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Old 03-18-2014, 03:07 PM
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Default Vacuuming a sand bed or not That is my question

Should people vacuum their sand regularly to avoid nitrates and other problems or not go ahead caller your online.


I'm asking to put this to rest, so many on are club i'm not saying which , but want us to vacuum are sandbed every week like it was a carpet . Not all in favor i'm asking your vote that i'll publish in any event.

But i know full well that's not a thing to do regularly but only in extreme cases of problems. I'm more for prevention that is . So please vote and write a comment that i can put it on are board to silence the clean freaks and their vaccumm cleaners and spatulas on the aquarium side......

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Old 03-18-2014, 03:12 PM
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I used to vacuum my sand to keep it clean, but not anymore. I now have orange spot sleeper gobies in each of my tanks, and they do the job for me.
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Can you make your fonts a bit smaller? I can still kind of read it...
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I used to vacuum my sand to keep it clean, but not anymore. I now have orange spot sleeper gobies in each of my tanks, and they do the job for me.
The difference though is that they don't disturb the whole tank all at once my friend that not comparable. The cleaning lady with her gigantic vacuuming and spatula destroy the whole ecosystem in one shot. How do you think the filtration is affected.
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Can you make your fonts a bit smaller? I can still kind of read it...
Soory but their seem to be an issue with the controls at this end sorry, do you have an opinion worth publishing ?
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Having recently disturbed my sand bed, and seeing the garbage that came out of it, I'm thinking vacuuming might not be a bad idea. In fact, I'm vacuuming it right out today and replacing it.
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do you have an opinion worth publishing ?
Are you new here? Half the crap I write isn't worth publishing. Do you have any comments worth reading?
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8 foot by 2 foot sand bed 4 to 6 inches deep vac about 10 % of the sand every water change sandbed is 11 years old tank still reads 0 nitrates that IMO is enough proof that regular maintenance keeps sandbeds from becoming nitrate traps.
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Old 03-18-2014, 03:27 PM
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Since I'm removing part of my sand today, I'll post a pic of what comes out after a few years of not disturbing the sand. It ain't gonna be pretty.
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My sandbed only covers half my tank bottom(other half is covered in crushed coral) average depth is 1 inch and with all the snails, sea cucumbers, bristle worms and crabs it stays relatively clean
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