Sand particles harming fish

[Reef Devils]

I have been in the ugly stage for a few weeks now. I was told by my local fish store that it would be good to mix up the sand and get some of the air bubbles in the sand out. Is that a good idea to mix things up with all of that diatoms? And when I mixed some of it up there are lots of sand particles in the water. Is that bad for the fish?

 

[Reef Devils]

I have been in the ugly stage for a few weeks now. I was told by my local fish store that it would be good to mix up the sand and get some of the air bubbles in the sand out. Is that a good idea to mix things up with all of that diatoms? And when I mixed some of it up there are lots of sand particles in the water. Is that bad for the fish?

will the diatoms spread doing this?

 

[Aquamann88]

I have been in the ugly stage for a few weeks now. I was told by my local fish store that it would be good to mix up the sand and get some of the air bubbles in the sand out. Is that a good idea to mix things up with all of that diatoms? And when I mixed some of it up there are lots of sand particles in the water. Is that bad for the fish?

Sand partials won't harm your fish

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

From what I've heard, ammonia bubbles can build up in the sandbed, stirring them up can cause an ammonia spike, best piece of info, don't touch the sandbed