Sandbed got stirred up too much...problems?

[ameares8]

Last night I did a water change on my 55 and everything was fine. I woke up this morning and my SEIO had somehow dismounted itself and landed in the sand. A good 4" by 12" section of sand was all over the tank and bare bottom around the powerhead. All of my corals and clowns are fine thankfully, but I wonder if this is going to cause a phosphate spike or something of that nature. Any thoughts? I have a shallow sandbed to begin with.

 

[ai-reefer]

Check your ammonia levels. When this happens in my tank i add prime to counter the possible ammonia spike.

But everything should go back to normal in a few days.

 

[andywe]

Think of it as a storm belw through the tank..it's good to mix it up a little every now and then Jsut keep an eye on your levels like Aneal mentioned, and keep your skimmer running

 

[ameares8]

Gotcha, I gave all of my prime to my brother in law for his pond...hope he still has some left. Thanks for the input guys.

 

[Mikeyjer]

That's happened to me before, just do another water change soon. You'll be fine, you probably see a bit of algae bloom here and there, but a few water changes would take care of it. Instead of Ammonia, I would be worried more about nitrate.

 

[NeveSSL]

As long as its a shallow sand bed, you should be fine.

Check your ammonia as has been mentioned.

If it was a DSB, you probably wouldn't have a ton of stuff still alive I would think!

Brandon