Water Change and Sand Bed

[JPUA]

I have not been syphoning the sandbed, simply stirring it once a week. I now have some algae on the sandbed. Do yall syphon the sandbed? Does that waste alot of sand?

 

[Mr. D]

If you have a very fine grain it can be difficult to siphon the tank. If your grain size is more coarse you can use a gravel siphon from Walmart. I try to siphon at least every other water change simply because of algae problems. Id say with enough of a CUC the algae may stay away. Siphoning has worked for me.

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[Budman's Corals]

I have not been syphoning the sandbed, simply stirring it once a week. I now have some algae on the sandbed. Do yall syphon the sandbed? Does that waste alot of sand?

get ya some sand sifters..gobies/snails
I never stir mine nor vacuum..

good luck
Corey

 

[Ron Reefman]

get ya some sand sifters..gobies/snails
I never stir mine nor vacuum..

good luck
Corey

Or sea cucumbers (the sand sifting type). Os a serpent star or two.
+1 with what Corey said. I never vacuum, I never stir, the critters do it for me and the sand looks fine.

 

[dirtycontour]

How deep is the sandbed? I think a shallow SB should be regularly siphoned.