Hello fellow reefers, I have a weird one for y’all. I have a super fine figi pink sand bed (in my 8 month old tank) that blows around like crazy when I turn my flow up flow anywhere near where it should be. I’ve been thinking about changing the sand bed to a larger grain . Now, I know there’s a ton of beneficial bacteria so I would want to cure my sand in a bucket prior to build up the bacteria. Anyone done this before? Also, what grain do you guys run on higher flow tanks that doesn’t look too bulky, thanks!
Swapping sand beds?
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no need to cure it can be swapped for all dry sand if needed, only live rock bac matter, see this thread for bed swap examples
the most important prep for the new sand is to pre rinse it 100% cloud free
www.reef2reef.com
even if you rip out the entire sandbed from a ten year old reef, no recycle. Sandbed bacteria do not matter. BRS wasn’t able to safely remove their 160 sandbed due to skipping controls we apply here, namely light ramping.
the most important prep for the new sand is to pre rinse it 100% cloud free
Official Sand Rinse and Tank Transfer thread
If you are reading this thread to cure a tank invasion from a link I sent you, we do not need to identify your type of invasion here we do not need you to test anything at anytime regarding nitrate, phosphate etc Above all, we do not need to see a microscope slide picture of your invasion at...
www.reef2reef.com
even if you rip out the entire sandbed from a ten year old reef, no recycle. Sandbed bacteria do not matter. BRS wasn’t able to safely remove their 160 sandbed due to skipping controls we apply here, namely light ramping.
