25 gallon water change...

In one display I vaccume out the top layer of sand and replace it with new
stuff.
That tank always needs bright white sand though.
fussy fussy people
otherwise I leave it, messing with it destroys all me worm burrows.



"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
nk.net...
Yep, that's correct, it's not good to vacuum the sand.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



George Patterson wrote on 1/6/2007 12:09 AM:
KurtG wrote:
It's odd. I bought two plastic trash cans of the same size. I mix salt
water in one, and then siphon off water into the second of the same
amount. But, when I refill, I'm always 2-3 gallons short?

Yep, that's odd, but I don't understand why you siphon water into the
other can. I just siphon mine into a drain. To make that easy, I placed
one of those stick-on thermometers on my tank with the bottom of it at
the correct location for the water level when it's 25 gallons low. I just
drain water until the water level is a little below the thermometer and
pump the new stuff in.

I spent some time vacuuming the sand. Man, it's amazing the amount of
crap (literally) that I pulled up. I'm way under my livestock limit,
but there's no lack of detritus.

Yep, there's a lot. I get the impression, though, that it's not a good
idea to vacuum the sand in a reef tank. I might be wrong there.

George Patterson
Forgive your enemies. But always remember who they are.

swarvegorilla wrote:
In one display I vaccume out the top layer of sand and replace it with new
stuff.
That tank always needs bright white sand though.
fussy fussy people
otherwise I leave it, messing with it destroys all me worm burrows.


Doesn't that cause diatom blooms? Seems you'd be stirring things up a
bit by doing that.

I just do not mess with a sand bed......Never have had any problems
with keeping it clean and white if there is sufficient clean up crew
and current.

On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:44:37 -0500, Add Homonym
wrote:

swarvegorilla wrote:
In one display I vaccume out the top layer of sand and replace it with new
stuff.
That tank always needs bright white sand though.
fussy fussy people
otherwise I leave it, messing with it destroys all me worm burrows.


Doesn't that cause diatom blooms? Seems you'd be stirring things up a
bit by doing that.



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"Add Homonym" wrote in message
...
swarvegorilla wrote:
In one display I vaccume out the top layer of sand and replace it with
new stuff.
That tank always needs bright white sand though.
fussy fussy people
otherwise I leave it, messing with it destroys all me worm burrows.


Doesn't that cause diatom blooms? Seems you'd be stirring things up a bit
by doing that.

Yea well the next week I come I can vaccume more out!
nah doesn't seem to cause blooms per say
but they do so love the brite white sand
and as long as thats what they want
to avoid drama
thats what they get
I only take the top layer
and this is one mature tank
the rest I just scrape the side with a chopstick
You don't get blooms when ya waterchange
and have a solid biological filter
:-)
if ya did I woulda quit ages ago
Swarvegorilla

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