I want to remove ALL my sand..

[Chin_Lee]

There seems to be different experiences when removing a sandbed. Some people have no problems at all but there have been many reports that their tank goes through a slump right after or shortly after a sandbed removal. I went through a slump after removing a very very thin level sand bed and in the future, I would do the following:

1) prepare enough preheated saltwater for a 100% water change. when you remove the sandbed, you will be removing lots of water and prepare for sand volume replacment.

2) run carbon right after

3) run phosphate remover right after

4) try to take it out in one shot although I found it quite impossible to do so.

5) if you have a sump, run the drain into a micron filter bag

6) make sure your skimmer is clean and set it to wet skim if you are able to adjust the skim mate consistency


hope that helps