Phosphate

[scabbedwings616]

You should not have any clouding when you stir your sandbed. If so, you may need to think about rinsing the sand during your rescape.

What do you mean by rinsing? I vacuum half of it each water change.

 

[Saltyreef]

What do you mean by rinsing? I vacuum half of it each water change.

You can test by pushing your fingers into your sandbed until you touch the bottom glass. Then grabbing a handful of sand and picking it up a few inches off the sandbed, then release thru your fingers slowly.
If it clouds up a little in that area then youll want to rinse the sand. Remove as much sand as possible, place into buckets about half way full and rinse with a garden hose and jet sprayer until it comes out clear. After this, drain the tap water off and rinse once or twice more with 0ppm rodi. This will effectively remove all waste and not kill the beneficial bacteria thats encysted onto the sand.

 

[scabbedwings616]

You can test by pushing your fingers into your sandbed until you touch the bottom glass. Then grabbing a handful of sand and picking it up a few inches off the sandbed, then release thru your fingers slowly.
If it clouds up a little in that area then youll want to rinse the sand. Remove as much sand as possible, place into buckets about half way full and rinse with a garden hose and jet sprayer until it comes out clear. After this, drain the tap water off and rinse once or twice more with 0ppm rodi. This will effectively remove all waste and not kill the beneficial bacteria thats encysted onto the sand.

I just looked at the sand and it was fine. I just did the turkey baster in the rocks and oh boy did it create a cloud. Letting it go a few hours and gonna redo that again till nothing is on them. I feel like that was it. But never know.