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Simply put, how often are you vacuuming your sandbed and how old is your aquarium. What are your reasons for your method. Tank photos would be awesome!
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Nice clean sand! What type of clean up crew do you have?Never. 2+ years.
How often do you do that deep cleaning?I vacuumed religiously for a few years until I got a larger tank. Now most of my base rock is on 1.5" pylons and instead of vacuuming, I just clamp a pump inside and blast it all with a silicone hose until I can't see anything in the tank. Then I flip a few valves and my return pump removes water to my waste line. No more buckets, no more vacuuming. About 6 years this way now.
If it is still cloudy after new water is pumped in, I will dump some CaCO3 solution in to clean up the water. Remove socks after that.
5 tiger conch, a few nassarius snails, tiger cucumber, spaghetti worms, & bristle worms.Nice clean sand! What type of clean up crew do you have?
I do it each WC so every other week. I blow off the rock first, then get to the sand. I might get 1/3 to 1/2 the sand blown before I lose visibility and have to stop. Otherwise I find broken acro sticks all over the place.How often do you do that deep cleaning?