northbay-reefer
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Ken brought up a good point, we tend to leave our lps on the bottom of the tank directly on the sand bed, Sometime the corals and the live rocks cover most of the sand bed and detritus get collected below them. The tank will have raised level of nitrate and maybe even ammonia. This contribute to what people called old tank syndrome aka tank crash. Keep vacuuming those sand bed when you do your water change and your tank will be in a much better shape.
I have even gone as far a replacing some of the sand on a periodic basis to help the buffering characteristic of the sand.
That's why I like the open rocks structure
I have even gone as far a replacing some of the sand on a periodic basis to help the buffering characteristic of the sand.
That's why I like the open rocks structure