I would suck out all the sand or drain and remove it and do a large water change in an attempt to preserve life and avoid the uglies it may bring after from being disterbed. Run carbon after.
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Looks a lot better to me.
I'm all for it... But how does one suck out sand? LolI would suck out all the sand or drain and remove it and do a large water change in an attempt to preserve life and avoid the uglies it may bring after from being disterbed. Run carbon after.
I'm all for it... But how does one suck out sand? Lol
I'm curious how you prime your siphon... I use a pump attached to a garden hose. Don't want sand going through my pump lolA hose... Like vinyl hose...get the water draining and then suck it right out and all the crap in it. It shouldn't release much muck as the muck will be sucked right out quickly with the sand.
I do it to rip clean my sand bed every 6 months.
A deep sand bed will be more problematic to remove but if it's only a few inches it should be doable.
I'm curious how you prime your siphon... I use a pump attached to a garden hose. Don't want sand going through my pump lol
Personally, I would remove all of the sand and replace all of the water. The system is destabilized anyway.
Bare bottom isn’t the prettiest initially but it certainly saves a headache later like what is happening to you now.
Hope it all works out for you.
I'm curious how you prime your siphon... I use a pump attached to a garden hose. Don't want sand going through my pump lol
I would break off the healthy pieces....Thanks everyone for your help! I put the two fish back in the display and they're doing well. My rabbitfish is only eating sparingly, but still enjoys when I scrape algae off the glass (who would've thought diatoms would be a good thing?!). Obviously not enough for him, but at least he has an appetite. I had to dump the anemone that I posted a pic of; luckily its clone survived! Fortunately, most of my corals are LPS and they all weathered the storm! I'm trying to siphon the sand out (I'm getting more water than sand, so it's gonna take me a few days), but hopefully that'll save me from another total crash further down the road.
My birds nest is pretty much toast and I'm not sure what to do with my monti... it's slowly dying off, but definitely parts are still alive. Any thoughts on whether I should leave it be or try to break off what still looks alive?
I've heard about these, but never used it. Can you send me a link to the spigot/faucet attachment I would need to do this? This would save me from so much headache during water changes!!If u can run a garden hose from tank to outside u can hook hose to a water faucet. Turn on till water backfills hose to tank. Turn off with end held under tank water. Unhook hose from faucet and then u will have siphon started and water draining to outside your house.
I've heard about these, but never used it. Can you send me a link to the spigot/faucet attachment I would need to do this? This would save me from so much headache during water changes!!
Shop vac!I've been considering this... any thoughts as to how I might go about this without pulling all of the rocks/coral out of the water?