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Originally Posted by Aquattro
I switched out my sand after a year for the same reasons. No problems at all. My tank is a 180, so I did it in portions to not remove the entire bacterial population.
The whole H2S thing is blown out of proportion too much. Unless you have a deep sand bed (4+ inches), I wouldn't worry about that.
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exactly ive disturbed more sandbeds then i can count and ive never caused any harsh damage.if a tank gets ample flow and has something like a star or goby to keep the sand moving then i wouldnt worry about it.
my tank is 5yrs old and i just did this to no harm:P