I wasn't planning on moving the old one....

amanda

To help you decide whether or not to re-use your sandbed, here's an article on Hydrogen Sulfide and the Reef Aquarium (taken from the Reef Chemistry "sticky" thread in the Reef Forum):

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-12/rhf/index.php

You may also consider using no sandbed at all, depending on the fish you already have or want to keep in the future. All three of my reefs have been BB (bare bottom aka without a sandbed) since summer 2005. I wouldn't go back to using sandbeds if you paid me truckloads of money, though I would take the money and probably buy more salt, test kits and additives :biggrin: :razz:

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Not that I want to get into the same old sandbed debate, again. But you could also try a half sandbed (patent pending:mrgreen: ) like mine. I had a semi deep sand bed (1.5-2 inches) and proceeded to suck it out, only I stopped half way for some reason.:neutral:

I now have a sandbed in the back of the tank and under the rockwork but not in the front. It works well because my powerheads no longer kick up a storm in the tank!