That unsightly mess in the sand bed next to the glass..

[Roger Reynell]

I have a 125 with about a 4 to 5 inch dsb. It's been up and running about 9
months. Gone through the usual
ups and downs with algae. Everything seems to be coming together now.

My question is,,,Is it ok to run a glass scrapper down into the sand bed
next to the front panel and try and remove some the mess next to the glass,
Its not severe, however it would make the tank look better..I just don't
want to start releasing a bunch of bad stuff into the tank...
Thanks, Roger.

[Rod]

As long as you stay next to the glass and try to disturbe as littas possible,
and if you dont go digging through the rest of the sand bed it should not cause
any problems.

[Roger Reynell]

I tried getting next to to the glass with a long handled scrapper and could
only get about 1" down the
glass....
What method has anyone else used to clean the glass in a dsb...
Thanks, Roger
"Rod" > wrote in message
...
> As long as you stay next to the glass and try to disturbe as littas
possible,
> and if you dont go digging through the rest of the sand bed it should not
cause
> any problems.
>

[Marc Levenson]

A plastic spatula does a nice job.

Marc


Roger Reynell wrote:

> I tried getting next to to the glass with a long handled scrapper and could
> only get about 1" down the
> glass....
> What method has anyone else used to clean the glass in a dsb...
> Thanks, Roger
> "Rod" > wrote in message
> ...
> > As long as you stay next to the glass and try to disturbe as littas
> possible,
> > and if you dont go digging through the rest of the sand bed it should not
> cause
> > any problems.
> >

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[Kevin M]

"Roger Reynell" > wrote in message
m...
| I tried getting next to to the glass with a long handled scrapper and
could
| only get about 1" down the
| glass....
| What method has anyone else used to clean the glass in a dsb...
| Thanks, Roger


What about applying some kind of trim around the bottom of the tank to hide
the ugliness?
You're always going to have cyano and other algaes growing there, and it
will require frequent removal if it is unappealing to you.

Kev