I want to remove ALL my sand..

muck · #1 09-05-2006, 04:15 PM

How much sand? depth?

OCDP · #2 09-05-2006, 04:20 PM

Hmm.. definitely not a DSB. I'd say no more than a 2" sandbed .. probably closer to 1 and a half or so.

muck · #3 09-05-2006, 04:22 PM

How old is the sandbed and when you say you cleaned it last week, what does that include?

OCDP · #4 09-05-2006, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by muck

How old is the sandbed and when you say you cleaned it last week, what does that include?

Sandbed is approx. a year and a half old. I cleaned the sandbed with large air tubing (siphon) .. worked incredibly well. But seeing what came out of the sand just made me want to get rid of it. Pretty nasty stuff.

andrewsk · #5 09-05-2006, 04:41 PM

IMHO I would just pull it and be done. 1-1.5 inches is not enough to act as much of a bilogical filter in any way. It is just a nutrient sink.

Keith

muck · #6 09-05-2006, 04:43 PM

I don't have first hand experience with removing a sandbed from an existing tank but I would at the very least run LOTS of carbon.

Maybe someone with more hands on knowledge will chime in.

muck · #7 09-05-2006, 04:44 PM

IMO if you are upgrading your tank in the near future like you keep saying, I would wait till then and do it all at once.

OCDP · #8 09-05-2006, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by muck

IMO if you are upgrading your tank in the near future like you keep saying, I would wait till then and do it all at once.

Thanks Keith and Ryan. I know, I know.. like 4 months of saying "gunna upgrade" ... pretty pathetic... I know! School is starting now, and I fear an upgrade is not looking so hot at the moment... we'll see how things play out.