Sand Bed

[kp33]

Sone pics not sure what you are looking for but here they are.

 

[brandon429]

Just to see the overall waste levels in the bed, that's cleaner than what I expected.

 

[kp33]

Just to see the overall waste levels in the bed, that's cleaner than what I expected.

Should I do a syphon clean instead of changing the bed out to see if the syphon helps lower phosphates, I’ve never done a syphon clean.

 

[brandon429]

I honestly want to leave the choice up to you, I only deal in full complete cleanings. there are many siphon only cleaning threads to pattern out, among those are more invasions than we get / it's up to you to choose based on examples searchable and size of tank/degree of work. all we can do is offer examples and you pick the way you think is best.

 

[brandon429]

you can try the other methods first and if it starts to outbreak worse, then fall back on a full cleaning

 

[kp33]

Been adding phosphate E and it’s come down from .17 to .10 in 3 days so that’s good but also my skimmer has been working like I’ve never seen it work before 2 straight days the cup has been filled with foam so that’s good as well, normally I never have that much foam in the cup.

 

[kp33]

Took out sand bed over last few weeks finishing last weekend. So far my phosphates have been .03 and nitrates haven’t gone above 15. When I cleaned out the bed found a lot of thick detritus. Hoping that was my issue with high phosphates. Figured out the same bed was at least 11 years old. I bought the entire set up from someone 11 years ago which included the sand and I have no idea how long he had that sand before me so it was at least 11 years old but obviously more since 11 years is how long I have had it.