20 Normal Questions

Dont vacuum in freshwater or saltwater. What ur doing is removing bacteria and essential microfauna and good organics from your sand bed if you wanna have a clean sand bed just put a powerhead in your tank
I have gravel in freshwater. I remove the dirt as I have high waste fish, the bacteria is staying in my filter media and stuck onto the gravel.
 

WHAT KIND OF SUBSTRATE ARE YOU RUNNING ON YOUR TANK?

  • Bare bottom

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  • A shallow bed of fine sand

    Votes: 2 28.6%
  • A shallow bed of coarser sand

    Votes: 1 14.3%
  • A deep sand bed

    Votes: 1 14.3%
  • Mixed substrate or varying sand depth

    Votes: 1 14.3%
  • Some other substrate (posted in the comments)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • I don’t have a reef tank yet

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