hey guys, it's been a while. i haven't had many problems or questions in a long time, but now i do. my sand keeps "mucking up" and i need to know what i can do to keep it clean. ?? it's getting absolutely covered w/ algea and "crud" and i can't get rid of it. the water is really clear, but the sand sucks... help please!
Clean Sand
- Thread starter braysmom
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My sand is about the same way and its about 8 months old.
My error was I bought the very fine sand and is very very hard to cleaning without also sucking up the good sand.
So with this in mind any future sand I purchase will be a little bit more coarse.
Like I just did this past week you should do major cleaning of your tank once in a while.
With fine sand I found out if you spin your hand around a bunc it will make the bad stuff swirl up in a mini tornado. Durring this time you should then siphon it out.
My error was I bought the very fine sand and is very very hard to cleaning without also sucking up the good sand.
So with this in mind any future sand I purchase will be a little bit more coarse.
Like I just did this past week you should do major cleaning of your tank once in a while.
With fine sand I found out if you spin your hand around a bunc it will make the bad stuff swirl up in a mini tornado. Durring this time you should then siphon it out.
we have cerith and nassarius snails. i think our cerith are either dying or got eaten by the crabs. we only have a handful left. we did have a sandsifting star but it ended up dying.. ? don't see how it could have starved to death w/ all the crud, but something happened to it.
matthewscars
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Nass snails, fighting cunch, tiger tail cucumber, pistol shrimp/watchman goby = YES
