power heads and your sand bed

[Garth Schafluetzel]

i recently moded my maxi 1200 and now no matter were i put unless its pointing up it blows my sand bed everywhere i see all these tanks with tons of water blowing around and there sand bed is unaffected so how do i acomplish this

 

[KEEPERZ]

Take out the sand bed and let your tank flow

 

[Garth Schafluetzel]

you thnik because i will be taking the tank down to put it on its new stand and i turned a 35 gal into a refug i also would a bare bottom afect the natural filtration of the tank and what about hermit crabs and stuff never realy considered a bare bottom tank

 

[Russellaqua]

You can also use a coarser grade of sand either on top of your existing bed or as a gradual replacement for it. This will be less prone to getting moved around by the current.

 

[Garth Schafluetzel]

are there any benefits to a bare bottom tank

 

[KEEPERZ]

It helps keep nutrients low due to no accumulation of detritus in the sandbed, which is easier to siphon out or get kicked up into the water column-no need to maintain the sand bed over time. Not the only way to do it, but works for me and no sand storms-

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

I just added some more coarse sand over top of my fine sand today. Looks great and it's not moving. Simple fix!

BTW I hope when I scuba dive I dont see a bare bottom ocean! LOL!

 

[KEEPERZ]

BTW I hope when I scuba dive I dont see a bare bottom ocean! LOL!

I hope you don't run into any glass or acrylic walls either and those tunze's can be a mother too-funny boy
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