So I haven't really been deep cleaning my sandbed the past 7 months just surface siphon and turkey blow the top. I was told I need to really get into it and mix the sand around. It's only 2" deep but there is brown left over diatoms and or cyano mixed in it in layers. Just has an ugly look. I thought it would eventually decay and fade away on its own but nope.
I used my turkey baster and got down in there blowing sand around. Did about 25% of the bottom and sure enough my phosphate spiked to .35 just from that. No nitrate increase but I was worried about ammonia spike to but fish seem fine.
How often do you guys deep clean the sandbed? Do you get spikes to?
I used my turkey baster and got down in there blowing sand around. Did about 25% of the bottom and sure enough my phosphate spiked to .35 just from that. No nitrate increase but I was worried about ammonia spike to but fish seem fine.
How often do you guys deep clean the sandbed? Do you get spikes to?