ok so I have a DSB dilemma

[KevinK]

Originally Posted by phi delt reefer

wait it out. 450 gallons is a big setup - I can only imagine the amount of sand you are using.

Cleaning sand is easy but tedious - especially in large volumes.

heres the run down;

http://www.reefaddicts.com/content.p...an-Old-Sandbed

Pretty much you need a bunch of buckets, lots of time, a garden hose and patience.


I dunno what you paid for your sand but be ready to waste an entire weekend doing it if not more (still cant wrap my mind around how much sand you will need to move/clean, lol)

the DSB is not in the main tank, the main tank has only 1 ore max 2 inches, it is my frag tank that holds the DSB, it mesures 16 x 36 inches and holds 5 inches of sand, so in general it is not that much sand, apr 12 gal of sand

for the new frag tank I want to ad about 50lbs more sand and mix it (sop 12 gal + about 8 to 10 gal, in total about 20 to 22 gal sand for the new DSB, ore no DSB) and wait untill moved to redo it



what might be an alternative is to first ad the new sand, and mix it with 2 gal of old sand, than let it run for a week, than ad each week a 2 more gal of old sand on top of it


yet an other option would be to vacuum out inch by inch of the old DSB, put each inch of sand in a separate bin, put the new tank in place and ad the bin that was the bottom sand, and than build it back up from the deepest sand first and the more shallow sand on top.

all things to consider