Do you guys vacuum your sand?

by **newbie916** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 3:38 pm

Hey guys,

Kind of a stupid question, but do you guys vacuum out your sand during your water changes. I have a 3" Live sand bed and my LFS said not to vacuum it because I will suck out alot of the bene bacteria and copepods. Should I just use a powerhead and blow across the sand like I do my rocks before I do the water change? What do you guys do?

by **schigara** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:16 pm

I never touch the sand. The nassarius snails, gobies and blenny keep it clean.

by **newbie916** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:17 pm

Hey schigara,

What kind of gobies and blenny are you keeping. I have about 50 Nass snails, but I noticed that my sand isn't as clean as when I transferred my tank two weeks ago.

by **Snowboss4492** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:36 pm

may not be settled down yet either ...just a spike in crude ...........

by **schigara** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:22 pm

I got a hectors goby, starry blenny and a rainfords goby.

by **fihsboy** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 1:35 am

Newbie.......same thing is happening to me. I did a TOTAL tank make over......stired it all up, its like a whole new mini cylce. EVERYTHING got moved.......so my sand is brown right now. But give it time, it will go away. I have probably the same amount of Nas snails as you and a sand sifting star......They are trying to take care of it.....but shit happens....literally. :)

by **puffedupseagull** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 5:09 am

golden headed sleeper gobies are cheap and great sand sifters moving heaps in a day, always keep my sand white asssssss.

True not to sand sift with a vacumm it will suck up all the good shit

Do you guys vacuum your sand?

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