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Old 09-21-2011, 03:12 AM
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The risk in moving a sandbed is hydrogen sulfide from anaerobic areas. These look like black patches in the sand and stink. Release of Hydrogen sulfide will kill fish and inverts - and humans too if the concentration is high enough (shouldn't happen in a tank...not hobbyist size anyway).
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