questions in sand removal

[Dirtyshoez]

So my tank is rounding about 1 year old and I am wanting to remove the sand and attempt transitioning to bare bottom, so I am wanting to get a little insight on the transition.

I've been doing my research and have been understanding possibility of phosphate and ammonia spikes, as well if I understand correctly I understand that if you have a low nutrient tank it can crash your tank. I have a Peninsula and want to push more flow through the tank and don't have any sand dwellers in my tank with my wrasse on its way out as soon as he goes into his trap...

My biggest battle here is that my tank has a crazy aiptasia outbreak and they seem to be in the sand. so I am assuming in this venture it is going to get worse before it gets better.
Can anyone give my some what to expect and how to treat scenarios as I am going into this.

 

[Asm481]

Remove sand because of Aptaisia? I get it if you want to go bare bottom but doing it to remove Aptaisa is like using a hammer to kill flies. The Aptaisia I have on the sand are so easy to remove. Course they haven't come back since I added peppermint shrimp.

 

[Dirtyshoez]

Remove sand because of Aptaisia? I get it if you want to go bare bottom but doing it to remove Aptaisa is like using a hammer to kill flies. The Aptaisia I have on the sand are so easy to remove. Course they haven't come back since I added peppermint shrimp.

Not solely of Aiptasia, just mentioning something I'm currently going through in case someone has advice on what I should expect. I am going bare bottom because I want bare bottom.

The wrasse I am taking out has been killing any verts coming in so at this point he kinda has be in a rock and hard place... once he is out I will be putting some nudi's in to help the problem.

 

[exnisstech]

I've done this before. I just vacuumed some out as I did WCs until it was all gone.

 

[Dirtyshoez]

I've done this before. I just vacuumed some out as I did WCs until it was all gone.

Did you get any obstacles like spikes or anything?

 

[Uncle99]

So my tank is rounding about 1 year old and I am wanting to remove the sand and attempt transitioning to bare bottom, so I am wanting to get a little insight on the transition.

I've been doing my research and have been understanding possibility of phosphate and ammonia spikes, as well if I understand correctly I understand that if you have a low nutrient tank it can crash your tank. I have a Peninsula and want to push more flow through the tank and don't have any sand dwellers in my tank with my wrasse on its way out as soon as he goes into his trap...

My biggest battle here is that my tank has a crazy aiptasia outbreak and they seem to be in the sand. so I am assuming in this venture it is going to get worse before it gets better.
Can anyone give my some what to expect and how to treat scenarios as I am going into this.

This Guy if he fits.
Removed 100% of my Aptasia, and keeps it that way no matter how that pest gets in.

Bit slow to start (3 weeks) then 100% gone in the following 4 weeks. No Aptasia in 6 years now.

 

[exnisstech]

Did you get any obstacles like spikes or anything?

TBH on didn't do any testing outside if my normal weekly N, P and alk testing and I didn't notice any coral bothered. I removed a 3-4" sand bed. The tank was a few years old with a lot of old live rock .

 

[Dirtyshoez]

This Guy if he fits.
Removed 100% of my Aptasia, and keeps it that way no matter how that pest gets in.

Bit slow to start (3 weeks) then 100% gone in the following 4 weeks. No Aptasia in 6 years now.

no issues with him eating any of your LPS?