Moving a tank... Twice..

[Myka]

Originally Posted by brisco

so when I vac clean my sand bed in my display, I risk the same ammonia spike? I usually give it a pretty good stir.

I also have a tank move in my future, while the flooring gets redone.

You don't if the sand bed is shallow and you always vacuum it. If the sand bed has been in there awhile and not been vacuumed, then you have to go slow, or yes you risk the same thing. Shallow sand beds (less than about 3/4") won't have any anaerobic areas anyway, except under the rocks. So when you do a tank move and you're moving the rocks and getting into places that never get touched, that's where the risk is.