removing sand bed

[jbird]

i just wanted to know what problems could happen from removing sand bed to go bare bottom? tanks been running for 1.5 years.

 

[zero]

Nitetrate and phosphate spike will harm your corals.

 

[jbird]

i was gonna remove them and the water to another tank then get rid of sand and then put back the water and coral. the whole reason was i move around abunch of lr yesterday so i could make some dark areas cause i was having a chalice turn brown and i heard people say put it in the shade so i move stuff around and kicked up a bunch of sand and woke up this morning to my allardi clown pair dead nitrates were high.

 

[aherre07]

You can remove sand from tank but would recommend doing it over a period of time. Siphon from the sand bed when doing water changes. I would also make sure to have plenty of SW on hand and ready to do water changes in situations where you get spikes like above. Patience would be key.

 

[jbird]

to late for takin it slow i moved all the lr and coral and my one fish that made it to another tank did a 15% water change everything is lookin good so far prob gonna do anther 10% water change again maybe tomorow or fri.