to do before I helped you out?

[Magickiwi]

Originally Posted by lastlight

Do you miss all the forking you used to do before I helped you out?

That's what she said! Boom!

Necessity is the mother of invention and his dual pronged approach is definitely innovative.

[kien]

Originally Posted by lastlight

Do you miss all the forking you used to do before I helped you out?

Ya, I don't fork it anymore. Not sure if I miss it or not. Ocassionally I'd accidentally fork someone sleeping in the bed. I'm sure they are happy that I'm not bothering them anymore.

[lastlight]

Originally Posted by kien

Ya, I don't fork it anymore. Not sure if I miss it or not. Ocassionally I'd accidentally fork someone sleeping in the bed. I'm sure they are happy that I'm not bothering them anymore.

i hear ya. while i consider myself to be a master baster i never attempt it if my wrasses have gone to sleep for fear of basting them.

[Jakegr]

No question, I would siphon a shallow sand bed.

I don't siphon the DSB in my seagrass tank. I use sand sifting seastars and manual agitation clean the uppermost centimetre, but I don't go below that.

[Magickiwi]

I'm still not sure how you'd siphon a fine sugary sand bed. Even though I intend to remove quite a bit of sand in the near future as an ongoing maintenance issue how would you do it without removing your sand bed?

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Magickiwi

I'm still not sure how you'd siphon a fine sugary sand bed. Even though I intend to remove quite a bit of sand in the near future as an ongoing maintenance issue how would you do it without removing your sand bed?

you stir it up , the ditrius is lighter than the sand and almost always piles up somewhere or in several mounds on top of the sand

if the sugar sand is deep then stirring it is a bad idea , if its shallow then theres no harm in raking it